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The Morning After.
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Category: Bizarre
Die Schnabelperchten
12 drummers drumming won’t stop them.
With a gentle “Ga Ga Ga”, they make their way from house to house, checking that homes have had the appropriate upkeep, whether the floor has been properly swept and every corner has been dusted. Heaven forbid you don’t clean your house correctly – the ancient version of the legend says that, if that’s the case, the Schnabelperchten will slice open your stomach with a long pair of shears and empty all of the rubbish inside!
Let it be said, however, that the Schnabelperchten are generally welcome guests – especially since they bring happiness and blessings for the coming year.
Schnabelperchten (more than one beaked Perchta) roam around the Alpine region of Austria in midwinter, appearing on or before the eve of the Twelfth Night, the last of the “Twelve Days” of Christmas, the “Haunted Season.”
[h/t Mme. Jujujive. Top image and caption found here. More Perchta lore here and here.]
Update: Just spotted this, and I wasn’t even looking for it.
Nothing Much Happened Today.
Suffarcinating Hot Links
Funny, The Contours (1961)This is my favorite song as of now.
A trip to Jo-Ann’s Superstore.
Cool model trains (h/t @Gus_802).
Shamate don’t understand the world.
Wall of Death: Let me take my chances.
World Testicle Cooking Championship.
What to do if you’re stuck on an escalator.
Child Protective Services works a lot like this.
Need a reusable mask? I’m getting this one.
Jarvis Diner is open 24/7, has some good reviews.
Make your house smell just like the Colonel’s house.
The Great Covid Class War. Interesting read, with links.
Restrooms backwards is “smoortser.” Google Translate says it’s Afrikaans for “smoortser” (click for pronunciation).
[Top image found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
New Year’s Eve 2020
Pendulum Wave – Complete Cycle
Simple Pendulum wave animation. You can see the wave go from travelling waves, to standing waves, to a (briefly) beating pulse, and then chaotic motion, and back to travelling. Perhaps its just me, but this is clearer on the real thing.
“This animation may be subject to floating-point errors.”
But it’s beautiful. | credit to Jeff Irwin
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The Fuzzy Wonder Goat… & More!
The DeMoulin Bros. Co. supplied hazing equipment for fraternal organization initiations in the early 1900s. Some of the gaffes were truly bizarre.
Apparently the company is out of the fraternity prank business and has moved onto other products: scary marching band uniforms.
[Top image from here; tiled images from .pdf found here; more info here.]
Bonus: Here’s a restored “Fuzzy Wonder” (and a “Spanker”).
Ingeniculational Hot Links
House Rent Boogie, John Lee Hooker, from Endless Boogie (1971).Homeschooled and illiterate, Hooker ran away from home at the age of 14. He used various pseudonyms throughout his career (including John Lee Booker, Johnny Lee, John Lee, John Lee Cooker, Texas Slim, Delta John, Birmingham Sam and his Magic Guitar, Johnny Williams, and the Boogie Man) to evade low-paying recording contracts.
How Canadian children are born.
20 Brilliant Ways To Organize Your Cats
Download the Hazard Fraught Tools catalog [via].
Never heard Dominick the Donkey until yesterday.
Thanks a wad, 2020.
Original Stack O’ Lee Blues (1927) by Long ‘Cleve’ Reed and Little Harvey Hill – the Down Home Boys.
An amazing thing happened when a non-communicative dementia patient heard the music of his youth.
[Top image found in an ad somewhere and I messed with it.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Santa Claus. He’s coming. Tonight.
Tacky Raccoons 