The .Gif Friday Post No. 926 – Pizzapup, Phone Blue & Some Prom Pics

[Found here, here, and the prom pics came from here.]

Hirschhorn, Germany

“Hirschhorn a. Neckar. Houses on the Town Wall”, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

The town of Hirschorn, on the bank of the Neckar River, dates to the mid 1200s AD. Top photo found here; recent photo from here. More photos by Kurt Hielscher here.

The Mask

[First and final date found here, h/t Alfie Rob M.]

The 2012 Lada Wedgie

That’s a Russian Lada Kalina circa 2012, and if that’s not a bollard attack, then maybe a telephone pole lost its brakes, or someone’s boat was speeding or something. No way can a Lada travel that fast.
[Found in here via here.]

Thunderbird

[Found here.]

Oryctomancing Hot Links

Have You Ever Seen The Rain, The Ramones (1993) Cover of CCR.  Acid Eaters was the only Ramones album containing nothing but covers.

Ice.

GROUCH.

A Classic.
And another.

Eureka Tower.

Sub-glamping.

The edited version.
The real story.

Die Heimatdamisch.

Bill Murray, Cubs Fan.

Steve Harvey’s Memo.

Norty Blues Episode 137.

They’ll tell you where to go.

Bird REALLY hates his cage.

Prehistoric family adopts girl.

You picked a fine time, Lucille.

Old rail [via The Feral Irishman].

Dog ‘choos [via Memo Of The Air].

Demands that led to the shutdown.

It’s been a couple years… [via Everlasting Blört].

Treasures of Bearded Vultures [via Thompson, blog].

No Way Out-The Staircase that Changed American Schools.

[Top image: Photo by Christophe Jacrot found here.]


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The .Gif Friday Post No. 925 – Ride the Wall, The Blobbo Shakes & The Boxman



[Found here, here (via here) and here.]

Treble & Bass

Czech midget showman Baron Richard Nowak, 19, stands 19 inches high & weighs 17 lbs., while posing on pedestal on the midway at the Hamid-Morton Circus next to one of the band’s tuba players. Location: Trenton, NJ, US. Date taken: July 1940. Photographer: John Phillips.

[Top image (uncolorized) found here; caption and bottom photo found here.]

A Call to Something or Other

I dunno, Babs, but I do know this. It’s better with the sound off.
[Found here.]