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Most images were lifted from World Bollard Association™.
The Best of BOLLARDS II
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Photos Of An Unknown Family Who PROBABLY Owned A Liquor Store
In 2005, someone named “BENBENEK” found a box of photos at a Southern California swap meet and realized he’d found a treasure, a glimpse of unknown history. The photos were bland and banal, yet oddly endearing, so he set up a website to share them with the world: HouseplantPicturesStudio.com.
Unfortunately the site is defunct, but via the Wayback Machine we can still enjoy Photos Of An Unknown Family Who PROBABLY Owned A Liquor Store.
The Best of BOLLARDS I
Click any image to enlarge. Related posts: The Best of BOLLARDS II & III.
All posts tagged “bollards” here.
Most images were lifted from World Bollard Association™.
Clowns, Devils & Bait
“For those who don’t know, Crap Hound is a zine I started in 1994. I don’t talk about it much here, because it’s got no connection to LiarTown. Crap Hound consists almost entirely of high-contrast, black and white commercial art and imagery, collected into themes. All past issues have been reprinted, thanks to the extreme loveliness of folks at BuyOlympia. Topics are Clowns, Devils, and Bait, Hands, Hearts, and Eyes, Death, Phones, and Scissors, Church and State, Superstition, and Sex and Kitchen Gadgets.”
Creative clipart project by Sean Tejaratchi of LiarTownUSA.
Silent But Deadly
Unfortunately I was unable to find a copy of the text, but apparently others did. Here are some reviews culled from https://imgur.com/gallery/GJOa1:
“Is this R.L. Stine’s new Goosebumps series?”
“I can’t wait to see the screenplays. I hope they can get JJ Abrams.”
“I hope the movies stay loyal to the books.”
“I’d be willing to bet “Linger” by the Cranberries is on the soundtrack.”
“Guaranteed the 2nd one isn’t as good as the first, it never is.”
“STILL a better love story than Twilight.”
“It’s good, but it’s no Scrotie McBoogerballs.”
“Can’t wait for the 3rd, and the prequel.”
“But who was left to kill in the sequel? Or is it a tale of redemption about the fart coming to terms with its dark past?”
“He’s come back with more of his kind to wipe out all carbon-based life.”
“I prefer the fanfic version where the Fart actually saves the world by defeating the alien invaders.”
“Heeeey this is originally from the Writers’ HQ 60 Minute Novel workshop – can you credit pls? Cheers.”
“Not college, but places…”
[Unknown author / publishing date. The photo dates to 2016, h/t Pam M. via FB. Unconfirmed, but the books may be the work of this kid.]
Red Bullet
After posting the photograph to Facebook, Scott Taylor was amazed by the attention the image received. “I am from a town of 960 people where everyone knows pretty much everyone, so to receive the amount of attention that I received was absolutely crazy to me. People from all over the world started contacting me.”
[Image and caption found here, via here, and everyone has already mentioned the game except for me, so don’t bother.]
Antony Gormley’s Contribution To The World: 40K+ Clay Peeps
“By Antony Gormley, just some of the 40,000 clay figures from part of the ’Field for the British Isles’ on loan from Arts Council Collection, it’s being shown in three of the National Trust’s Barrington Court rooms currently in Ilminster, England.”
[Installation circa 1991 found here.]
M.A.R.S.* PATROL TOTAL WAR
November 1969 issue No. 8 of M.A.R.S. PATROL Total War:
“When the M.A.R.S. Patrol destroys an invader weather-control ship, they capture a badly wounded courier whose name translates as Victor. Victor explains that his is an army of aliens, intent on capturing Earth for its resources. Through their interrogation, M.A.R.S. concludes that the next major attack will be on Miami. Gold Key Comics Club News. In ‘Part II: Seek and Destroy’, M.A.R.S. helps fend off the attack on Miami even as ‘Victor’ escapes, determined to redeem himself. A booby trap from his own side kills him just as M.A.R.S. discovers the secret underwater base, which they then destroy.” [source]
…and one of them appears to be a football star.
Monkey Pastry Chef
“When wound and the start/stop pull actuated, the incredibly detailed and realistically modeled standing monkey chef begins his performance by looking left then right whilst opening and closing eye lids as mouth moves to speak, lowering head slightly to indicate his latest culinary creation…”
This mechanical wonder (ca. 1880) sold for over $36k in 2014, and was presumably purchased by someone to keep their little brats and pets in line.
Tacky Raccoons 