Retro & Vintage – Page 105

Life Choices: Seahorses or a Monkey?

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“Hey Dad! I got a dollar! Can I borrow $19?”

It’s all in the advertising. Note that the $1 seahorses are not “Darling Pet Seahorses” (never mind that the ones in the picture are kinda dead and dessicated, and that just about anywhere in the world one can dig up sea shells hundreds of miles inland)…

But monkeys!

My dad knew that seahorses wouldn’t crap all over the house, wouldn’t get into the cupboard in the middle of the night to get at the strawberry preserves by dropping the jar on the tile floor, and wouldn’t attack your face when you looked them in the eye. Dad was wise beyond his years.

“So can I get the seahorses?”

“No.”

[Image from the back of a 1967 needlework and crafts magazine, shown here.]

Yeah, but she used to be a hottie…

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[Found here.]

Ghost Riders in the Hot Links

Cool social experiment: Tweenbots [found here].

Let’s make some Zen music.

Serious 3D total immersion video here. The eyes override the brain.

What type of Web Commenter are YOU? Descriptions here. (As for me, you already know.)

Learn a new language here.

Some things you can’t “unclick” and there’s a big fat honkin’ one here.

Rockhoppers got their webcam back up and running. YAY!

Buncha Buildings Bein’ Blowed-up here.

American ancestry brief from the 2000 census (via this excellent website). Interesting that the largest percentage, 1 in 6, described their ancestry as German. When asked, I usually describe myself as European Mutt.

The New Yorker Magazine cartoon caption contest can always be answered with “[this].”

Nice tasty archive of linkages here.

Teh Fairies Debate parleys on. Over 1,500 delightful educated comments for your perusal.

Seven questions about drinking water here.

And a cordial reminder: Mother’s Day does not mean “Be a Pain in the Butt Day.”

John Rowley’s Contribution to the World

How to Build a Zebra

Step 1. Build a zebra frame.

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Step 2. Paint to resemble a zebra.

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How to Build a Rhinoceros

Step 1. Build a rhinoceros frame.

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Step 2. Paint to resemble a rhinoceros.

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How to Build a Wildebeest

Step 1. Take a wild guess.

“The Art of Taxidermy,” 1898, by John Rowley can be found in its entirety here. The text is fascinating. I just might download it so I can repair my jackalope head.

[Another excellent find by Hanuman. Jackalope photo from here. Also, check out our Archive of Contributions to the World.]

THE BEST OF THE BEST OF V.1

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Oh, man… and it’s a salad fork, too. $20 would be too cheap.
Anyone gotta download of this?

[Found here, and crossposted on AmyOops. Too good not to share.]

update below the break…

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Ohh Gawd.

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The neighbors upstairs are practicing Flamenco again.

[Found here.]

The.Gif Friday Post No. 64: Lenticulations

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Want to make your own 3D images and .gif’s? Directions and cool links here. Another thingy here. A nice, tasteful and odd collection of .gif animations here.

[Found via The Presurfer.]

The Editors are Anxious. They Need Our Help.

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[Source for Girl Stalker Magazine is here; top image was stitched from pages 34 & 35.]

Bunk’s Days in the Service… Industry

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A long time ago, in the late ages of black and white TV, Bunk worked in the service industry. Grunt jobs in restaurants and hotels. Pot washer. Busboy. Bellhop. Toilet scrubber. Shag carpet raker. Drunk patron helperouter

I was one of three bellhops wearing Hilton monkey suits. Think of three PeeWee Herman/Eddie Haskell type weasels lurking just inside the front doors of a fancy hotel. We were like that.

Besides humping bags all over the hotel, we ran room service and operated a satellite AVIS car rental desk. We were paid less than minimum wage as we were expected to make up the rest in tips.

We got creative.

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Saturday Matinee: Christmas Present & Psst

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According to the source, this clip was found in New Brunswickeshire England, in the basement of a home once owned by one of the founders of the Salvation Army. It’s bean carbon dated to about 1925.

Brian Setzer’s rockin’ version of Elvis’ rockin’ version of “Santa Claus Is Back In Town.”

Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” choreographed with lights.

It’s not Christmas to Bunk unless he hears this version by the Ronettes. (Note that in the video the horse is bustin’ butt and that he also has windshield wipers.)

Q: What’s Christmas without the Ramones?
A: Christmas.

[Update 22 December 2008–

Plane Tross has noticed and verified a significant congruence between this post and a previous one: “It’s amazing that when you play “The Ramones” song it’s in perfect sync with “Honka Chickm” below it.”

That’s gotta be one of the best comments ever on this blog. Thanks gobs, Plane. Comments like that are what make me wanna get out of bed almost every morning.]