Weird Universe Blog — September 12, 2024
The Fantasy Circus League
We've all heard of Fantasy Football, where the amateur player gets to run a team. But how can that compare to the activities of the Circus Model Builders, where you get to run a circus?Here's their homepage. In short, you pick an extinct circus and recreate it as a model.
Here's a great article about one young lad who earned a lifetime circus pass by doing so. You can go to the source if you want to increase the typesize for readability.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 12, 2024 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY | 1940s | Circuses, Carnivals, and Other Traveling Shows
September 11, 2024
Jailbait!
This text seems to be missing coverage of fully half of all possible juvenile delinquents. But why not see for yourself at the Internet Archive.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 11, 2024 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough | Teenagers | Books | 1940s
September 10, 2024
Oddities: A Book of Unexplained Facts
Read it here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 10, 2024 -
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Category: Weird Facts | Weird Studies and Guides | Books | 1920s
September 9, 2024
How to hold a press conference
Chico Enterprise-Record - June 7, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 09, 2024 -
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Category: Diplomacy and Foreign Relations | Officials | 1970s
Monkey Girl Marries Alligator Boy
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 09, 2024 -
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Category: Human Marvels | Marriage | 1940s | Circuses, Carnivals, and Other Traveling Shows
September 8, 2024
Please don’t throw explosives in the trash
A very British way of asking people to not blow up garbage workers:
Derby Evening Telegraph - May 14, 1966
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 08, 2024 -
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Category: 1960s | United Kingdom | Weapons
The Idea
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 08, 2024 -
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Category: Philosophy | Allegories, Parables, Fables and Moral Lessons | Cartoons | 1930s
September 7, 2024
Subversive Coca-Cola Bottles
In 1965, thousands of sealed Coca-Cola bottles containing "subversive bulletins" were found floating off the coast of the Northern Celebes.
Miami Herald - July 30, 1965
I can't find any information about who was responsible for this strange act of subversion. But it recalls a later subversive use of Coca-Cola bottles by the Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles.
It was during the 1970s when used glass bottles would be returned and refilled. Meireles would modify the bottles before returning them by adding white text on the side showing messages such as "Yankees Go Home" or instructions for turning the bottle into a Molotov cocktail.
More info: Beach Branding and Packaging Design
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 07, 2024 -
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Category: Art | Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 1960s | 1970s
The Hobo News
The Wikipedia page.A nice essay with pix.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 07, 2024 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople | Newspapers | Twentieth Century
September 6, 2024
The Second Home
Surprise, honey, we're going to be living in a camper shell!
TV Guide - Jan 10, 1970
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 06, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising | 1970s | Trucks
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