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Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Hose Before Bros

500 Things to Do with Pantyhose Besides Wear Them!: Ingenious and Useful Ways to Give Old Pantyhose New Life - Sara Hunter


Short of bank robbery, garroting or the casing for huge sausages I am struggling to name 5 let alone 500 so well done Ms Hunter!





Might not look out of place at the Tate Modern


Just some of Ms Hunters wonderful ideas




OK not one of Sara Hunter's but damn fine all the same.
Ramm ND, a Russian designer with a touch of genius
designed these sexy pantyhose cans.
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Sunday, 25 March 2012

Diagram Prize

The Bookseller / Diagram Prize


The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for the Oddest Title of the Year has been awarded every year since 1978 by The Bookseller magazine. Originally organised for the 1978 Frankfurt Book Fair and chosen by a panel of judges the competition has now grown immeasurably and is currently awarded according to public vote.



Previous Winners

1978: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice
1979: The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution
1980: The Joy of Chickens
1981: Last Chance at Love: Terminal Romances
1982: Population and Other Problems
1983: The Theory of Lengthwise Rolling
1984: The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History and Its Role in the World Today

1985: Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Power: How to Increase the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts
1986: Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality
1987: No Award

1988: Versailles: The View From Sweden
1989: How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art 

1990: Lesbian Sadomasochism Safety Manual
1991: No Award

1992: How to Avoid Huge Ships
1993: American Bottom Archaeology

1994: Highlights in the History of Concrete
1995: Reusing Old Graves
1996: Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers
1997: The Joy of Sex: Pocket Edition
1998: Development in Dairy Cow Breeding and Management: and New Opportunities to Widen the Uses of Straw
1999: Weeds in a Changing World
2000: High Performance Stiffened Structures
2001: Butterworths Corporate Manslaughter Service
2002: Living With Crazy Buttocks
2003: The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories
2004: Bombproof Your Horse

2005: People Who Don’t Know They’re Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It

2006: The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification
2007: If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs

2008: The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais
2009: Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes
2010: Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way

Saturday, 24 March 2012

Thumb Tat

Your Destiny in Thumb - R G Rao


Thumb reading is an ancient Indian art of revealing your future to you by the shape, size and markings on your thumb as Mr Rao explains.


"This book indicates how the 'lagna' (Ascendant) is to be arrived at and definite predictions of life's happenings made from the signs on thumb alone. The only book on Thumb reading that you can be taking seriously"


So there you have it. As you can see this is in no way quackery and you should consider planning the rest of your life around this worthy science.



Friday, 23 March 2012

Those Who Help Themselves

Crafts for Retarded: Through Their Hands They Shall Learn - William C McNeice


Printed in 1964 so comes under the "They Didn't Know Any Better" banner of unfortunate book titles. 
Boring But True
The swastika is a cross with its arms bent at right angles to either the right or left. In geometric terms, it is known as an irregular icosahedron or 20-sided polygon.The word is derived from the Sanskrit "svastika" and means "good to be". In Indo-European culture it was a mark made on people or objects to give them good luck.It had been around for thousands of years before Hitler and the Nazi's got hold of it.


History will forgive Mr McNeice this one



Jail House Shock

The Brighter Side of Prison Life - Capt. S. A. Swiggett

Yea turns out it's not all bad news after all! A true account of the Captains time in a Texan prisoner of war camp during the American Civil War.

He must have had a fine old time as he is recorded as the last ever prisoner to leave the camp. In fact some reports tell of how he had to be dragged kicking and screaming from the safety of the compound by rather bemused liberators in 1863.


Accounts vary on the conditions endured inside
Camp Ford during the American Civil War




















Thursday, 22 March 2012

Mullet Entire

The Mullet: The Hairstyle of the Gods - Barney Hoskyns & Mark Larson


Which gods exactly is never made plain but this questionable style is now truly rooted in popular culture.


"One on the sides,
Don't touch the back.
Six on the top and
Don't cut it wack, Jack"
               The Beastie Boys (1994) 








Worn by the most discerning of gentlemen


Cock a Doodle

It Looks Like a Cock - Ben and Jack


A book of everyday objects from clouds to Zucchini's does not sound too exciting but of course the hook here is that all these things LOOK LIKE COCKS!!
A brief search of the internet will quickly reveal that there is little in this world that can not be misrepresented as a male member.


Most are pretty innocent, accidental or tricks of the light but when it comes to company logo's (below) you have to wonder if people in marketing were asked to clear their desks!?




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