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Oh, that's right, paint the wall, then install the commode. In the do-it-yourself world of my late step-dad, there are many wonders. I really don't know why he ended up putting this on his basement water...
October 30th, 2009 by Mark Milligan
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Pooping Cow with real moooving parts. Her trick is to leave a treat for you.Push down on her body and out pops a brown treat ! Can be refilled over and over again.
October 30th, 2009 by kookykitsch
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October 30th, 2009 by Allee Willis
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This is me livin' large back in the late '60s. My favorite "times-sure-have-changed-since-then" thing about this is that the newspaper just straight up printed our home address...
October 29th, 2009 by Mark Blackwell
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As a companion to the tequila pistol I posted earlier, here is my Courvoisier cannon. You know this mini-bottle holder is fancy, because on the bottom it's stamped "Made In France."
There are older versions...
October 29th, 2009 by Mark Blackwell
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As if Pop Tarts, alone, aren't fun enough... here are ones with elephants and peacocks. Yummy!
October 29th, 2009 by kookykitsch
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RCA Victor album with Aldwin Roberts (Lord Kitchener) from Trinidad.
October 29th, 2009 by kookykitsch
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How wise the owl. How stately in demeanor. How awesome in ceramic 3-D!
These fine fowl sit regally on a burlap board, and are enhanced by the overhead light. The whole piece is about 3 feet high. The...
October 29th, 2009 by MeshuggaMel
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I freely admit, no, I proudly admit, that my worldview was largely formed by the wit and wisdom of Mad Magazine. Growing up in the 1970s and 80s, I poured over these books, sharpening my senses of satire,...
October 29th, 2009 by MeshuggaMel
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At one point in the 1950s Betty Furness was as ubiquitous on TV as Lucy. Known for her signature hype line, "You can be sure... if it's Westinghouse." Furness opened more refrigerator doors then the chef at...
October 29th, 2009 by Allee Willis
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These nutcracker heads were very popular in the 1950s. You hold a nut in the mouth and twist the notched wooden peg that comes through the bottom until it squeezes the nut so tight that shells spew out like...
October 28th, 2009 by Allee Willis
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From the man who brought you 'Lake George Musical Portrait' and 'Savannah River Musical Portrait,' comes a loving tribute to our 36th President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, entitled 'LBJ Musical Portrait'. In 1965,...
October 27th, 2009 by Travis Goodwin
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In the 1950s, The 'Christopher Recordings on Sex Instruction' was the Christian how-to sex education guide for parents. It instructs them on how to teach the shame of masturbation (Track 3: The Problems of...
October 27th, 2009 by Travis Goodwin
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Although just about every transistor radio that was made since they were commercially available in 1954 through the transistorized 1960s was completely gorgeous, the rare ones that were shaped like flying saucers...
October 27th, 2009 by Allee Willis
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Though it doesn't seem like quite the appropriate material for a dress commemorating a lasting holy union there's no disputing the price is right! Made entirely of toilet paper, tape and glue, I think these...
October 25th, 2009 by Allee Willis
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For years my Mom has had several likenesses of "Gidget," the Taco Bell chihuahua around her house, even though she was in the process of shedding almost everything that she' d collected in a lifetime of enjoying...
October 24th, 2009 by Mark Milligan
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This witchy planter is marked Samson Import Co., 1967. Her broom is broken off at the top, but I always bring her out for Halloween. I wonder what sort of brew she was originally stirring up in that pumpkin?
October 24th, 2009 by Nessa
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I had been collecting "spaghetti" poodles and other animals for a while when I found this one in a back-woods antique shop in the middle of nowhere. It was the first day of deer season, and this shop in the...
October 24th, 2009 by Nessa
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MY CLACKERS!!!! I had some bruises on my Wrists in the early 70's when these came out...I still have a package of of un-used Clackers... They discontinued making them when a bunch of em shattered and scared...
October 23rd, 2009 by Ester Goldberg
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I love pens in the shape of things but none more so than this souvenir writing implement from Washington made of plastic in the 1950's. I don't know if it's the first leg or only leg of the trip but the shape...
October 23rd, 2009 by Allee Willis
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