Like a series of slides of military uniforms of the Napoleonic Era, such as this.
Obviously, this is the Batavian Republic's Criminal Punishment Brigade, an earlier version of the fictional Dirty Dozen. The brigade was made up of Murderers, Highwaymen, Pirates, embezzlers, poisoners, jay-walkers, arsonists, Ponzi Scheme managers, tax-avoiders, sodomites, speeders, weedheads, vampires and politicians.
Nice.
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It was given to Sultan Barney as a wedding gift, and caused the death of 3,000 of his finest tax accountants.
Bonus - Congratulations to the English Football Team, beating Germany in a competitive match for the first time since ... oh, some forgotten competition.
Bonus 2 - Fifty Years Ago - The Crew That Never Flew: The Misfortunes of Soyuz 11 and Part 2
So much nostalgia here, with the usual frustrating lack of information.
I'm no expert of bridal fashions, but that does shout early sixties to me.
White tuxedo for the groom (tacky?) and a plain buzz-cut haircut sort of matches up.
Photographer with old-fashioned flash-bulb camera... yeah !
But, the name above the church door - "Taylor Memorial Baptist Church, should help the research Indeed, Google turns up three of them in USA...but none look like this. Damn.
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It's the story of a series of bafflingly grotesque murders, where the victims are turned inside-out, being investigated by Professional Potato Carver and Amateur Detective Dr Milton Abbot. Aided by his sidekicks Marston Montgomery and Findo Gask, he tracks down the bizarre truth behind the murders. (Spoiler Alert - Baptists and Nectar Cards).
I'm hoping it will be optioned by Netflix before I've even written it.
Bonus - Why 'Spirited Away' is the greatest animated film of all time
Where's all that sniggering coming from?
What's so funny ? It's just a picture of Alf, beavering away a...
Oh come on. Stop giggling.
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However, if you know where to look, you can find marvels such as this. It's "Burt Coleman's Retreat" built by Burt in the 1930's using the proceeds of his moonshining business.
You'll probably recognise the design as being a scale model of the Schönbrunn Palace, in Vienna. Unfortunately, Burt chose to scale it by 93% meaning that it was actually more trouble that it was worth. So, despite using cheap labour from the post-Wall St Crash depression, Burt went bust just before completion.
Bonus - When UK citizens move, where do they move to? This shows data for 25 big cities. Beware - Big Image. ( Reddit )
However, reducing it to monochrome, and straightening up the horizontal... it's rather a striking composition. I like it.
I believe that this is of an airport, and the covered walkways that existed before the modern articulated, 20ft above the ground ones.
Bonus - The reason why we view neanderthals as hunched over and degenerate is that the first skeleton to be found was arthritic.
Mrs Audrey Rose, tending her climbing roses.
Not a funny pun, but what do you expect on the longest day of 2021.
Bonus - Video house viewings - the strange case of 8800 Blue Lick Road, Louisville Kentucky, and if interested....the background.
Bonus - News About Ducks
The woman, let's call her Olga, has the look of Russian Peasant Chic about her.
The boy, let's call him Yvgeny, seems to be carrying a giant pickled gherkin.
The background story - You tell me !
Bonus - Lord of the Rings’ uncredited Gimli double did the work, and has the tattoo to prove it
( NB : I can't guarantee that the girl in the photo is the the Carina I'm think of.)
Bonus - Carina shares her birthday with Barry Manilow, Ken Livingston, Jello Biafra and Beryl Reid. Nice.
Bonus 2 - This website will self destruct if no-one visits it.
Tea? Of course. It has to be tea. Don't let those coffee mugs confuse you, these folks are definitely tea-drinkers.
But the big question is, did they bring their tea in a Thermos flask, or did they fire up the Camping Gas stove for the best possible fresh brew?
Enquiring minds need to know.
Bonus - The Atlas Of Taste.
Bonus 2 - Want Want Want
Yes, the attendees of the Eastbourne Retired Postmen and Post Office Employee Gala Fun Day were rather bemused by "Il Bootleg Bootleg Beatles".
Few of them realised that they were witnessing the birth of Post-Modernism, with an Italian Language Tribute Band, honouring the work of a Tribute Band to the Fab Four.
Bonus - 162 years ago today, the shooting of a pig sparked a war between USA and UK. Local commanding officers on both sides had been given essentially the same orders: defend yourselves, but absolutely do not fire the first shot. The dispute was resolved by the intervention of Germany.
Also, I know that you know that this is his Cupid (I said that in the post title), which was completed posthumously by Pierre Cartellier in 1817.
Looks like Cupid is about to fart
Bonus - Great White Sharks have never been observed mating and it's unknown where, how or when they do it.
Bonus 2 - Seen on a bench in Margate.
I guess the kids had been practicing for weeks, so ... well done kids !
Bonus - Neuroscientists Have Discovered a Phenomenon That They Can’t Explain
Bonus 2 - Like a homing torpedo
In the days before Right Click, Save As, this is what people did. Photograph the photograph.
White Horse + Girl in Sweater + Smoke.
Bonus - Hunky Dory Photoshoot
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Have a look at the slide, and the bios, and decide - Who would you Snog for the night, who would you Marry with a view to a family, and who would you poison with bleach and Dismember with a chainsaw? From the left,
Harold - a 64-year-old credit assessor from Nebraska, who enjoys alcoholism.
Ingmar - a 76-year old retired potato stuffer from Maryland, who enjoys covering his body in mayonaise
Ludwig - a 32-year old school janitor from Akron, who enjoys listening to recordings of serial killers' confessions.
Bonus - I got nuthin'
I do hope the fungus is non-hazardous.
But, artistically...I like it.
Bonus - L Ron Hubbard believed that tomatoes feel pain and that - if it is quiet enough - you can hear them scream when they are sliced.
Why do photographers take and keep utterly tedious slides like this?
Not even a bit of experimenting with the arty farty settings can help it.
Bonus - How Pizza Took Over America's Freezers
Bonus 2 - Wise Words
It's probably a mis-processed slide, or a partial image at the end of a film, incorrectly processed, but...I don't care. It's a great images. Especially when you notice "The Watcher".
Bonus - Nnnooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!
Bonus 2 - Just DON'T Give Up
Respect.
Bonus - 14,000-Year-Old Fossilized Poop Among Oldest Traces of Humans in North America.
I have no idea what the play was... I'm thinking Death Of The Salesman... but they seem to be enjoying it.
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In case you're wondering, the black boarder around this image is not an In Memorium / recently deceased indicator. I have no idea if this little cutie is still around, or gone off to the happy hunting grounds.
Instead, it's a recognition that this image was a Half Frame 35mm slide. A nice idea, and I did have a Olympus Pen-EE. I wonder what happened to that....
Bonus - I was going to describe this image differently, but I was slightly surprised to learn that squaw can be an offensive term. To some folk. Perhaps. Perhaps incorrectly.
Bonus 2 - Henry de Bohun, a brave knight who thought he could kill Robert the Bruce on the open field because the King of Scots was armed only with an axe. Robert regretted the incident because he broke his favorite axe splitting Henry's head.
They'll greet you with a stale malt loaf, and useful information on Bin day, where you can park, the start of whelking season, what colour of curtains are permitted, and why you should avoid Number 78 during September.
The committee are Doris Danning (left) and Edna Mengele (middle, and no relation), and on the right is a poltergeist.
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Babies are weird things, and parents give them odd things to stick in their mouths, for "teething" purposes.
Bonus - More Wise Words.
Actually, the slide is labelled "1986 06 Jerichau NY Carlsberg", which naturally leads to the Ny Carlsberg museum, but it appears that this is actually Slaven now at the Brandts.
Bonus - The mysterious worldwide epidemic of Encephalitis lethargica. The disease attacks the brain, leaving some victims in a statue-like condition, speechless and motionless. Between 1915 and 1926, 500,000 dead or incapacitated from it. It disappeared as mysteriously as it came in to the world.
