It's Art, Dudes

 

A bit conflicted in this slide. Sure, a slide of a framed picture sounds like Tedious Tuesday fodder, but...

...It's cool.

According to what was writ on the slide, "Jun-85 Bali, Ubud Museum".

...and that lead to this website

Bonus - A quick bit of ISIHAC

High-Rise Ennui

 

Today sees a return to normality. 

And in fact, a return to Tuesday Tedium.

Its especially tedious, with no info at all.

It might be "Brisgi" high-rise in the Kappelerhof area of Baden, but frankly, it's not worth the bother to check.

So, I've let the artistic filters do their stuff, to produce image B.

Bonus - 

An oldie, but a goodie.

Dance of the Festive Maidens

 

Actually, this slide was marked as Oct 1981 Yugoslavia Dubrovnik, so it probable has zero relevance to Christmas celebrations.

Dammit.

Bonus - The Invasion Of The Lupins

It's getting Autumnal.

 

I may have to start wearing a vest.

Maybe.

Bonus - 

Passive-Aggressive.

Some More ... Folk Dancing

 

When the mood takes you, you just gotta dance.

Sept-79 Kishinev Trade Union Palace

Bonus - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Let's get high in the back office

No Hear...No Speak...No See

 

No info on the slide, other that "Nikko" and 1969, but many of the slides in that box had a definite "Japanese" look. It didn't take long to track it down to being the Toshogu Shrine.  The Shinkyu or Sacred Stable is relatively plain – probably the least adorned building in Tosho-gu. Yet it contains its most famous single carving, that of the Three Wise Monkeys:

Bonus - Pooky Park (AI-generated 1950s TV commercial for a creepy puppet theme park)

The Casual Gardener

 

After the Solemn Sailor, we cheer things up today with The Casul Gardener.

Alice, here shown in June 1962, is a casual gardener, who enjoys growing medical hemp, and was the innovator who first used Maxwell House Coffee Cans to grow Hemlock in.

Nice.

Bonus - How a doctor’s two-decade quest to grow the penis is leaving some men desperate and disfigured

Time for some .... Folk Dancing.

 

No, this ain't the lowest scoring act from Midwest America's Got Talent.

No, the slide was labelled as "Sep-79 Bucharest - Folk Dancing".

And it's probably better than 90% of the shite on Simon Cowell's shite-fest-TV.

Bonus - Deception, Misinformation and Ruses in Warfare.  Horrible formatting, but fascinating stuff.

Kuta Beach, Bali, 1985

 

The slide was marked as "June 85 Bali, Kutri Beach", but I'm fairly sure that they meant Kuta Beach.

I was wondering how much this view has changed in the last 38 years, but there's something about the Google Streetview that looks suspicious. 

Bonus - for non UK visitors, Fiona Phillips is a D-List Celebrity, of no known talent.

The Dance of the Record-Setting Tractor Production Factory No.8.

 

Written on the slide was "Sep-79 Kishinev, Trade Union Palace" but anyone who knows their Soviet Era Tractor Dances will recognise the outfits and choreography as the Dance of the Record-Setting Tractor Production Factory No.8.

With Yuri Putin (No, no relation) leading the performers. Later that year, be would tragically killed in an unfortunate slurry-pit test-facility accident.)

Bonus - Was there less lightning than usual during COVID lockdowns? Yes

Bonus 2 - Giant Black Cock.  Dare you "click for bigified"?

Pretty as a Picture

 

I know that today I should be posting slides features Bonfire and Fireworks, but .... to Heck Hith That.

Instead...this most pleasant scene.  No info on the slide, but based upon a hunch, I'm saying that this almost certainly Polperro Harbour. 

Bonus - Do you have a filthy mind?

More ... Folk Dancing

 

A slide labelled as "Oct 81 Yugoslavia Dubrovnik".

I believe that these dancers are dancing the Tradicionalni ples tajanstvenog električnog ormara, which translates as "Traditional Dance of the Mysterious Electricity Cupboard".

You can see the mysterious cupboard that houses the electric meter on the right of the stage.

Bonus - Yes, we have another suspect as the infamous Zodiac Killer.

Seegfrörni 1963

 

Not a word I was aware of previously.

That is Swiss German for the great lake freeze of 1963.

During the winter of 1962/1963 it was so cold in Switzerland that Lake Zurich froze over! In Swiss German this phenomenon is called 'Seegfrörni' which simply means 'freezing over of a lake'. For a lake as big as Lake Zurich (about 88 km2 and 136m deep) that's pretty impressive.

Googling didn't seem to find anything on this artwork, tho Ice Yachts were definitely used during Seegfrörni 1963

Bonus - The Best Way to Hug Someone, According to Science

What The Flub?

 

I mean,  I see what it is.

But ... who?    Why?     Whether?   Whey?

Bonus - You had one job ...

Some Local Folk Dancing

 

September 1979, and in Bucharest the Tomas Futoz School of Folk Dancing are performing their dance "The Dance of the Green Hat" for an audience of tourists.  Little could they expect what would happen next.

 Yes, just 45 seconds later, Ludmilla Vortflash sneeze, causing the elastic in her knickers to fail and ... well. You can imagine.

Bonus - Primark now selling Greggs branded clothing and shoes. 

Is this just the stupidest thing ever? Or have I lost touch?

Short Legs, Long Walkies

Donny the Dachshund is the perfect illustration of the old Icelandic Proverb "Every journey is a long journey when you have short legs."

Bonus - TEN CELESTIAL EVENTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2021