Being a construction of your humble blogger Tepid Halibut, with the aim of posting one vintage slide image per day, from now until Kingdom Come. (Or until Mr Halibut gets bored.)
Friday, 31 March 2017
Impressive Float
No info (as usual) but there is a phone code in the background (796.8486?) and the float has a label of "Sunkist"...but otherwise I'm stumped.
Any suggestions.
Bonus - Inadvisable Haircuts for Kids.
Bonus 2 - the only wooden toilet seat to be found in the Roman Empire
Thursday, 30 March 2017
The Fun of Caravaning
Yes, it's fun.
Cramped conditions and family tensions. Who could resist.
Bonus - The Thing
Bonus 2 -
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
The Young Accountant
Not every slide gets to be taken on Kodachrome.
Apologies for the inferior condition of this slide - it's over 60 years old, and has suffered from fungal attack.
No apologies for the subjects - A young accountant and his mother.
Bonus - An outrageous case of police brutality.
Bonus 2 - The End Times Are Now
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
The Stump
The Stump.
You've probably read about it in Rolling Stone or Italian Vogue, but this is the genuine stump.
You may wonder about the Mick Jagger story...but I have it on good authority....it's true. It's Damned True.
Bonus - Alec McGregor and Ewan McGuinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Monday, 27 March 2017
The Nude Swimmer
Yup. Naked.
Nude apart from his tatoos.
Completely.
Bonus - Dog with a cat's shadow
Bonus 2 - Clickee Biggee
Sunday, 26 March 2017
"Say Cheese"
Smile for the camera.
By The Way - There's a camouflaged Japanese sniper concealed in the shrubbery. Can you spot him?
Bonus - Ski-Jump records around the world
Bonus 2 -
By The Way - There's a camouflaged Japanese sniper concealed in the shrubbery. Can you spot him?
Bonus - Ski-Jump records around the world
Saturday, 25 March 2017
Zombies on The African Queen
On the positive side, you can identify the celebrities from their Waxworks.
On the negativeside - Aaarrrggghhh. Zombies !
Bonus - It all depends on your outlook on life.
Bonus 2 - When Reggie doesn't get his favourite pouches
Friday, 24 March 2017
The Citrus Thieves
"Heck. They grow them at the side of the road....they must be expecting to lose a few"
Seconds later, the criminals were vaporised.
Bonus "During their jolly to Washington for Trump’s inauguration, Nigel Farage and Brexit financier Arron Banks staged the most solemn of pilgrimages to Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the grave of a British soldier who perished in 1944. The fact that he succumbed to anaemia whilst working a desk job approximately 4,000 miles from Normandy – perhaps the only person in Arlington not to have actually died for their country – was somewhat de-emphasised." The Subject Briton
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Tea al fresco
After forty years in solitary confinement in a stinking jungle hovel, Major Walter Johnston preferred to have his afternoon tea in the open air, thank you very much.
Bonus - Wait ... What???
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Smith 8450
Words Fail Me.
Bonus - Other Smith 8450s are available, including :
Smith 8450 Heavy Duty Grease Trap Interceptor
Bonus 2 - Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Graduation Day Speech
The most important day in some cadet's life ... but what a dull slide.
Bonus - The Massive Pizza Funeral That Never Had to Happen
Bonus 2 - Yes. New look to the blog.
Bonus 3 - New Zealand artist Benjamin Lloyd to give sick kids incredible 'tattoos
Monday, 20 March 2017
The Playground Newbie
I've never seen that before.
A lad in a
Or maybe not. Squinting at the image, that might be "Mark Newbie School"...and a few Googles later reveals.... Mark Newbie Elementary School.
Ta-Da.
Bonus - Best. Crib. Ever.
Sunday, 19 March 2017
Peek-A-Boo
Well....it keeps both parties amused for hours.
Bonus - No.....Yes....Nom
Bonus 2 - What to Do When Your Girlfriend Is 70 Times Bigger Than You
Bonus - No.....Yes....Nom
Bonus 2 - What to Do When Your Girlfriend Is 70 Times Bigger Than You
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