Wednesday, July 29, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Ring of Terriers, Aerobics, Crying Belly Dancer

Jello Wednesday! Jello WTF!

Here's Linda...working out on her own foot.

linda fratianne


Welcome home, Mike!

mike warnke


That solid waste hat you always wanted.

solid waste


Can one person eat enough pigs in a blanket to necessitate a dedicated machine?

pigs in a blanket
  

Speaking of pigs.

reading pigs


No doubt the good shopper bought this. 

good shopper bad golfer


 Flair without fuss. 

flair without fuss

 
Just your average, run of the mill, mouse riding a grasshopper scene.

mouse riding grasshopper


 A cow with bumblebee antennae. 

bumblebee cow

Let's put 5 identical terriers staring at each other in a ring formation.

ring of terriers


Last but not least purple-eyed crying bellydancer doll.

crying bellydance doll



WTF.

crying bellydance


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Camo Face, High Gospel, Weiner Dog, Clown Hands

Ellohay, Wednesday! Ellohay WTF!

It's a camo-face woman with soul-stealing eyes.

woman camo face


Knights in tight satin.

gatlin brothers


Poor Anita Bryant must've blown a gasket after Obergefell. The threat of militant homosexuality my ass. 

militant homosexuality


Sego brothers and Naomi make awesome singing faces.

sego brothers and naomi

Their hair is high.

high in gospel country

Juvenile deliquency - how you can help. 

juvenile deliquency

Written by her mother. I'd like a life-size poster of this hanging next to my bed.

yes you can heather

The doll has no face, but is wearing a panda hat. Myrtle Beach, baby.

myrtle beach panda face

Hey craptastic weiner dog sculpture.

weiner dog sculpture

Last but not least, the hands of a clown. I sincerely hope there's a piano missing.

hands of a clown

As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

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Friday, July 17, 2015

hootie & the rebel flag



https://www.etsy.com/listing/240764181/vintage-90s-rock-t-shirt-hootie-the?ref=shop_home_active_1

In a UNC dorm room in 1994, I listened to the the South Carolina band Hootie & the Blowfish CD "Cracked Rear View" many, many times. 

One song, "Drowning" was about racism, but I never understood the first verse clearly, Darius Rucker kind of mumbles through it. 

But 21 years later, it's timely. Very timely. 
Trouble with the world is we're too busy to think about it, all right
Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls?
Tired of hearin' this shit about heritage not hate
Time to make the world a better place


Why must we hate one another?
Well no matter what we gotta live together
Just that you don't look like me, tell me what do you see
When we pass on the street what do you wanna see

P.E.'s coming is all I gotta say
Wanna turn and run away
They're just telling you how they see it
Right or wrong they don't care, you wish that they would quit

chorus:
Drowning in a sea of tears
Hatred trying to hide your fears
Living only for yourself
Hating everybody else
Cause they don't look like you

Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go
About some fat racist living in Chicago
Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone
Well tell me why is that something you wanna teach your son?

Why must we hate one another?
When the people in the church, they tell me you're my brother
You don't walk like me, ... you don't talk like me, saying
Go back to Africa, I just don't understand

(chorus)

I'm trying to be someone that he could look up to, but
When I walk down the street, tell me what do you see
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man
No I'm not like you
Why do you hate me so
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
Hating everybody else cause they don't look like you  

This week I found an authentic vintage 90s Hootie & the Blowfish tour t-shirt with that lyric on back "Cause they don't look like you."  
I am glad there is no longer a rebel flag hanging from the statehouse walls. It's a start.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/240764181/vintage-90s-rock-t-shirt-hootie-the?ref=shop_home_active_1


Wednesday, July 15, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Trim Twist, $19 Bride, Rockstar Jesus


Bonjour, Wednesday! Bonjour, WTF!

Before there was youtube, people learned how to make things by reading books like the Family Creative Workshop 24 volume set. (1976) 

Things such as Candy Wreaths: 

candy wreaths

And Pulley Cable Glides:

pulley glide

Nothing says "Country" like cufflinks and a director's chair in a wheat field. 

mancini country


Trim Twist was a 1968 exercise fad where CEO's were expected to stand on a 1 foot square lazy Susan and twist. 

trim twist

This one unfortunately warped and no longer twisted. 

trim twist 3

But if it still worked, a boss and his secretary could twist all day to this kind of music:

Trim Twist


Hello clown on stilts holding a puppy in a matching hat.

stilts clown


This beautiful bride was 3 feet tall and nineteen dollars.  Priciest thing in the store - you can get a new couch at goodwill for less than that.

$19 bride

Last but not least, a couple of Jesuses.  Jesus's blond phase (1942).


blond jesus 1942

And a charcoal drawing of windblown rockstar Jesus. 

rockstar jesus


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

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Wednesday, July 08, 2015

running bear

and we've got to get ourselves back to the gaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-arden!



saw this little fella stopped in a neighbor's driveway yesterday afternoon. it started running from us, through yards, into the woods. 

looked to be young and healthy, about 150 lbs. 

we had an encounter in the yard last week with a bear - i was out there throwing the ball for all 3 dogs around lunchtime, sugarhoney stopped in her tracks and started growling, eli blazed past her directly at a big black bear 20 yards away just over a hill, i started yelling for all dogs to come with me back to the house, they followed me, and the bear walked in the opposite direction.

it's a jungle out there!

WTF Wednesday: Bicycle Injury, Sewing with Nancy, Spreadeagle Cherub


Hola Wednesday! Hola WTF!

Hola Raggedy Ann.

raggedy ann


1-900-CALL-TEDDY

1-900-call-teddy


A sailor with a lemon is a scurvy-free sailor.

sailor with lemon


Sweet acronym. PRIDE = Preventing Returns Involves Daily Effort. Tell me about it. 

preventing returns


A couple tidbits from 1978's Bicycle Digest.

bicycle digest


Covering both injured and uninjured eyes can help.

cover uninjured eyes


This is wheelie dangerous.

wheelie
   
Hey random kids.

family


An hour of contemporary serging with Nancy.

serging with nancy


This reeks of Saturday Night Live.

nancy


 

Last but not least, a spreadeagle cherub.

spread eagle cherub


As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

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Wednesday, July 01, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Old Lovers, Moby Dick, Dog Bite Art, Monkey Testing


Hello Wednesday! Hello WTF!

Let us begin with a whacked out Christmas elf (?), dated 1976. 

christmas elf


Hey #1 Mom. And Kristie.

#1 mom & kristie

Ashes of old lovers. #neverforget

ashes of old lovers


Teddy bear rides a unicorn bareback.



Here we have a giant beer stein vividly depicting Moby Dick. A hump like a snowhill!

moby dick

Good old dog bite sculpture. 

dogbite

Lipstick on a pig on a coconut.

coconut pig

Nice scene from a book about fractions. 

thirds book 

Here's a different spin on animal testing. Did he say sedative or laxative? 


Last but not least, one-armed clown in a basket. 

basket of clown
As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week: