WTF Wednesday: Siamese Twins, Oak Ridge Puppy, Troll Hunting

Greetings, Wednesday! Greetings, WTF!

Let's begin with something I saw on Antiques Roadshow. They were in Charleston and showed an old double-seated chair belonging to Siamese twins attached on the side. The woman was their descendant and said they had 21 children between the two of them. I got this book Chang & Eng in the mail yesterday and cannot wait to read it. 

Next, the Oak Ridge Boys Christmas album. The front is just the boys and a tinsel tree. 

The back is a full family photo, complete with spaniel puppy.



These were a good 2 feet out the back of the van. 

There's a hike around here that goes by some stone ruins that has become a sanctuary for trolls. 



this kind of trolls.



There are other trolls hidden along the trail in tree stumps and who knows where else.

Last but not least, baby boy figurine.

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:   

• 80s Teddy Bears Better than Men T-shirt  
• 80s Are We Rich Yet? T-shirt
• 80s Basketful of Shar Peis T-shirt
• 90s We're All Stars T-shirt
• 80s Teddy Bears Pocket T-shirt
• 90s Weavers Technology T-shirt
• 90s Dr. Talton Just Says Yes T-Shirt
• 80s Mountain Bike Ran Me Over T-shirt  
• 90s Lady Rifles Basketball Camp T-shirt

WTF Wednesday: Ashamed Workmen, Fried Chicken, Self Esteem

Hi Wednesday! Hi WTF!

Right off the bat, gold nosed creepster clown:

Where does this leave unapproved workmen?

Forever in love with aerobics records.

I hope they toured the city in those suits.

Happiness is a grown man playing with a baby doll.

Dinner on the ground looks insane.

Give the world a smile. Literally.

Great day for a snorkelfest.

I don't know where to begin with this doll.

You can't just add a "Y" to a word and make it an adjective, that's not how it works. 

Last but not least, step one: stop calling yourself a complete idiot.

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:   

• 80s Nutbush Virginia T-shirt
• 90s Shagging South Carolina T-shirt

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

Jello Wednesday! Jello WTF!

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

Welcome home, Mike!

That solid waste hat you always wanted.

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

  

Speaking of pigs.

No doubt the good shopper bought this. 

 Flair without fuss. 

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

 A cow with bumblebee antennae. 

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

Last but not least purple-eyed crying bellydancer doll.

WTF.

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:   

• 80s Beauticians Are Special Sweatshirt
• 90s Sniper Rifle T-shirt
• 80s Plumber Apprentice Contest T-shirt
• 80s I See Dr. Trout Maine Fishing T-shirt 

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

Ellohay, Wednesday! Ellohay WTF!

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

Knights in tight satin.

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

Sego brothers and Naomi make awesome singing faces.

Their hair is high.

Juvenile deliquency - how you can help. 

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

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

Hey craptastic weiner dog sculpture.

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

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:   

• 90s Tony Ford Piano Kid T-shirt
• 90s The Cat's Way T-shirt
• 70s Pig Face Pork Bacon Graphic T-shirt  
• 80s Bring Me the Broken T-shirt
• 80s 3D Applique Hearts Sequins T-shirt

hootie & the rebel flag

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.

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: 

And Pulley Cable Glides:



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

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

This one unfortunately warped and no longer twisted. 

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

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

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.

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

And a charcoal drawing of windblown rockstar Jesus. 

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:   

• 80s Denim Glitter Travel Postcards Shirt
• 80s Love Pours Cross Stitch Sweatshirt

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!