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Category Archives: Games & Toys
The Lilliputian Library – Josef Tari Collection: Miniature Books
Josef Tari is a Hungarian gentleman whom began his collection of miniature books in 1972. His library of petite reads – the smallest book being only 2.9 x 3.2 millimeters and some over 100 years old – has grown to over 5000. … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Children, Collections, Games & Toys, Literature
Tagged Apokalipszis ca. 1998, Das Grosse Tierbuch, humor, humour, Hungarian, Hungary, Im Reich der Tiere ca. 2004, Josef Tari, Josua Reichert: Bilder - ABC ca. 2000, Kovács Sándor 60 éves ca. 1972, Lilliputian Library, Móra Ferenc: Dióbél királyfi, Miatyánk - zsákkönyv ca. 2000, miniature books, miniature newspaper, novelties, Typographia
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Edison’s Talking Dolls: “Little Monsters”
A government laboratory has worked a way to play back the recordings on fragile wax cylinders, which were the working vocals of the dolls made by Thomas Edison in 1890. Edison employed an army of hundreds of girls, (according to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Entertainment, Games & Toys, Inventions, Technology, Wartime
Tagged Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, Lowell Briggs, Maine, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, nursery rhymes, Randall Stross, Robin & Joan Rolfs, talking dolls, The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World, There Was a Little Girl, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Ward Harris, wax, William W. Jacques
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The Organ Grinder & His Monkey
Organ grinders were a special people who brought smiles to the many faces of adults and children alike during very difficult times – war; high unemployment, and so on. If we could please keep our angry thoughts and comments pertaining to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Entertainment, Wartime
Tagged busking, entertainment, monkey, Organ Grinder, street performance
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Our Fancy – The Peanut Butter Solution: List of Ingredients
List of Ingredients: 1 really ripe banana 5 dead flies 1 rotten egg 3 licorice leaves A fistful of kitty litter 3 Connie Crisps 3 Crosbie Crackers 9 spoons of soil, a glass of pepper’s fizz and a spoonful of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cooking Magic, Entertainment, Our Fancies
Tagged a glass of pepper's fizz, a spoonful of peanut butter, abandoned, art, but not too much, child labour, concoction, factory, fire, fist full of kitty litter, five dead flies, ghosts, haunted house, haunted mansion, homeless, kidnapping, magic, movie, nine spoons of soil, one rotten egg, paintbrushes, ripe banana, soccer, The Fright, The Peanut Butter Solution, three Connie Crisps, three Crosbie Crackers, three licorice leaves
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Mr Potter’s Museum of Curiosities
Mr. Potter’s museum had over 10,000 stuffed animals which included a tableaux of: “…a rats’ den being raided by the local police rats … [a] village school … featuring 48 little rabbits busy writing on tiny slates, while the … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Children, Death & Culture, Entertainment, Taboos
Tagged auction, Bonhams, Damien Hirst, Guardian, Harry Hill, London, Mr Potter’s Museum of Curiosities, mummies, mummified, Museum of Everything, Peter Blake, Primerose, stuffed animals, taxidermist, taxidermy, two-headed goats
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Documentary – Guys & Dolls: Men Who Prefer Life-like Dolls Over Real-life Women
In the 2008 movie “Lars and the Real Girl” Ryan Gosling plays a man who introduces a life sized doll as his girlfriend and takes her everywhere, eventually gaining the town’s acceptance. A year before that movie put so-called “real … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Documentaries, Inventions
Tagged BBC, documentary, Guys and Dolls, Lars and the Real Girl, real dolls, Realdoll, Ryan Gosling
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Vagina Fragrance Beads – Womb Detox
Potpourri is not meant for the vagina and, in fact, can cause adverse effects. If you want to detox your womb, do so by ingesting green tea which is used by many to detox the whole body – not just your … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Inventions
Tagged adverse reactions, EOS lip balm, Gynecologist, infection, ordor, spa, Vagina Fragrance Beads, vaginal discharge, Womb Detox
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After the Ball – World’s 1st Adult Film
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, (Paris: December 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938) was an illusionist and filmmaker famous for creating special effects such as dissolves, multiple exposure, hand-painted colour and time-lapse photography. Marie, is also know for the stop-trick, where he claimed he accidentally achieved … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Entertainment, Taboos, Technology
Tagged A Trip to the Moon, After the Ball, Cabinet Fantastique of the Grévin Wax Museum, cinema, cinematography, Egypt Hall, Eugène Robert-Houdin, film, Hypnotist at Work, illusionist, John Nevil Maskelyne, London, magic, Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, New York, Paris, Peeping Tom at the Seaside, pornography, stag, stage acting, Star Film Company, The Impossible Voyage
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