Bananas, 1967
Banananananananana I thought I’d win the spelling bee And get right to the top, But I started to spell ” banana, “ And I didn’t know when to stop. by William Rossa Cole Ann Arbor Sun, April, 1967 Read More …
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Two Finger Salute, 1415
Winston Churchhill – December 1942 – oh he knew… Two Finger Salute First use of the Two Finger Salute is said to go back to the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War in 1415. The French Read More …
No One Puts Baby in a Corner, 1956
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Lili Berde performing her forbidden dance ‘The Marihuana’ No One Puts Baby in a Corner Read More …
Fumes of Hasheesh, 1913
The day book, June 09, 1913 fire fighter smoke inhalation
Lost in Exquisite Intoxication, 1884
“I turn, I twist, I twirl. I melt, I fade, I dissolve. No diaphanous cloud is so light and airy as I. I admire the ease with which I float. My gracefulness fills me with delight. My body is not Read More …
A Pipe For What?, 1746
“The happy effects of the smoke of tobacco in restoring drowned persons to life” – Dr. Brubier of Paris (in ‘A Physical Dissertation on Drowning:’) 1746 A Calm at a Mediterranean Port – Claude-Joseph Vernet – 1770 – Read More …
Practical skunk raising, 1915
“In the land of the skunks he who has half a nose is king.” ― Chris Farley Practical skunk raising by William Pratt – 1915
If, 346bc
“If” -The Spartan Ephors, 346bc Greek Vase – black-figure krater, c. 530 BC “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” -Buddha In 346 bc, King Philip of Macedon (Alexander the Great’s dad) Read More …
Your using that wrong, 1910
“Dawn-sniffing revenant, Plodder through midnight rain, Question me again.” – Seamus Heaney image from High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910) by champion of electro-therapeutics Samuel Howard Monell
The King of Dabs, 1950’s
Brylcreem 1950’s ad, Little dab will do ya Denis Compton had quite the female following. He would go down in history as being the first king of the Dab’s circa 1950’s… Ladies love Denis Compton, Brylcreem 50’s spokesman, King Read More …