Saturday, December 17, 2005
he said.... i've got a powerful horse outside
1. when did the problem of people molesting baboons become so big that we actually had to come up with a name for it? cause you know that they don't invent things until it becomes prevalent. i refer you to the "baboonaphile"
(check out definition #2 for that word)
2. apparently, the number 1 killer of beavers (get your mind out of the gutter) is trees. well of course it is... what else could it be?
3. fake snow was first made with fragments of frosted glass... ok, sure when this "proved harmful" (they needed to wait for proof?), cotton batting was suggested, but fire fighters rejected it b/c of fire concerns... so guess what they switched to in order of production? powdered-ammonia then mica (which scarred lungs), and then asbestos.
Early Santas were apparently just as bad, carnival and circus workers with no costumes, who drank, smoked, and were missing teeth. so a random alcoholic who probably didn't have a great understanding of hygene was sitting kids on his lap... probably reaked of ashtrays and whiskey, and when he asked "what do you want for x-mas little girl?, said it through a nasty mouth with missing teeth.
My favourite story though.... in early 1900s meat markets used to decorate carcasses with painted motifs, and would put elk antlers on bear heads, and the ad in Eatons that read "Santa's reindeer all drowned, so he's coming in by train." sweet. (#3 is all from McCormack's book 'Christmas Days')
we'll file all of that under should have known better?
(check out definition #2 for that word)
2. apparently, the number 1 killer of beavers (get your mind out of the gutter) is trees. well of course it is... what else could it be?
3. fake snow was first made with fragments of frosted glass... ok, sure when this "proved harmful" (they needed to wait for proof?), cotton batting was suggested, but fire fighters rejected it b/c of fire concerns... so guess what they switched to in order of production? powdered-ammonia then mica (which scarred lungs), and then asbestos.
Early Santas were apparently just as bad, carnival and circus workers with no costumes, who drank, smoked, and were missing teeth. so a random alcoholic who probably didn't have a great understanding of hygene was sitting kids on his lap... probably reaked of ashtrays and whiskey, and when he asked "what do you want for x-mas little girl?, said it through a nasty mouth with missing teeth.
My favourite story though.... in early 1900s meat markets used to decorate carcasses with painted motifs, and would put elk antlers on bear heads, and the ad in Eatons that read "Santa's reindeer all drowned, so he's coming in by train." sweet. (#3 is all from McCormack's book 'Christmas Days')
we'll file all of that under should have known better?
The End of Privacy - Whitaker