They put the saw in so you know it is actually a boy.![]()
Spuds Mackenzie the Early Days.
People think they are so rebellious and original, when really they are just banal, boring and dumb.
They put the saw in so you know it is actually a boy.![]()
People think they are so rebellious and original, when really they are just banal, boring and dumb.
I've seen some absolutely bizarre photos from the 1890s to the 1920s and it's really a window into the reality of the times. People always assume that Victorian people were stuffy and had no sense of humor, photos like these disprove that myth.
12 is obviously "Harlan Sanders -- The Early Years." It explains the entire later course of the future Colonel's life.
Number 9 is actually explicable too -- that's Ming The Panda, one of the most famous attractions in the London Zoo before the war. The kid is the son of the photographer, who brought him along to play with the panda while getting some pictures for Picture Post magazine.
I have a 16mm film clip of Ming ferociously attacking an Alsatian dog who was menacing Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret during a zoo visit that same summer.
She didn't *just* play football, she also did her bit to protect Their Royal Highnesses from the filthy Bosch.
Last edited by LizzieMaine; 03-24-2011 at 11:38 AM.
The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. -- William Jennings Bryan
What on earth...?
Is this an extreme cloesup of some sort of bug? Could they even do that back then? Or it an armadillo? WHAT! I'm confused!
Gee thanks for bringing that picture up again Amy JeanneThat is the scariest one
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