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Showing posts with label Picture. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Why our great-grandparents had fond memories of their youth!

It is a miracle they remembered anything!

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A bottle of Bayer's 'Heroin'.

Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine.
It was also used to treat children suffering with a strong cough...

And here we are, worried that our children are drinking coffee to early in their lives!

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Monday, March 08, 2010

Understanding Electricity in South Africa

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Pie pricing: getting to the bottom of things

Today, I picked up my son and daughter from school. "Dad, I am hungry!"  said one of them. We popped into the local Pick 'n Pay store and headed over to the pies. While we were waiting for one of the helpers to bag the pies, my son noticed the pricing sign below.

I know, I know! Think on things above and all that, but this was just too funny to pass up!

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"Are they really…? No, can't be!"

You laughed, didn't you?

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Advertising sometimes says more than intended

HT: Dan Phillips

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Are these pictures photoshopped?

For more of the same, click here.

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Famous pictures manipulated

Pictures we see in magazines and newspapers aren't always what they seem. See the following two pictures.

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Now visit Amazing Facts for the other 9 famous pictures that were manipulated!

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

In remembrance of ...


HT: The Constructive Curmudgeon

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