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Thursday, November 05, 2020

Lyon, 1897: Snow Fight – Bataille de neige – L’œuvre cinématographique des frères Lumière

A large number of characters fight with snowballs. In the middle of this mêlée, a cyclist appears on whom everyone throws balls and who ends up rolling on the ground; he gets up and dodges sharply with his bicycle and the battle starts all over again. Date: January 31, 1897 - February 7, 1897 Location: France, Lyon


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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Heinz’ Customers Have Hearty Appetites, But Not for Jollity!

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This light-hearted advert for Heinz mayonnaise, a spoof on family life, showed that there’s little gaiety in Heinz’ straight customers

THE INDEPENDENT: Gay rights supporters have been urged to boycott Heinz products, after the company dropped a mayonnaise advertisement that showed two men kissing.

Campaigners insisted that Heinz had capitulated to a concerted homophobic campaign and that they would be urging supporters to boycott the company's products.

The corporation decided to withdraw the light-hearted Deli Mayo commercial within days of its launch because it was "listening to its consumers". Kiss Goodbye to Your Sales, Stonewall Tells 'Homophobic' Heinz after Advert is Pulled >>> By Terri Judd | June 25, 2008

Banned Heinz Gay Kiss Advert


BBC:
It Started with a Kiss >>> By Tom Geoghegan | June 26, 2008

The Dawning of a New Dark Age – Dust Jacket Hardcover, direct from the publishers (US)
The Dawning of a New Dark Age – Paperback, direct from the publishers (US)

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

There are 'good hair days' and 'bad hair days'

Could this, perchance, be a damn good example of what we mean by a peroxide blond?


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Photo of Mr Boris Johnson, Conservative MP for Henley-on-Thames and Conservative spokesman for higher education, courtesy of THE TELEGRAPH
Mark Alexander
Life is just a bowl of cherries! Or, in the case of Prince Charles, one big fancy dress party!


Ridiculous:


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More ridiculous:


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Most ridiculous:


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Mark Alexander