and yes, even then, some folks didn't need as much dressing up as others...
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Coffee Mugs™
Originally, the idea was to dress up as specters on Hallowe'en in order to blend-in. It was understood that spirits returned to the earth on this day and in order to not be uncomfortably accosted by them, folks would dress up as ghosts in order to commingle surreptitiously ...if they needed to be out of doors.
and yes, even then, some folks didn't need as much dressing up as others...
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© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
and yes, even then, some folks didn't need as much dressing up as others...
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Coffee Mugs™
Coffee was criminal !! pt 6
In Sweden, circa 1746, King Gustav III banned coffee completely under the impression that coffee was detrimental to public health. To prove his theory he experimented on imprisoned twins forcing one to drink 3 pots of coffee a day, and the other 3 pots of tea a day, expecting the effects on the coffee prisoner to validate all. However, Gustav III was assassinated before the experiment was over and was never informed of the tea prisoner living to his 80s and the coffee prisoner living even longer! The Swedes had been deprived of coffee for no reason.
they drank it anyway.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
In Sweden, circa 1746, King Gustav III banned coffee completely under the impression that coffee was detrimental to public health. To prove his theory he experimented on imprisoned twins forcing one to drink 3 pots of coffee a day, and the other 3 pots of tea a day, expecting the effects on the coffee prisoner to validate all. However, Gustav III was assassinated before the experiment was over and was never informed of the tea prisoner living to his 80s and the coffee prisoner living even longer! The Swedes had been deprived of coffee for no reason.
they drank it anyway.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Coffee Mugs™
The original bicycle, the Dandy Horse, was made almost entirely of wood.
It was uncomfortable and dangerous and eventually declared illegal by the police.
If you can find one you could try it and see what you think.
...I wooden, though.
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© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
It was uncomfortable and dangerous and eventually declared illegal by the police.
If you can find one you could try it and see what you think.
...I wooden, though.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Coffee Mugs™
The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
Guillaume Apollinaire and even Picasso were seriously suspected of the crime. (it wasn't them)
Interestingly, the empty space where La Gioconda used to be attracted more visitors than the painting did.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
Guillaume Apollinaire and even Picasso were seriously suspected of the crime. (it wasn't them)
Interestingly, the empty space where La Gioconda used to be attracted more visitors than the painting did.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Coffee Mugs™
Coffee was criminal !! pt 5
King Charles II of England shut down all coffee houses completely and banned the selling of coffee beans altogether in 1675 due to tracing seditious poetry to these sober institutions. The public response was quite severe and, within a week-and-a-half, he reversed his decision. Banning the beverage didn't work.
they drank it anyway.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
King Charles II of England shut down all coffee houses completely and banned the selling of coffee beans altogether in 1675 due to tracing seditious poetry to these sober institutions. The public response was quite severe and, within a week-and-a-half, he reversed his decision. Banning the beverage didn't work.
they drank it anyway.
Thank you, and enjoy. 💀
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