Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Last Rubber Chicken in Ballard

May 31, 2009 – 7:27 pm

After 10-1/2 years, at 3:37 p.m., on May 31, 2009, the last Rubber Chicken at the Ballard Archie McPhee store was photographed, tagged and taken away.

The floors were swept, the cornucopia of stuff hanging from the ceiling taken down and the giant devil head transported eastward in the back of a pickup truck beneath strangely [...]

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Failed Product Sample – Shamrock Skull

May 20, 2009 – 11:30 am

We love when factories send us samples of things they think we’ll like. For instance, this festive Shamrock Skull which we assume was designed to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The festive green and shamrock on the forehead would surely please anyone looking to celebrate their Irish heritage.
We won’t be carrying it.

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New Engrish

May 19, 2009 – 2:50 pm

This is some of the most poetic Engrish ever. Found on a Bento Box sample.
“Regardless the timespace how to change the, the of the crystal, the whole life is constant.

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New Funny Or Not Funny With Nai!

May 18, 2009 – 10:28 am

Nai promised that if we hit 795 views on the first episode of his series, he’d do a second episode. Well, here it is! You can watch the first episode here.
If this one gets 1,032 views, he may do a third.

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Zombie Mints and Possible Time Travel Problem

May 7, 2009 – 11:56 am

While searching for an image to use on our Zombie Mints tin in an old French anatomical book, Matt was shocked to find the drawing above.  It looks just like our co-worker Gibson Holub. At first we all thought it was funny, but after watching the last season of Lost, we have a new theory. [...]

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Interview with Kirk Demarais, Author of Life of the Party

May 4, 2009 – 3:32 pm

S.S. Adams, now owned by Magic Makers, was the original American novelty company. For their 100th anniversary, they released a pictoral history of their products called, Life of the Party. Kirk Demarais, the author, agreed to answer a few of our questions. Kirk is not just an author, he’s also an ace designer and the blog-master [...]

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