|
Here's a precursor to Marshall McLuhan's "the medium is the message" (1964). "Letter is its own envelope" (1930). From Popular Mechanics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
While it's true that "flowers [are] able to tell time," instead of saying, for example, "It's 4:45," they'll say, "It's a quarter till." And you'll be like, "Till what?" And they'll be like, "till the ground and muse along the odoriferous furrows of our lowlands." And you'll be like, "I don't know the allusion because I've never read J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer," and they'll have some comeback or other; they always do. The headline is from Popular Mechanics, 1930.
|
|
You knew that "Pastry is like a religion to the French" ( Joanne Chang). But here's "A 'layer cake' temple found among Aztec ruins." From Popular Mechanics, 1931.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You can upgrade the trap to catch hogs, hold them tightly, and whisper sweet nothings, but it will void the warranty. From Popular Mechanics, 1920.
|
|
Here's a precursor to the "sky" part of Skype. "Long-distance weather seen in polar trips." From Popular Mechanics, 1930.
|
|
It was determined in 1855 that Australia was a mistake.
|
|
This sounds like a precursor to the popular polar bear campaign, but it's coke with a lower-case c. From Popular Mechanics, 1921.
|
Page 335 of 339
> Older Entries...
Original Content Copyright © 2025 by Craig Conley. All rights reserved.
|
