The curvature of the earth.  From Judge's Library, 1896.

From Le Courrier Français, 1907.

"Lifting wine glasses counts as exercise" quips celebrated humorist Elaine Ambrose, and she was hardly even joking.  Here's a precurosr to her insight, from Le Courrier Français, 1907.

"But drunken louts coming home very late were often caught."  From Belgian Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis, 1919.

"One night, returning home much intoxicated."  From Twenty-five Ghost Stories by West Bob Holland, 1904.

Tag yourself.  Are you the couple innocently coming home to find their loft invaded by four inebriated strangers and two animals?  Are you the person in a tiny hat sketching while your mates are passed out?  Are you the dog surprised by what you just licked?  Are you the only cat who knows what's happening?  Are you the one who dropped a toy airplane before losing consciousness?  Are you the dunce dreaming that tomorrow is a holiday?  Are you the mask on the wall overlooking them all?  From Ulk, 1930.

From Die Bühne, 1936.

From Mocca, 1931.

The world often looks this way to us.  That's why we wear prismatic glasses (as in the video linked here).

From Kladderadatsch, 1933.

From Fliegende Blätter, 1927.

"Dual consciousness again."  Pick Me Up, 1894.

The phrase "sideways approach to music" delivers just one Google result.  From Die Muskete, 1908.