Bond Pulls Prices...And Jacks Up Their Underwear

I stumbled across these while going through an old newspaper. After I stopped laughing my butt off, I decided to post this ad. And guess what? They are on sale!! I don't know how life could get any better.

From the Library of the Damned...

Here are two more books from the trip to the local Goodwill. What drew me to the shelf with these books on it in the first place was seeing this (rare) first edition book by Jim Thompson, A Hell of a Woman. Thompson is actually one of the better authors of crime pulp fiction (maybe even the best). His best book, The Killer Inside Me, is a pretty frickin scary book about a small town sheriff who is constantly fighting his psychotic and violent urges. Thompson is known for having interesting/unreliable narrators and unique plot structures which were actually very sophisticated for the genre he wrote for. He also was over the top; very gritty with frequent mention of abuse and alcoholism. If you haven't read The Killer Inside Me and feel like getting a little freaked out, I would recommend it.

Anyway, enough of that. I hope that you enjoy these book covers, and find them as interesting/hilarious as I did!

Hey Frank, did you notice another mention of your name on the back cover? Maybe there is a theme here....

Oh no! Not a beautiful nymphomaniac! I am confused....is this a crime story or not????

Pulp Fiction (not the movie)

This entry in Vintage Bug is courtesy of Goodwill. When I was dropping off my latest donation of crap Sarah left behind at my house, I found some great novels from the 40's and 50's. I love the covers, but the best part are the summaries on the back.

Enjoy!

Teaching the Family "Chef" What To Do With M-E-A-T

Hooray! Another cookbook! I have to admit, I think that these are the best posts. Mostly because the recipes can be so very hilarious. This is from Allis Chalmers, a tractor manufacturer in Milwaukee. And it is all about meat. Mmmm...meat!

Let's just skip to the good stuff, shall we? "Variety Meats"; organ meats, sweetbreads, tongues and everything else that makes us go "Ew". Look carefully at the menu ideas. I don't know about you, but this makes me hungry for a big bowl of Brains A La King....

And then they managed to take regular meats and make you go "Ew", too. The Ham Mousse is pretty funny, but the Tropical Meat Salad is just sick. Hmmm...meat and bananas. Classic.

And just in case you have never cooked before, here is a fun guide on how to buy, cook and force your husband to serve meat. Enjoy!

Mega Strike-Breaker

To (finally) continue with the WWII newspapers, here is a picture of the front page of The Chicago Sun from April 27, 1944.

The headline here is making reference to the Montgomery Ward production plants. It seems that Sewell Avery, who was the acting head of Montgomery Ward, didn't want to bargain with the unions and his workers went on strike. Strikes during wartime were a big no-no to FDR, so the Ward plants where the workers were striking were seized by the government, effectively ending any and all resistence. If you want to read more about it, I found FDR's actual opinion on it here.

Coconut Glory

As a nod to the upcoming Holiday Season, specifically Thanksgiving, I give you:

Gobble-Gobble Gobbler

Proving once again that the people who authored this cookbook have no imagination when it comes to names. But they can do great things with gross candy/toppings. Boy-Howdy!

However, it does make for a great post! And the repetitive name helps you remember. Helps you remember. Helps you remember!

The Gobble-Gobble Gobbler - In All His Glory

I love the candy corn "feathers" on this thing. Sick. 

Military Money

I keep finding cool things in these WWII letters from overseas! This is from one of my great-uncles, who was stationed in Seoul, Korea for a time. He is paying my grandpa back for a care package full of things that he requested be sent, but since he didn't have "real" money, he sent this....


I assume this was a joke between my grandfather and my great-uncle, judging by the amount of underlining and "ha-ha's" written in the margin. I wonder what was in the package that he sent? Hmmm...things like that drive me crazy!

Anyway, I thought this would be a good post, since Patrick was just talking about his military play-money pogs in a post for Off Somewhere. It looks like this isn't a new idea, although the pog aspect might be.

But how weird would it be to carry around a bill for 5 cents?