Mr Snuffleupagus: a Tragic Life
Mr Snuffleupagus was a tragic figure of American entertainment in the late 60s and 70s. Despite achieving a small cult following, Snuffy...
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Non Stamp Collecting
Jun 12, 20214 min read
The Mystery of the Most Magnificent Arrest
It's 1990 in Sydney, Australia. A petty criminal named Paul Charles Dozsa gets shoved into a police car. The confrontation, caught on...
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Non Stamp Collecting
May 11, 20214 min read
Competitive Cheese Cutting through the Ages
Cheese Cutting was once a popular sport, but sadly, it no longer draws the raucous crowds for which it was once famed. Beginnings...
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Non Stamp Collecting
Nov 23, 20204 min read
Competitive Absence in the Olympics
The sport of Competitive Absence was featured in the 1908 London Olympics, but not without controversy. The rules were simple: enter the...
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Non Stamp Collecting
Nov 20, 20209 min read
Haruki Fukashima: one man, or many?
The self-evident aphorisms of Haruki Fukashima have failed to increase in popularity in recent years, which is part of his appeal, among...
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Non Stamp Collecting
Oct 18, 20202 min read
Japanese Schoolgirl Teddy Bear Assassins
The Great Teddy Bear Scourge of the 1950s was a dark episode in post-Word-War-Two Japan. Unruly Teddies roamed the Japan in menacing...
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pauljonesnsc
Oct 17, 20201 min read
"There will be No Miracle Today!"
In these troubling, modern-times, it's comforting to examine the words of wise Middle-Eastern chaps from two millennia past. The...
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pauljonesnsc
Jun 25, 20203 min read
Hedonism and Horticulture in Victorian England: Audley Beesley
London's 18th century Floral and Horticultural Society was a hotbed of indecent behaviour, the details of which are best not mentioned....
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Non Stamp Collecting
Jun 25, 20201 min read
The 'Free Sammy' Campaign
Fishermen caught Samuel George Davis Jr off the coast of Long Island after he became entangled in a net with swordfish and tuna. He was...
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pauljonesnsc
Jun 15, 20204 min read
King of the Dressing Room Act
Tommy 'Bucky' Hamilton is an all but forgotten comedian - which is part of his comic genius. Although few remember his name, his legacy...
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Non Stamp Collecting
May 20, 20208 min read
Non Selfies & Hamish 'Hamish' Smythe
Aside from being a prolific Non Stamp Collector, Hamish ‘H’ Smythe was a master at not appearing in photographs. He envisaged the...
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Non Stamp Collecting
May 14, 20204 min read
Requiem in 3D - Mozart’s Final Piece
Requiem in 3D was the last piece of music created by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Composing it killed him. It was unfinished at the time of...
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pauljonesnsc
May 14, 20202 min read
Lipzgraz & his 18th Century Square
Today few people have heard of the Austrian Physicist, Karl Heinz Lipzgraz, yet it was he who brought the Square to public attention....
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Non Stamp Collecting
May 11, 20203 min read
Non Eating: Angus Barbieri, 382 Day Fast
Although not eating as an aid to not collecting stamps has a long tradition in Tibet, the practice is still considered radical among...
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Non Stamp Collecting
May 10, 20204 min read
Ug - the first Pornographer
It’s commonly believed that as soon as man could rub two rocks together he created porn, however, it was Luigi Ug (457,671 BC to 457,635...
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