Christmas Prank
Since I saw some wrapping paper in the store, I thought I\’d share a prank that I did.
Mariani wine
Mariani\’s wine) was a tonic created circa 1863 by Angelo Mariani, a chemist who became intrigued with coca and its economic potential after reading Paolo Mantegazza’s paper on coca\’s effects. In 1863 Mariani started marketing a wine called Vin Mariani which was made from Bordeaux wine treated with coca leaves.The ethanol in the wine acted as a solvent and extracted the cocaine from the coca leaves, altering the drink’s effect. It originally contained 6 mg of cocaine per fluid ounce of wine, but Vin Mariani which was to be exported contained 7.2 mg per ounce in order to compete with the higher cocaine content of similar drinks in the United States.
Vin Mariani was very popular in its day, even among royalty such as Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland. Pope Leo XIII and later Pope Saint Pius X were both Vin Mariani drinkers. Pope Leo awarded a Vatican gold medal to the wine, and also appeared on a poster endorsing it.
Thomas Edison also endorsed the wine, claiming it helped him stay awake for longer hours.
Getting Air
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Here’s the post I’m referring to: www.myconfinedspace.com/2009/08/24/getting-air/
Here’s the original page on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/sierraromeo/3839183170/ You will see on there that the copy right has been changed to All Rights Reserved.
another reshuffle
I’m trying to fine tune this blog.
Is this blog more to your liking?
what would you do different?
T-Shirt: Uncle Sam 2009
Tags:Humor, Politics, uncle sam
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Tiki Golf iPod Touch and iPhone Game
Saw this on the new apps the other day, had to share. I don\’t play golf so I wasn\’t going to download the app.
Engrish Names
Funny Name, Language Translations
I just got an Acer Netbook and I was flipping through the QuickStart Guide and saw the name of the Regulation Manager. Hilarity ensued.
Binary Game from Cisco
Who wouldn\’t want to play this game… it rocks…
there are several others to play, they are much harder though, check it out
cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-2608
you need to register with Cisco to play though
drippy snail
Tags:Cute As Hell Animals, WTF
douchebags – meet your god
Tags:Humor, Motivational Posters