Awesome Mustache » old-timey awesomeness http://www.awesomemustache.com Awesome is for sharing. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Bartitsu Montage http://www.awesomemustache.com/old-timey-awesomeness/bartitsu-montage/ http://www.awesomemustache.com/old-timey-awesomeness/bartitsu-montage/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:46:40 +0000 Jamie Grove http://www.awesomemustache.com/?p=461 I love this montage picture from The Journal of Manly Arts:

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I came across it while reading this article on Bartitsu on The Art of Manliness blog. Too awesome.

By the way, did you know that the new Sherlock Holmes movie will feature some Bartitsu madness with Robert Downey Jr.?

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Ok, so.... what the hell is this?

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It's deep in our subconscious... Somewhere in the past, someone fed our ancestors these horrid things. I've just discovered the reason why we fear shredded wheat.

"Naturally organized foods make possible natural conditions. There is no other way." ~ HDP

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And this? Really?

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Please, God. Make the natural organization stop! There must be another way!!

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No... There is no other way.

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Oh, come on... Recipe 62???!! And what the hell is that white stuff on top?

The horror!!!!

[More goodness from Good Housekeeping circa 1900]

]]> http://www.awesomemustache.com/advertising-awesomeness/why-people-fear-shredded-wheat-but-are-not-sure-why/feed/ 0 Children Thrive on Postum Food Coffee! http://www.awesomemustache.com/advertising-awesomeness/children-thrive-on-postum-food-coffee/ http://www.awesomemustache.com/advertising-awesomeness/children-thrive-on-postum-food-coffee/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:02:22 +0000 Jamie Grove http://www.awesomemustache.com/?p=429 Mmmm. Coffee! No, wait. Food Coffee?

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Delicious and palatable when boiled for 15 minutes after boiling commences, to extract flavor from grains...

Maxwell House this is not.

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