Enquire within

Today at the used bookstore I picked up Enquire Within Upon Everything, a facsimile of an 1856 book that, as the book jacket says, "is a fascinating compendium of lore on practically every aspect of domestic life in the mid-nineteenth century." Some entries at random (with my comments in bold):

( 583. THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF CHARCOAL )

( 1930. PRESERVE FUNGI )

( 2528. ARSENIC )

( 2545. WOW WOW SAUCE )

( 2915. WEDDING DRESS )

Just thought it would be a fun bit of historical folly for y'all to read.

Also, because jantalaimon reminded me of it, today's Thanksgiving selection comes from Addams Family Values:

Wednesday/Pocahontas: How! I am Pocahontas, a Chippewa maiden.
...
Wednesday/Pocahontas: We have brought a special gift for this holiday feast.
Pugsley/Turkey: I am a turkey. Kill me!
Amanda/Sarah Miller: What a thoughtful gift! Why, you are as civilized as we, except we wear shoes and have last names. Welcome, to our table, our new primitive friends!
Wednesday/Pocahontas: Thank you, Sarah Miller! You are the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen. Your hair is the color of the sun, your skin is the color of fresh milk, and everyone loves you.
Amanda/Sarah Miller: Stop! Sit!
Wednesday/Pocahontas: Wait.
Amanda: What?
Wednesday/Pocahontas: We cannot break bread with you.
...
Wednesday/Pocahontas: You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now, my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the roadsides. You will play golf, and enjoy hot hors d’oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, “Do not trust the Pilgrims – especially Sarah Miller.”
...
Wednesday/Pocahontas: And for all these reasons, I have decided to scalp you, and burn your village to the ground.

Let's Azumanga Linking!
- Azumanga Royale. (From eslington.) Think Azumanga Daioh meets Battle Royale. >D
- I don't normally link to AMVs, because IMO most of them kinda suck, but this one was too good not to give a nod to. It's to Bowling for Soup's "1985" (which I kinda have a hate/love relationship with - it's mildly clever but so overplayed) featuring Miss Yukari of Azumanga Daioh. The reason it's so good, though, is because of how the AMVer handles the pop-culture references - mostly by pulling from other anime or something in a way which struck me as really funny. (I especially like the way they handled the Nirvana and U2 references, as well as what they show the second time they refer to MTV music videos. XD)
- And then, of course, there's Lord of the Yen, a remake of all three Lord of the Rings trailers (using the original audio) with Azumanga Daioh video which made me laugh. A lot. (Sakaki as Aragorn and Kimura as Gollum especially.)

...oh, and having seen Azumanga Daioh will of course make these funnier, though I think the last two certainly are funny without it.

Edit: You know another thing that scares me about this "1985" song? A large number of its listeners were not yet born in 1985. (Way to make me feel old.)