Category: History

Andre The Giant Was Aptly-Named

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Already 6’3″ at age 12, Andre the Giant would eventually grow to be 7’4″ and weigh 500 lbs. It’s hard to really wrap your head around that. 500 lbs! His fist looks as big as this guy’s face.

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Just look at his fingers on Cary’s face.

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Can you see the resemblance in his only child, Robin?

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I Scream Floats

I guess this made sense in 1950, but nowadays, folks would be up in arms against people in arms. And surely that woman only appears nude, bracing herself against an outhouse? I don’t get it.

Remember clotheslines?

FYI, per http://www.urbandictionary.com,
tea-sip

One who attends the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

The term tea-sip was started by students of Texas A&M University (aka Aggies) in the early 1900’s to belittle the well-to-do students of U.T.  The University of Texas was traditionally the “rich” school which pumped out doctors, lawyers and the like. A&M was the blue collar school which traditionally taught Agriculture and Mechanics.

Examples:
  • The Aggies play the teasips on Thanksgiving day.
  • I’m sick of all those hippy teasips in Austin.

Sure looks like they had a whale of a good time. (I had to do it.)