WOOLLY MAMMOTH CHICAGO

A couple random things people have said to totally out of the blue so far this year…
#ufo #bauhaus #robzombie #northerncalifornia #joerogan

The lovely Phil is modeling the drop safe which formerly served in Man’s Country- Chicago’s legendary gay bathhouse that closed in 2018 after 44 years. You may remember that we also had all the glory holes from Man’s Country, and kept one as part of our collection.

ANOTHER POPE POST!
We all know that the new Chicagoland Pope took the name Pope Leo XIV. Coincidentally, we have a reliquary which contains the remains of the last Pope to take the name Leo- Pope Leo XIII…Crazy right?

A Jenny Haniver like this one is a the carcass of a ray that has been altered and dried to resemble a monster. Historically, they were crafted by sailors, and sold as monsters, demons, or curiosities to land lovers.
The earliest know image of a Jenny Haniver appeared in 1558.

Having a Chicago pope is cool, but I was really crossing my fingers for a Jack-a-pope.
#nexttimeforsure #malortpontiff

Ugh, where has this been all my life?

oh, wait…
#antipain #alcohol

Finally some answers!
#itsabouttime

THE GRIM PEEPER wants you to know that we are closed today…
See you in Hell! I mean tomorrow. See you tomorrow.
#deathbymarshmallow

OVARIAN RESIDUE!?? 🤷‍♂️
This reminds me of the time I was in Japan and I ate the entire reproductive system of a pig in a yakitori hut in place known as “Piss Alley”.
True story. My meal included the ovaries, womb and vagina. It was rubbery like calamari. I liked the ovaries least and the womb most.

Stuff Siamese Twins say to each other. Probably.
#siamesetwins #siblings #twinsies

Baby bottles like this one were marketed to Victorian era mothers. However, the porosity of the tubing straw and their slanted shape made them difficult to clean. The bottles were notoriously infamous for killing babies due to infection from bacteria, earning them the moniker MURDER BOTTLE!

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(One time, for Halloween, I hung a bag of frozen peas out of my zipper and went as a peacock.)
#peacock #taxidermy #sweetdeals

When I would get spanked as a kid, I figured it was because I was such a terrible child, but after thumbing through these old booklets, I’m wondering if maybe my parents were just kinky?
#corporalpunishment #spanking #bdsm #whips #paddles #butts #kink #fetish #getthebelt

#clashofthetitans #medussa #turntostone #rayharryhausen

Beating a dead horse

I pity the fool.
#tmnt #tarot

…found an old stack of photos from when I attended my Cub Scouts Jamboree!
#knottying
#meritbadge
#cubscouts
#bdsm
#artsandcraftsgarden

This guy served 3 years from 1941-1944 for “stealing chickens [in the] night time”.
If he had waited to chicken-nap until just before brunch, I wonder if he would have just got community service?
#nighttime #chickenthief

THE SHRUNKEN HEAD CASE
This is a true story that happened probably around 10 years ago.
#headcase #shrunkenhead #wtfiswrongwithpeople

THE SHRUNKEN HEAD CASE
This is a true story that happened probably around 10 years ago.
#headcase #shrunkenhead #wtfiswrongwithpeople

There’s a pretty incredible pathology museum in the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. These pics are from our visit there a few years ago. When we went, we had to get a little creative to gain access, I’m not sure if that’s changed, but the place was essentially unmanned.

According to my calculations, this is the biggest slide rule I have ever seen.
Perfect for the 50 foot nerd in your life.
#nerdzilla

Turn of the century stilts from a Kansas carnival are a few of my favorite things.
#carnival #circus #sideshow #tallman #vaudeville #acrobat #magician #midway #stiltwalker

WHERE IN CHICAGO ARE WE?!
The first person to guess correctly gets to be correct!
#abandoned #chicago #doyouneedahint

Mrs. Lucy Hasmic (?) died in 1859 at the age of 90. That means she was born in 1769 and would have been a little girl during the American Revolution. One of the locks of her hair is labeled as “cut off after her death”, the braided lock was “cut from her head one year before she died”.
Amazing.

About 10 February’s ago we had a surplus of taxidermy pheasants for some reason. This is the “commercial” we made to liquidate them.
Needless to say, we sold out relatively quickly.
Even tho it wasn’t that long ago, this video really feels nostalgic.
#simplertimes
#getsmeinthefeels

They’re getting the band back together.
#gettingthebandbacktogether
#jollychimp

Let’s take a moment to wish our in-house Chicken McNugget a Happy Birthday! The Nugster was purchased exactly 3 years and 4 days ago on February, 14 2022!….You look like you’re fresh out of the deep fryer Nuggy! Happy Birthday buddy!
#birthdayboy #nugster