My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Motives, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

January 26, 2012 with 55 notes
        tags: Our Bobs Disinfectant. bubonic plague. Proud to be an Australian.
questionableadvice: ~ The Review of Reviews, April 1900via internet archive(click to enlarge)“Best Preventative against The Bubonic Plague in the World” “Used extensively in India, South Africa and the Colonies.” I’ve used “Our Bobs Disinfectant” in her Majesty’s Colony of Queensland and I’ve never had a single case of Bubonic Plague or even the dreaded Lurgi.

questionableadvice:

~ The Review of Reviews, April 1900
via internet archive
(click to enlarge)

“Best Preventative against The Bubonic Plague in the World”

“Used extensively in India, South Africa and the Colonies.” I’ve used “Our Bobs Disinfectant” in her Majesty’s Colony of Queensland and I’ve never had a single case of Bubonic Plague or even the dreaded Lurgi.

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