The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, 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.
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6 Lost Olympic Sports: Live Pigeon Shooting
The rules of the game were straightforward: Shoot down as many birds as possible in the allotted time, with two misses resulting in elimination. The event—in which Australia’s Donald MacIntosh [above at the 1900 Paris games] took the bronze—was predictably messy, which may have contributed to pigeon shooting’s brief Olympic life span.
Makes me proud to be Australian.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7tnke9P0d1qzprlbo1_r1_500.png)
6 Lost Olympic Sports: Live Pigeon Shooting
The rules of the game were straightforward: Shoot down as many birds as possible in the allotted time, with two misses resulting in elimination. The event—in which Australia’s Donald MacIntosh [above at the 1900 Paris games] took the bronze—was predictably messy, which may have contributed to pigeon shooting’s brief Olympic life span.
Makes me proud to be Australian.
(via bluecollarclassicist)
