Vision Dieter Glasses

In the early '80s. a new diet fad swept Japan and America. The Vision-Dieter glasses.

The glasses had blue tinted lens. The idea was they made food look unappetizing (after all, outside of candy, blue is not a very appetizing colour for food.....at least for most adults.)

The reality was they just made the world around you a pretty shade of blue. Nothing more.
  

Canoodle

You know how it is.

You hear an odd and unfamiliar word......And promptly embarrass yourself around the world.

That's what happened to CIVI-TV anchor Andrew Johnson in 2012. The video of this went viral, all over an obscure word.....

Nad's Gel

This was sold via infomercials in the USA in the 1990s.

I once ordered a jar of this sticky goop so I could get the hair off my shoulders and back. My girlfriend at the time spread it on and said "Hold still" as she applied this stuff and the strips.

When she ripped the first strip off, every moose in Canada could hear me scream "YEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!"

She cackled evilly, grabbed the back of my neck and ripped off the remaining strips. Which hurt worse than the first.....

Needless to say, I never ordered another jar.....

"The Ballad Of Thunder Road" Robert Mitchum (1958)

"Thunder Road (1958) was loosely based on an incident in which a driver transporting moonshine was said to have crashed to his death on Kingston Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, somewhere between Bearden Hill and Morrell Road. According to Metro Pulse writer Jack Renfro, the incident occurred in 1952 and may have been witnessed by James Agee, who passed the story on to Mitchum – who not only starred in the movie, but also produced the film, co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself. Mitchum also co-wrote (with Don Raye) the theme song, "The Ballad of Thunder Road." - Wikipedia

McDonalds Prices, Circa 1974

Is it just me or are YOU getting pissed off too?