A motley collection of ideas
It is not widely known that Hitler was a vegetarian, and even fewer people know that he was also an animal welfare advocate. Allegedly, the idea to ban bowl-shaped aquariums originated with him, as he believed it was animal cruelty that the fish had no corners to hide in and that the bowl distorted the … Read more
Dr Pál Veres was the favourite sexologist of socialist Hungary without being a sexologist. He was a newspaper photographer, journalist and Hungarian history teacher, and only graduated as a doctor at the ripe old age of 56, when he was already well known for his popular articles in the Ifjúsági Magazin. He became famous for his radio programmes in which he referred to fucking by name. One of his listeners once asked him if it was possible to masturbate with a vacuum cleaner. Uncle Pali’s answer was succinct: “It depends on which end: the one that sucks or the one that blows?”
Format: Hardcover. You can purchase it on Knihobot The Hungarian edition was published by Typotex Publishing Ltd. in 2019 and can be purchased at Typotex. Ever since the world began, people have enjoyed telling and listening to animal tales. The fables of Aesop, Phaedrus, and La Fontaine were not written for children but intended for … Read more
Nowadays, in the age of semiconductor diodes, many people don’t even know what this thing is. Yet, they were used in radio and television receivers up until around 1975. Recently, at a ham radio flea market, I picked up an AEG selenium rectifier for a few forints. I started searching online for its datasheet, but … Read more
A few months ago, I was looking at tests of robot vacuum cleaners. Reading the user reviews, I noticed that many people talk about a vacuum cleaner as a pet, and even talk about it as if it were their child. One young couple, for example, watched with rapt attention in the evenings as the little robot taught them how to move chairs, table legs and other obstacles in the room. Then, when it finally crawled onto its charger and slithered away, the couple dozed off. Admittedly, a robot is more suited to the hipster lifestyle than a dog or cat, and it cleans up and doesn’t need cleaning up after, but to quote Uncle Abel: “No, no!