Thursday 14 March 2024

person-alysis (11. 419)

This 1957 board game from Lowell Toy Manufacturers of Long Island (a prolific maker whose catalogue includes mostly versions tied to contemporary popular culture—Bat Masterson and Steve Canyon and Gunsmoke being among their best-selling) is advertised with the tagline “Everyone’s a psychologist! …” and described as the most original adult game on the market, encouraging amateur psychoanalysis with eighty “ink-blot” cards and an explanation of their interpretations, “lending themselves to an exciting, hilarious and thought provoking game! Arrestingly packaged with attractive accessories.” We wonder how many fights (see also) this caused finding the family sociopath and other undiagnosed personality traits. More from Weird Universe at the link above.

synchronoptica

one year ago: an Albanian Spring Festival

two years ago: assorted links to revisit, Czech and Slovak history plus goblin mode

three years ago: Andorra, the Mir programme, St Matilda plus Nazis erotic toys

four years ago: origins of the Panama Canal, an urban lagoon plus Disney’s White Wilderness

five years ago: end of the broadcasting day, geopolitical narratives, a coin honouring Stephen Hawking plus cross-border commutes