#weirdoldbooks

[gnonopotomous]

Weird Old Books:

Good or Bad Design? by Odd Brochmann

Seems like a cool series, I only have this one.

https://archive.org/details/goodorbaddesign0000unse

[victorianapocalypseguide-blog]

For our first foray into Victorian advice for the apocalypse, we begin with the important things: smelling good. Because we all know the end of the world is going to be a stinky time.

With a perfume called “Kiss me Quick,” you’ll get first dibs on the few leftover members of the opposite sex. Also, I have it on good authority that rose water fumes burn the undead, as illustrated in the helpful drawing of a chemist defeating a bespectacled zombie. At the very least, it makes it more pleasant to fight the rotting dead. 

You now have the recipe for a weapon against both zombies, and remaining celibate at the end of the world. You’re welcome.

[victorianapocalypseguide-blog]

And for another weird old book, I give you Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible.

I can just imagine the scores of would-be young Bible-readers who never fully read the Holy Book because they were too preocuppied with “Hurlbut.”

But if you do need some holy comfort as the world ends, I highly recommend hurling your butt into this edition.

Har dee har har.

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Before we jump into practical preparation for the future, let’s take a brief look at another treasure from the past that might be useful in a world where mommy/daddy blogs no longer exist and nuclear fallout is rampant. You can’t get better parenting help than from the “Medical Examiner of Defective Children.” Because post-nuclear-apocalypse, will there be any other kind of child?