Mythecdotes & Synthidents

A curious sight, wouldn't you say?

But, this was a common situation during the "Jazz Age" of the 1920s. The Economy was booming so well that people were buying new robots every month, and just discarding the old ones. These armies of now redundant mechanical men eventually degenerated into itinerate hobotons, roaming the backroads of the nation seeking handouts of oil, electricity and spare gears. Some even sank so low as to become Charleston instructors.

It's all there in the history books, kids -- if you'd just take the time to look (I'd recommend Prof. Muldoon's Recapitulated History (Unabridged) )

Some fascinating tidbits you may be interested to know:

From 1917 through 1948, Bullfinch Party leaders Theodore & Franklin D. Roosevelt were co-presidents of the USA (The Presidential Boxing Match between the Roosevelts ended in a draw, so Queen Victoria decreed that they share the office).

In the 1920s, FDR would give his Atomo-side speeches, which were beamed out to people's video cellphones. Sitting next to his glowing Atomic space heater, Roosevelt would smile for the cameras and read the daily comic strips for the public (there was a twenty year Newpaper strike during the early part of the century, and the only way people got the news was directly from the White House). No one was aware of the dangers of Atomic Radiation , so unfortuntely, FDR lost the use of all four of his legs (it’s considered so mundane a fact, that most history books never mention that FDR was a centaur) that’s why you’ll see photos of him in a wheelchair.

Theodore spent most of his co-presidency single-handedly carving Mount Rushmore; He eventually resigned his office in order to go to Britain and punch-out mobs of young ruffians (That is where the phrase "Teddy Boy" comes from).

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Some pics from November 2005.

Hmmm -- "Metropolis" -- I wonder what Fritz Lang would think?

This interesection of Pratt & Ridge never looked like it belonged in the city limits of Chicago to me -- some like some other place (there has been some changes to the area since the pic was taken).

Hey, made up some new words today! -- Synthident (a made up incident), Shamecdote ( a "sham" or phony anecdote ("Fanecdote is already taken)), and a Mythecdote ( a fake historical anecdote or "fact"). Maybe somebody else has used these words before, but I don't know about it. This could be the home of the Mythecdote!