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Category Archives: Baltimorons
Shit-canned: Remembering the Preakness Toilet Races
“You can’t kill stupid; you can only attempt to contain it. Like on a very large infield.” – (Source: “The Quotable Tom Warner Omnibus.”) “In 2009, the first year without B.Y.O.B., attendance plummeted to 77,850 from 2008’s 112,222…” (Source: Maryland … Continue reading
Posted in 2000s, Baltimorons, Beer, Festivals, Pranks, Sports
Tagged freakness, port-a-potty races, preakness, running of the urinals, toilet run
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Rocket to Venus: The Great Baltimore Space Program of 1928
The prehistory of spaceflight is filled with mad scientists. Some of their work led directly to the development of space exploration…others had a much weirder destiny. Such was the case with Robert Condit, who built a rocket in 1928 that … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, Baltimorons, Dining, Roadside Attractions
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BLAMMO – “Sweet Home Balt-amore”
BLAMMO, the Beleaguered League of Artists Meeting Mass Opposition pay their respects to their hometown of Balt-amore, home of Schmoke and beer, the Ori-oles and Ripkin the “Sacred Cal,” where “it’s the same old shit, the city that reads the … Continue reading
Posted in 1990s, Baltimorons, Music
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H.L Mencken on Essex, Maryland
Hollywood Park was located in Essex, Maryland near the Back River Bridge.
