Pre-Weekend Blah
Kim du Toit
May 9, 2008
2:40 PM CDT
No theme today—I don’t have the time, energy or inclination to figure one out.
This is what happens when you don’t exercise your Jag E-Type: it gets all flabby.
Actually, that’s an Alfa Romeo Disco Volante (Flying Saucer), from 1952—proving that even a classy company like Alfa can screw up occasionally. But in fact, that design, while way over the top, was also way ahead of its time: the whole streamlining thing did not become popular until much later.
Here’s an old Colt Single Action Army, in a case which dates from (I think) the early 20th century:
It’s for collectors only—the case and provenance drives the price sky-high—but lemme tell you…
And when it comes to collector’s pieces, can there be a better one than Helena Bonham Carter, here seen in the Kitchen, but neither barefoot nor pregnant:
Hey, in her case, one out of three is perfect, come to think of it.
More Sixties stuff tomorrow; Weekend Woman as usual on Sunday; and normal service (I hope) resumes on Monday.
And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to rebuild the database.