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Friday, October 30, 2015
Halloween is supposed to be a bit of a weird holiday. But it just got a WHOLE lot weirder. This year's so-weird-you-can't-make-it-up trend? The Trumpkin. Jack-o-lantern artists all over the country are carving the presidential candidate's countenance in pumpkin. Have a look at a couple that are trending now:


Artist Jeanette Paras with her 374-pound Trumpkin and yard sign.
Mark my words: you'll see a lot of Trumpkins out tomorrow night. Some will be painted instead of carved. Or some combination of both. Mixed media Trumpkins sport fake hair, eyes, hats and more. In fact, there are SO many of the Things out there (just Google #Trumpkin), it's hard to choose the best. But the folks over at SportsGrid.com have made their choice:


Artist Monique Hawk's Winning Trumpkin

Ms. Hawk's creation took home top honors because she, "Used every bit of the pumpkin to make her creation." It is an entirely sculpted piece, without use of paints or toupees. Of course, art is completely subjective. But you have to admit: any artist who can sculpt a convincing combover out of pumpkin...that's pretty impressive.

While lots of people are already tired of Trumpkins clogging up their social media feeds, I'm enjoying them. Don't worry, Things will go back to normal and the Trumpkin will soon be displaced by LOL Cats and Dog Shaming. The way I see it, everyThing will be okay — as long as Starbucks doesn't start offering a Trumpkin Spice Latte.

Happy Halloween! See you next week,
Bobby
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Friday, October 23, 2015
Wednesday was THE day for Back to the Future fans. In case you don't recall, November 21, 2015 was the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown landed in a very different world than the one they knew.

Turns out, it's pretty different from the one we know today, too. But there are a few Things from the movie that we recognize in everyday life now.
  • Drones: Yep. Seems everyone has them now. In fact, the skies are getting so busy with drone activity that the government is considering forcing some drone owners to register the Things.
  • Wearable Technology: Remember Marty's self-lacing shoes? Nike is set to release their "Mag" shoe sometime in 2016.
  • Video Phones: FaceTime, Skype and other video chatting software made the phone calls of the future a Thing of today.
  • Video Glasses: While Google has stopped selling their glasses for now, this technology is improving every day. It won't be long before the glasses replace cell phones and tablets as the main medium for ignoring your parents.
  • Hoverboards: While not yet constructed as shown in the movie, hoverboards that move over conductive surfaces are a real Thing now.
To celebrate "Back to the Future Day", get out and fly your drone, do some "old school" skateboarding or just hang around and watch the entire trilogy.

See you in the near future,
Bobby
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Friday, October 16, 2015
Now, I know we're all pretty much sick of politics already. And with the presidential election still a year out, we've already been bombarded with left and right foolishness for months and months and months. And months.

But here's a political tale that you just can't make up.

Randy Richardson agreed to run for school board in Riceville, Iowa only because he has two kids in school. He ran unopposed and on election day there were no write-ins. Yet Mr. Richardson failed to get a single vote. Not even HE voted for himself.

Richardson claimed he was just too busy to get to the polls on September 8. When other members of his community were asked by the The Des Moines Register why they didn't cast a ballot, the citizens of the mostly farming community said they had too much fieldwork that day. (Vote by mail, anyone?)

Since the vote was 0 to nothing, the other board members appointed Richardson to the position and that was that.

Sounds a lot easier than what we'll be up against next year.


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Friday, October 9, 2015
Today is Curious Events Day. It's a totally made-up holiday. One of the most curious Things about it? No one knows who started it. But that shouldn't stop you from pondering the Mysteries of the Universe. Or at least the Curiosities of Life on Earth.

In celebration, let's ponder some of life's most Curious Things:
  1. Does the Loch Ness Monster really exist?
  2. Are crop circles made by aliens, people or some other worldly or otherworldly force.
  3. Does curiosity really kill cats?
  4. Is the entire world run by an alien race?
  5. Does anyone really have ESP? 
  6. What's really going on in the Bermuda Triangle?
  7. How was Stonehenge created?
  8. Did a UFO really land at Roswell?
  9. Do ghosts exist?
What are you curious about? What makes you wonder? Honor this curious holiday by pondering all Things unexplained, unknown and curious.

See you next week,
Bobby

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Friday, October 2, 2015
How would you like a little snake with your garden walk? Or how about a huge snake? Or maybe 27 huge rattlesnakes?

That's what the visitors at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan face with their daily dose of foliage. See, the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes is protected by state law so the park's benevolent overseers decided to populate the park with about 27 of the rattlers.

Despite the fact that the park posted warning signs about the bitey beasts slithering about the gardens, surprise, surprise: people are getting bitten. The last was a woman who apparently took off her shoes to walk in the lush grass.

Now I'm all for conservation, but this silliness begs the question: while the park's staff is protecting the snakes, who's protecting the humans? Turning a garden walk into terror-inducing episode of "Wild Kingdom" in which you're chased and bitten by wild animals doesn't seem like a good way to attract visitors. Unless they're rattler wranglers!

For now, keep your shoes on in the garden. I'll see you next week,
Bobby


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