#Camel racing

[jhsharman]

The Rebounders

Were Dilton to sell his invention and the intellectual property rights therein to an oil rich member nation of OPEC, he would now have a sizable chunk of money. It would not put him on par with Hiram Lodge, but it would be noticeable. The thing, though, might be that Dilton is of a personality that he does not care about material possessions, and the money dropped to him from, oh say, Saudi Arabia would immediately be shovelled into funding his next attempts at new technology, as apt to dry up in failure as it is land on success.

I do have to like how the retouched figures retain their poses, turban or white swim trunks. Though it wouldn’t be too culturally out of place if one of them had retained a beard. And couldn’t they have concocted some new character making his way through the sand dunes of Arizona (yes, Betty, the United States too is “one of those” “sand dune countries”) to take the place of the�� Camel jockey*… who is making his way to the next race?

* It is a profession. To be sure, they probably don’t transport their way to the meets by camel.

[juhnkit]

Camel Cigarette Advertisement (1997) Joe Camel

[experienceqa]

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[mimok]

My Memorable Encounters with Camels in the Desert

I remember the first time I moved from Lebanon to New York, someone casually asked if I used camels as transportation back home, along with other misinformed curiosities like whether Lebanon was an African country. The reality is, camels are nearly non-existent in Lebanon, except for a lone show camel I once saw in Baalbeck. My first real encounter with one was in 1996 in Egypt, and to my…

[nakamorijuan]

bôa - Duvet Serial Experiments Lain - Opening Theme

[oldtimeracing]

[superhyperfastcars]

[floridazcrazy]

Logan is SO out of a seat next year isn't he 💀. I saw his quote about hardwork not being seen and knew it was joever for him-

[stone-cold-groove]

Camel GT Road Racing ’75. Look for the race in your area. Ad for Camel Filters’ Camel GT Challenge events - 1975.

[n1ightw1ng]

roy and Jason weird guys hanging out at the card shop buying lotto tickets and doing otb

[postcard-from-the-past]

Race camels in El-Goléa, Algeria

French vintage postcard

[laughableillusions]

I just read Devidha by Vijay Dan Detha and I think it’s fucking hilarious that when the bhoot saw the bride it found her so beautiful that it passed the fuck out for like a full day

[crazybeardtale]

LAIKA'S ASHES

Laika cigarettes, 1957, Russia

[andallofthemwitches]

One of my favorite artists, BOA. I used to have this album on repeat all the time.

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

Season 1 Episode 5

Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion - Camel Race - NBC - March 13, 1955

Action Adventure

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Jack Andrews

Produced by Pierre Schwab

Directed by Jean Yarbrough

Stars:

Buster Crabbe as Captain Michael Gallant

Fuzzy Knight as Pvt. Fuzzy

Cullen "Cuffy" Crabbe as Cuffy Sanders

Gilles Queant as Sgt. Duval

Roger Hanin as Lorenzo

Anne-Marie Mersen as Zarah

Jean Landier as The Goumier

Sacha Pitoeff as Bartender

Daniel Lecourtois as the Colonel

[stone-cold-groove]

The end of The Camel GT Challenge... until next season. Ad for Camel Filters’ Camel GT Challenge events - 1973.