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Funny Jobs
5373. Knocker-up
Before the invention of alarm clocks, inns located in Ireland hired people to take note of guests awakening time and then knock on their room door to wake them up. More information here. See also Irish, Old-Timey.
Funny Clothes
5374. Umbro Shorts Shop
Shiny, checkered shorts that were as inexplicably popular on teenage girls as teenage boys. See also 90's.
Funny Foods
5375. Kartoffelpuffer
German for 'potato cake.' It is pronounced 'kartoffel poofer.' See also German.
Funny Foods
5378. State Fair Foods
Where else can you find deep-fried cheddar bacon mashed potatoes on a stick, deep-friend hash brown hot dogs on a stick, and deep-fried cheese steak on a stick?
Funny Diseases
5379. Smellie-Veit Syndrome
An actual syndrome or more commonly an obstetric maneuver used for a breech delivery of an infant. One of my co-workers years ago typed "smelly feet syndrome" in the report (she thought that is what she heard dictated) and the OB doc came by to enlighten her (as well as the rest of us), and not too nicely. He felt she should have asked or at least correlated it with the type of report she was typing. It is funny though, isn't it? I still kind of like "smelly feet syndrome", even to this day.