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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I read everything in that pic and I still have no idea wtf they are talking about.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Boner used to be used as "accident"

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

More generally, “blunder” or “mistake.”

There are a lot of old comics that used “boner” in this way. See Joker’s boner as a classic hilarious example.

A local radio station has a morning show segment called "boner of the day," which presents three idiots and the hosts pick one (or maybe a caller, I forget) to "win". They're usually people from the news (like Florida man) doing something incredibly dumb or messing up hard.

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