 Panties go down, skirt goes up, and physics go out the window. 
This Art Frahm pin-up painting, entitled “A Sudden Letdown,” lacks Frahm’s trademark bag of groceries with protruding celery stalk, but the infamous fallen panties are there, presumably shaken loose by the same gust of wind that lifted the woman’s skirt. But was the same breeze responsible for pushing the car off the jack? We know the car was elevated because its owner got two lug nuts off the wheel at some point, but that would be quite a gust, wouldn’t it? And why would the jack still be falling? If a gust pushed the car off its jack, wouldn’t the jack hit the pavement the same time as the car? Maybe the car fell spontaneously and created a gust that lifted the skirt and knocked down the panties. But if that’s the case, again, why is the jack still falling? Maybe it isn’t falling. Maybe it’s bouncing. Maybe it hit a particularly springy patch of asphalt, a substance known for its elastic properties—at least in Frahm’s world. Well, he was a painter not a physicist, so let’s just give him credit where it’s due—he originated an entire genre of fallen panty art that was imitated by many other artists and beloved by the public at large.
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
1961—Rudolph Nureyev Defects from Soviet Union
Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris. The western press reported that it was his love for Chilean heiress Clara Saint that triggered the event, but in reality Nuryev had been touring Europe with the Kirov Ballet and defected in order to avoid punishment for his continual refusal to abide by rules imposed upon the tour by Moscow. 1978—Hussein Marries Halaby
King Hussein of Jordan, who had claimed direct lineage from the Prophet Muhammad and the most ancient tribe in the Arab world, marries American Lisa Halaby, who renounces her American citizenship, converts to Islam, and takes the name Queen Noor. Noor soon becomes one of the most glamorous and recognized royals in the world.
1995—Roger Zelazny Dies
American fantasy and science fiction writer Roger Zelazny dies at age fifty-eight of kidney failure related to colo-rectal cancer. Zelazny won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times, for novels such as ...And Call Me Conrad and Lord of Light, but was best known for his fantasy serial The Chronicles of Amber.
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