Mr. Bubble, or Mr. Mxyzptlk?

I don't know what's going on here, but I wholeheartedly approve.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones

MISTAH SPARKARU!
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That has to be the LAMEST Chia Pet off to the left there . . .
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But seriously, this might be something educational, about water levels and air pressure and such.
eldritch

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!
http://www.facebook.com/why.no.52 Wonder Mike

Clearly what’s going on here is Science.
Jake0748

I just want to know what that little pot of sprouts (or grass or chives, whatever) is so agog about.
- Preston Sturges
  
  He’s paranoid because the pot has gone to his head.
http://twitter.com/gemsandpurls sarah jesudason

I think it’s an ad for a sweets shop in Varanasi – but my Hindi is quite rusty.

Edit: really, really rusty.
- http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis
  
  I’m always amazed at how many times in India after I sound out a street sign with my rusty Hindi or Punjabi that it turns out to have been in English all along.
  - http://twitter.com/gemsandpurls sarah jesudason
    
    Those cognates are always the hardest!
    
    I think I was thinking of “prasad” where “prakashan” is – and didn’t make the association with books.
Aditya Pandey

Science!!

बाल = childविज्ञान = science

The title roughly translates to “Science for kids”

आलोक प्रकाशन = Aalok Publishers
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  Thank you!
- vonbobo
  
  “you know, for kids!”
- Luther Blissett
  
  Thanks, Aditya.
  
  Sorry to bother you, can you find out more about the book? Was it ever published in any other languages? Possibly some which are less widely spoken than chinese or hindi (like: english)? I’m really curious about the content, and the time of publishing. :)
  - msound
    
    Aalok Prakashan is a private publishing house based in Varanasi. However, if you want the Indian government’s NCERT textbooks, you can get them at: http://www.ncert.nic.in/NCERTS/textbook/textbook.htm
- Shashwath T.R.
  
  And the “2″ in the corner would indicate the second level; either second grade (primary), or 7th grade (middle school). I’d go with 2nd, given the extreme cuteness of the image, but you never know!
http://sorcerersworkshop.org/ Sorcerer Mickey

“Children will be encouraged to frolic in their blood.”
ojisan

And science for little girls on a parity with little boys, FTW. Hmmm, he gets to wear the apron though-
- Bucket
  
  Is he wearing an apron, or Ronald McDonald’s clothes?
pjcamp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_slime
signsofrain

The little yellow guy looks a bit like Mr. Bucket
rattypilgrim

It’s an illustration for an article entitled, “Ten Things You Never Thought of Doing With Pepto Bismol”.
http://walkingwithshimmer.wordpress.com/ Werther deGoethe

I remember the first time I made pruno, too.
David Wells

Hey Mister Pudding, you found my image!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zawelski/3046787813/

Or an identical book somewhere, anyway. I picked up a bunch of kids’ textbooks in India in the mid 90s. Those interested in seeing more can take a look though this set that I’ve had up on Flickr for a while: http://flic.kr/s/aHsj33N18q

Enjoy!
- Luther Blissett
  
  Do you still have them? This science book seems to be a gem. I’d like to see more (and, possibly, get it translated by someone who speaks Hindi).
  - David Wells
    
    I’ve still got them in storage in the States- only catch is that I’m living in China at the moment. I’ve got a few flat files of similar material, though, so maybe I’ll do a bit more scanning when I’m back over the summer coming up.
http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

“Yeah babe this is going to be the most trill E ever”
Robert Cruickshank

Mothra seems like she’s OK with it.
Preston Sturges

Child labor is used to dissolve the ephedrine in the toluene. Soon it will be roughly two kilos of crystal meth.
tw1515tw

GIGA Pudding
FusionEnvy

That’s one hell of a bong you’ve made young lady! And as for you young lad, wtf?
http://twitter.com/arjunjassal arjunjassal

It says ‘Science for Children’ in Hindi.
- Luther Blissett
  
  See my question above: any chance to get more info and content?
http://artdonovan.typepad.com Art

Heartily deserves a big round of WTF!
Ipo

An ad for a growth hormone.
Look what it did for the butterfly, imagine what it could do for your child labourers.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706330225 Colin Viebrock

Hindi childrens remake of Breaking Bad?