Real… actually an interesting story… I got bits and pieces from several places.
This is a male orangutan, removed from a zoo, and being rehabilitated to live in the wild. The photo was taken by photographer Gerd Schuster, along the Gohong River, near Kaja Island in Borneo.
The orangutan had observed local people spearfishing and tried to imitate them, but it required too much skill for him to master. He later figured out, though, how to use the pole to take fish already trapped in people’s fishing lines.
The image appeared in Schuster’s book, “Thinkers of the Jungle: The Orangutan Report.”
A “barrow boy”, or costermonger, selling bananas on East Street, in Southhampton, ca 1890-1900.
In a tiny label, it says “See Tyne and Wear differently”, and it was included in a collection with that title. But in this case, it would be very differently, as a number of people online pointed out that it was taken in Southhampton, at the other end of the country.
They recognized the street, and the store behind him, which was there for decades… and even the bananas, as apparently, in the 19th century, Southhampton was famous for banana importing, while they were harder to find way up north in Tyne and Wear.
That right eye looks odd. I hope he can see with the left one. Dogs don’t deserve all that they have to put up with. I hope he’s loved and treated well.
It’s an old photograph, seen it many times, the coloured spots are being produced by sunshine through a decorative blind on the window. And the cat is a brown tabby I believe.
Yes… I read that it sank less than a mile into its maiden voyage, in 1628, because those open gun ports let it get swamped when a gust of wind tipped it.
They were open because they were showing off its armed might… Oopsie.
I didn’t know it had too many guns.
It’s now much restored, and on display, along with artifacts and scientific studies of the people on board.
Reminds me of a limerick:
There was a young woman from Nizes
Who had breasts of two different sizes
One was so small
‘Twas like nothing at all
But the other was large and won prizes
Actually, no. It looked like she was holding up a butternut squash; therefore the play on words and the limerick. It must be the fault of the wasabi peanuts that I’m eating.
The news just came in from the county of Keck
That a very young bug by the name of Van Vlek
Is yawning so wide you can look down his neck
This may not seem very important, I know
But it is, and that’s why I’m telling you so
A yawn is quite catching you see, like a cough
It just takes one yawn to start other ones off
Now the news just came in that some friends of Van Vleks
Are yawning so wide you can look down their necks
I read “The Sleep Book” to my kids so many times that I still have some of it memorized, and they’re now 49 and 47. Still works on my wife and my sister if I quote that much of it.
I still remember most of “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” by heart after reading it so many times when I worked in a daycare, and then over and over to my niece and nephew.
There’s something about his rhymes… Kids don’t seem to get tired of them, and they slip right into your brain.
Trusting AI (I’m betting, in spite of the “signature”) to come up with a picture where only one thing is wrong is rather foolish.
It’s going to have the thing you planned plus the things it gets wrong on its own.
Technically, no date is given, but I’d guess from the cars and bikes outside we’re supposed to take it that it’s the late 1950s.
I agree with Dancing Bufalo’s guess…
especially as I think it’s…
A closed circuit TV monitoring the store.
My guess though, for the answer they’re looking for..
would be…
The smartphone or credit card reader (I can’t tell which it is) on the checkout counter, though, yeah, it could be the TV screen, too.
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There are other things, in the usual AI fashion…
among others…
The signs that make no sense (what’s a “gimer”?), the possibly electronic device (phone? burglar alarm?) on the front wall, the modern suit on the seated man, and what looks like a modern glass fronted stainless steel fridge for the drinks.
In fact any sort of self serve fridge for drinks. And Tab was invented in the early 60s… though they could say this is the early 60s
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Wow, kind of the opposite of the C&Co movie.
Here, an almost (sort of) humanoid monster is menacing some basset hounds (I think)…
In the C&Co movie, the monster is.. um… bassenoid.
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Whoa, he must be drinking the good stuff!
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These fellas resemble Igor Stravinsky.
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Real or AI?
Real… actually an interesting story… I got bits and pieces from several places.
This is a male orangutan, removed from a zoo, and being rehabilitated to live in the wild. The photo was taken by photographer Gerd Schuster, along the Gohong River, near Kaja Island in Borneo.
The orangutan had observed local people spearfishing and tried to imitate them, but it required too much skill for him to master. He later figured out, though, how to use the pole to take fish already trapped in people’s fishing lines.
The image appeared in Schuster’s book, “Thinkers of the Jungle: The Orangutan Report.”
Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!
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9) To prevent drawers from sticking, wax bottoms twice a year.
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A “barrow boy”, or costermonger, selling bananas on East Street, in Southhampton, ca 1890-1900.
In a tiny label, it says “See Tyne and Wear differently”, and it was included in a collection with that title. But in this case, it would be very differently, as a number of people online pointed out that it was taken in Southhampton, at the other end of the country.
They recognized the street, and the store behind him, which was there for decades… and even the bananas, as apparently, in the 19th century, Southhampton was famous for banana importing, while they were harder to find way up north in Tyne and Wear.
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Boop!
That right eye looks odd. I hope he can see with the left one. Dogs don’t deserve all that they have to put up with. I hope he’s loved and treated well.
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Joseph and his cat of many colors?
Much as I want the pretty kitty, I have to hope the coloring was actually done on the photo, not the cat.
If I could have her, though, (assuming “her” because calicos aren’t generally male 🙂 )… you just know I’d name her Spot.
It’s an old photograph, seen it many times, the coloured spots are being produced by sunshine through a decorative blind on the window. And the cat is a brown tabby I believe.
the sky resembles a river
So much so that for a moment, I thought it was a river, and stared at the sky above it, wondering why Nighthawks said the sky looked like a river.
Oops.
Me too. Good interplay.
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Too many heavy cannons (64 instead of 36). One gun deck too high. And they didn’t close their watertight doors over the lower cannons.
Yes… I read that it sank less than a mile into its maiden voyage, in 1628, because those open gun ports let it get swamped when a gust of wind tipped it.
They were open because they were showing off its armed might… Oopsie.
I didn’t know it had too many guns.
It’s now much restored, and on display, along with artifacts and scientific studies of the people on board.
,
That butternut be just her.
Reminds me of a limerick:
There was a young woman from Nizes
Who had breasts of two different sizes
One was so small
‘Twas like nothing at all
But the other was large and won prizes
I assume you realize it’s her elbow you’re looking at.
Actually, no. It looked like she was holding up a butternut squash; therefore the play on words and the limerick. It must be the fault of the wasabi peanuts that I’m eating.
Yeah. Just caught the eye… (judging by the other two thumb-uppers, I wasn’t the ONLY guy…)
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It’s contagious.
… … … … {yawn}
The news just came in from the county of Keck
That a very young bug by the name of Van Vlek
Is yawning so wide you can look down his neck
This may not seem very important, I know
But it is, and that’s why I’m telling you so
A yawn is quite catching you see, like a cough
It just takes one yawn to start other ones off
Now the news just came in that some friends of Van Vleks
Are yawning so wide you can look down their necks
I read “The Sleep Book” to my kids so many times that I still have some of it memorized, and they’re now 49 and 47. Still works on my wife and my sister if I quote that much of it.
Yay for Dr. Seuss!
I still remember most of “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” by heart after reading it so many times when I worked in a daycare, and then over and over to my niece and nephew.
There’s something about his rhymes… Kids don’t seem to get tired of them, and they slip right into your brain.
Heartbeat.
In Istanbul, taken by Turkish street photographer Mehmet Bayram.
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The problem with a beautiful, expertly balanced pile of fruit like that, is that nobody wants to be “the one”.
Like in the movies, where somebody like, say, Stan Laurel, or Mr. Bean will just touch it, and they all cascade to the floor.
At the end of the day, the store won’t have sold any plums.
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I have my guess.
The smartphone does not belong.
A.I.?
I’m pretty sure.
Aye.
I really don’t know if it’s AI, but that answer just seems to fit so many AI queries. In 10 years, the queries probably will seem old-fashioned.
Trusting AI (I’m betting, in spite of the “signature”) to come up with a picture where only one thing is wrong is rather foolish.
It’s going to have the thing you planned plus the things it gets wrong on its own.
Technically, no date is given, but I’d guess from the cars and bikes outside we’re supposed to take it that it’s the late 1950s.
I agree with Dancing Bufalo’s guess…
My guess though, for the answer they’re looking for..
There are other things, in the usual AI fashion…
In fact any sort of self serve fridge for drinks. And Tab was invented in the early 60s… though they could say this is the early 60s
Could it be that by identifying these discrepancies, we’re actually helping to help improve the programs and make AI more difficult to identify?
Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness (UK), 1930s, painting by Graham Twyford, Lake District artist.
Green-cheeked Conure.