I tried to search for the location, but all I found was sites where it was called confusing or an optical illusion, with no other info.
The thing is, that hadn’t occurred to me. It didn’t really look that unusual , once I noticed the roofs.
The stop sign is particularly tall, but not something I’ve never seen. It’s tall so you notice it coming around a bend or out of a valley.
I forget that in other places, steep hillsides might not rise directly behind the buildings… but that’s a pretty common sight here, as I drive down the freeway. This shot could have the added affect of a telephoto lens, but it doesn’t necessarily.
It’s very hilly here, and full of dairy farms. In February the hills are green, but by around June they’ll look exactly like this. I’ve thought before that they look like furry bellies of giant animals, like if my arms were a little longer I could reach out and pet them as I drive by.
The barns and the freeway are built on the lowest, flattest part of the land… Some farms do have a large flat area for fields, but on others the cattle immediately climb hillsides to graze. It’s one reason they’re dairy farms, not wheatfields or truck farms.
I’m sure you have, on the freeway, unless you’ve never driven to Novato…. There are patches of hillsides with many cows.
Think of north from Petaluma to Cotati. (Just to put you on the uphill side of the road.) The hills come right down to the fences.
There are other place I can think of, but the markers in my mind are bygone… the big dairy farm in the middle of the Narrows. The view up towards Rancho Olompali…. but the barns there were up the hill too.. it’s been a state park for a long time now.
Before that stretch was designated a freeway….near the county line, on 101 going north, there used to be a drive in theater in a low flat spot… early 1970s, so maybe you weren’t living in Sonoma county yet … and then the hills rise. There was a wonderful old farmhouse, with a steep driveway up from the highway. The woman who lived there sold handmade quilts, which were hanging off the porch railings so you could see them driving by.
Those are all along the highway, so you don’t see the smaller street or the stop sign, but if you go off the freeway you’ll see similar places.
I would guess a telephoto lens, which compresses the distance is making it look like the wave is right on top of her. The same goes for the picture of the sheds and the fields above.
I wondered why there were characters from various seasons, but not all the ones you’d expect. Only Roseanne Roseannnadanna from the stellar first cast?
I searched it… And I lucked out.
I ran into the Instagram of the actual artist who did it, Tom Richmond…. and here’s his comment on it:
“I did this illustration for vulture and nymag
for a story about SNL’s 50th. Before you complain that so-and-so should have been included, I was told who to include and only who to include, so direct your complaints to the folks linked above.”
The page I was on didn’t include any “folks linked above” (or anywhere), but I think you get the gist.
Someone asked whether he meant he was told what characters, or only what performers, and he said they were very specific… asking for not only the character but the specific scene or skit.
Very impressive. Just last week we went to see musician and Broadway composer Marc Shaiman discus his career including his time at SNL, and why music rights will prevent us from seeing most of the old Sweeney Sisters sketches. (My one complaint about the art is that Matt Foley’s blond hair looks too black.)
I had a history teacher in HS who loved ethnic jokes, especially if Italians were the butt of the joke. He was, of course, Italian. He would post them up on his classroom walls. One of them was a “for sale” sign hawking “Italian dueling pistols; used once.” The barrels of each pointed backwards.
So much has gone into the creation of everyday objects that we take for granted.
How many types of clothes pins … or safety pins, pepper mills, razors, fasteners (whether for clothes, papers, belts or suitcases), can openers, scissors… The list goes on.
Some found their modern forms quickly, or centuries ago; some are still evolving.
I like that top left clothespin, but it looks impractical to manufacture. Why is there a spring on the peg style below it, when it seems to have no moving parts? The wide peg below that might just drop the clothes.
The one at bottom right seems to have a crosspiece you slide in to lock it. If I’m right, it’s very secure, but it would take hours to hang the clothes.
I did this almost 2 hours ago, but the site went down, and I couldn’t post it. Now that we’re back, I don’t want to waste it.
I have to say I’m kinda unhappy with one of the four… the reason is in the spoiler box, along with the solution.
Here’s what I found…
Usually in these puzzles, the little picture matches exactly with what you’re going to find. But the 2nd object, which looks like a toothbrush, is smaller and the bristles much more slanted than what I found in the large picture, so it’s harder to find.
I agree that it’s a bird’s eye view… The food and stove, barstool, and hanging pots are all correct from the top.
The man is lying on his back.
But there’s a big hole in the floor, with a wide frame, looking down into the next level and the one after that. The middle one appears to have furniture placed to look like the man would be standing up if he were there… but it’s hard to see.
I was looking through my saved pictures from a couple of years ago, and ran into this…
The thing is, I don’t remember whether I saw it here, and saved it… or saw it elsewhere, and saved it to post here. For some reason, I don’t think I did post it here, either way.
So what I’m trying to say, in convoluted fashion, is, sorry if it’s been here before… but it’s too cool to not share, whether for the first time or again.
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Siblings!
Leap Frog! I mean, LEAPING LION!
not a compilation -one picture
It’s just the white roofs that divide it.
I tried to search for the location, but all I found was sites where it was called confusing or an optical illusion, with no other info.
The thing is, that hadn’t occurred to me. It didn’t really look that unusual , once I noticed the roofs.
The stop sign is particularly tall, but not something I’ve never seen. It’s tall so you notice it coming around a bend or out of a valley.
I forget that in other places, steep hillsides might not rise directly behind the buildings… but that’s a pretty common sight here, as I drive down the freeway. This shot could have the added affect of a telephoto lens, but it doesn’t necessarily.
It’s very hilly here, and full of dairy farms. In February the hills are green, but by around June they’ll look exactly like this. I’ve thought before that they look like furry bellies of giant animals, like if my arms were a little longer I could reach out and pet them as I drive by.
The barns and the freeway are built on the lowest, flattest part of the land… Some farms do have a large flat area for fields, but on others the cattle immediately climb hillsides to graze. It’s one reason they’re dairy farms, not wheatfields or truck farms.
You know, when i was looking at this last night i was thinking that i’v driven through places like that. 🙂
I’m sure you have, on the freeway, unless you’ve never driven to Novato…. There are patches of hillsides with many cows.
Think of north from Petaluma to Cotati. (Just to put you on the uphill side of the road.) The hills come right down to the fences.
There are other place I can think of, but the markers in my mind are bygone… the big dairy farm in the middle of the Narrows. The view up towards Rancho Olompali…. but the barns there were up the hill too.. it’s been a state park for a long time now.
Before that stretch was designated a freeway….near the county line, on 101 going north, there used to be a drive in theater in a low flat spot… early 1970s, so maybe you weren’t living in Sonoma county yet … and then the hills rise. There was a wonderful old farmhouse, with a steep driveway up from the highway. The woman who lived there sold handmade quilts, which were hanging off the porch railings so you could see them driving by.
Those are all along the highway, so you don’t see the smaller street or the stop sign, but if you go off the freeway you’ll see similar places.
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Nope.
I’d like to know what’s really happening.
A strange camera angle, or she’s standing on higher ground than it looks… or??
Cos nobody would be just standing there with a tsunami-grade wall of water coming at her from 10 or even 20 feet away.
I would guess a telephoto lens, which compresses the distance is making it look like the wave is right on top of her. The same goes for the picture of the sheds and the fields above.
Could be.
Coincidentally, I just commented about that other picture, right before seeing your post.
“Surf’s up!”
…
….
I wondered why there were characters from various seasons, but not all the ones you’d expect. Only Roseanne Roseannnadanna from the stellar first cast?
I searched it… And I lucked out.
I ran into the Instagram of the actual artist who did it, Tom Richmond…. and here’s his comment on it:
“I did this illustration for vulture and nymag
for a story about SNL’s 50th. Before you complain that so-and-so should have been included, I was told who to include and only who to include, so direct your complaints to the folks linked above.”
The page I was on didn’t include any “folks linked above” (or anywhere), but I think you get the gist.
Someone asked whether he meant he was told what characters, or only what performers, and he said they were very specific… asking for not only the character but the specific scene or skit.
Very impressive. Just last week we went to see musician and Broadway composer Marc Shaiman discus his career including his time at SNL, and why music rights will prevent us from seeing most of the old Sweeney Sisters sketches. (My one complaint about the art is that Matt Foley’s blond hair looks too black.)
..,
actually…..
It didn’t hold UnoHoo back…
.
I think maybe she needs to park elsewhere….
I had a history teacher in HS who loved ethnic jokes, especially if Italians were the butt of the joke. He was, of course, Italian. He would post them up on his classroom walls. One of them was a “for sale” sign hawking “Italian dueling pistols; used once.” The barrels of each pointed backwards.
,
Catzilla!
Catastrophe!
,.,
So much has gone into the creation of everyday objects that we take for granted.
How many types of clothes pins … or safety pins, pepper mills, razors, fasteners (whether for clothes, papers, belts or suitcases), can openers, scissors… The list goes on.
Some found their modern forms quickly, or centuries ago; some are still evolving.
I like that top left clothespin, but it looks impractical to manufacture. Why is there a spring on the peg style below it, when it seems to have no moving parts? The wide peg below that might just drop the clothes.
The one at bottom right seems to have a crosspiece you slide in to lock it. If I’m right, it’s very secure, but it would take hours to hang the clothes.
Back to the drawing board….
The middle one on the right looks painful…
Yes… It looks rather too much like a medieval torture device we don’t need to discuss.
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“Exosphere” = “Used to be an atmosphere…”
,,,
Definitely.
find the 4 items below the image
ok, ready……GO!
They’re right there. Below the image!
there’s always asmart aleck!
it’s usually me
Before I go to sleep…
I did this almost 2 hours ago, but the site went down, and I couldn’t post it. Now that we’re back, I don’t want to waste it.
I have to say I’m kinda unhappy with one of the four… the reason is in the spoiler box, along with the solution.
Usually in these puzzles, the little picture matches exactly with what you’re going to find. But the 2nd object, which looks like a toothbrush, is smaller and the bristles much more slanted than what I found in the large picture, so it’s harder to find.
I agree. That’s the one i missed.
,,..
Yes.
Yes.
Yup!
So…. is it photoshopped, regular old cut and paste… or did somebody go to a lot of trouble to set this up in real life?
Looks a bit Escherish.
I think the picture is rotated 90° clockwise. The man appears to be laying on his right side.
I agree
OK, I rotated it. What’s that deep hole in the center?
As I said: Bird’s eye view. No rotation required.
Ventilation.
The Fruit basket looks Moroccan.
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The plate of food and what appears to be a stove would still be vertical on the wall.
Bird’s eye view.
Fisheye lens.
I agree that it’s a bird’s eye view… The food and stove, barstool, and hanging pots are all correct from the top.
The man is lying on his back.
But there’s a big hole in the floor, with a wide frame, looking down into the next level and the one after that. The middle one appears to have furniture placed to look like the man would be standing up if he were there… but it’s hard to see.
So…. Claude doesn’t believe his dog is smart just because she walks, talks, and uses her thumbs, human style?
She fires weapons (not that anyone approves of that), orders pizza on the phone, and knows how to change the channel with the remote control.
But she doesn’t know the TV schedule. Guess she’s not too bright.
No wonder she’s always outwitting him.
this one was the first.
the very first strip where Cleo finds her voice
and finds her opposable thumbs.
Stel talked me into it–glad I did, it opened the door to
oodles of stuff
I knew it was an early one… Didn’t remember it was the first.
I was looking through my saved pictures from a couple of years ago, and ran into this…
The thing is, I don’t remember whether I saw it here, and saved it… or saw it elsewhere, and saved it to post here. For some reason, I don’t think I did post it here, either way.
So what I’m trying to say, in convoluted fashion, is, sorry if it’s been here before… but it’s too cool to not share, whether for the first time or again.
Water draining down a kitchen sink?
Looks like that to me.
Or (gasp) a bath tub?!?
Where’s the baby?!
Too late…
The drain monster is looking up at you!
Now the site is back up for me, we’ll try this:
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London Street at night.
Bushtit.
Kind of like an albino European robin.
Or a dandelion…
Don’t blow it away!
This one is available in Canada.