We laughed (not to her face!) at my 80 year old aunt, from Illinois, when she visited my parents in southern California, some years ago.
She was terrified thinking that the San Bernardino mountains, 30 miles away, would fall down on them.
She didn’t want to go for a ride in case they drove too close to them… especially when my father wanted to go to a restaurant in a tiny mountain town, partway up.
…
I feel like her, though, when I look at this picture.
I don’t care how many years that guy’s been doing this or how safe they say it is. No thanks.
Brings back memories…. Good memories…
T’was happenin’ in the mid-point of the Flower Power generation, when things seemed to be just a little more gentle and a bit more rational…
I still look in on and watch some of the episodes, but they do make me question my mores and my morals vis-a-vis my then-world to my today’s beliefs…
I struggle.
Have Ichanged that much?
I know this world of our definitely has.
But…
I still get to hold fast to my memories… And, may I never lose those long lost beliefs.
He has some very striking images among those listed with thumbnails at this link. The photographer is trying to display what he sees as humans literally destroying the planet that is our only hope and source of sustenance.
If that’s what i think it is, Its giant concrete interlocking blocks, used to control erosion.
The things at the bottom should be heavy equipment of some kind to move them.
“A tetrapod factory in Dongying, China. These concrete blocks are dropped into the ocean to create a barrier that protects low-lying oil refineries from rising sea levels. According to a recent scientific review, human beings have now produced enough concrete to cover the entire globe in a 2-millimeter thick layer.”
I would have thought it was more than 2mm, actually.
Can’t read it in the original image… Too faint, to small, and too wide for the comment box.
Here’s a copy I made using Google Lens, if you want to try it.
Safe Getaway
Josh was planning on robbing a very rich man, called Tingo, at his casino. He had an inside man working that night that was able to open his hotel room. Once Josh got inside, he noticed that there was a safe with a four-digit code needed to open it. He left a tiny camera in the comer of the ceiling that pointed towards the safe.
When Tingo came back to his room with $15.000 dollars that night, he got a phone call. Tingo said. “Take the money that’s in the safe and move it to the one behind the painting, but remember, take a hot shower first.” Josh was overjoyed Tingo opened the safe and what he could see was $100.000 dollars.
The next day he went to Tingo’s hotel room and opened his safe. Only he was too late, and the money was gone. He checked behind the painting and that safe had needed a combination too. After a couple minutes of being upset, he remembered what Tingo said, “Take the money that’s in the safe and move it to the one behind the paintirig, but remember, take a shower first.” That’s exactly what he did. He took a ten-minute shower. Then he opened the safe, grabbed the money. To his surprise there was not $100.000. He was $1 million dollar richerl
Okay, I can see it knowing the “answer” but it only woks as a narrative, not as a mystery or puzzle. “Then Tingo went into the bathroom and wrote the combination on the mirror with a wet finger, knowing it would be readable after his accomplice took a hot shower…”
The original by Constant Troyen (Cows in the Field) was done in 1875 without the flying saucer.
I’ve come across 2012 as a date for this spoof, but no credit for the spoofer.
Hi! Can I be your friend?
More than just another pretty face.
From North by Northwest?
or maybe ‘Castaway’
It looks like it’s already been made into cornbread.
From wheat?!?
The Gray and Gold (1942) by John Rogers Cox
Sure. Why not? They don’t have to taste like cornbread to look like it.
Cornfields wouldn’t look like cornbread cos they’re too green and spiky.
Even wheat fields don’t really look like this.
It’s art.
I don’t recommend actually eating any kind of fields. 😁
Or canvases, for that matter…
Especially not painted ones…
Giants! Is there a beanstalk nearby?
According to my pal Mr. Google….
Okay. Ya just got to read the fine print…
Guys, duck and cover!
Worth1000 was a site that held Photoshop contests.
The competitions had themes… I saved a bunch of images from one that showed anthropomorphic animals working, and posted some on Ballard Street.
This one might have been about old ads, or maybe something about women in the workplace…. or??
The entries always seemed very professional, and members voted for the best.
But when it comes to judging the reality of an image…. just be forewarned. Worth1000 means no.
….
BTW the site disappeared around the time GoComics stopped allowing images. No connection, I’m sure.
And it’s called “Worth1000” because… you know…
This caption:
“Man Standing in the Lumberyard of Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing”
comes from HERE.
A man outstanding in his timber…
At least he’s not lumbering.
Though maybe he wood be… if we saw him.
Yeah yeah… Knot funny.
If you’re not careful, I’ll come back and post the comment I rejected concerning “wood…”
You have got to be 110% certain that those stacks will remain stable.
We laughed (not to her face!) at my 80 year old aunt, from Illinois, when she visited my parents in southern California, some years ago.
She was terrified thinking that the San Bernardino mountains, 30 miles away, would fall down on them.
She didn’t want to go for a ride in case they drove too close to them… especially when my father wanted to go to a restaurant in a tiny mountain town, partway up.
…
I feel like her, though, when I look at this picture.
I don’t care how many years that guy’s been doing this or how safe they say it is. No thanks.
Jenga!
Working in mills many years ago, I’ve seen stacks but not near this high. Must be a riot at inventory time – climbing, counting, measuring…
,
No idea who those could be, but verrry interesting…
My favorite variety show.
Maybe.
Carrol Burnett is up there.
Brings back memories…. Good memories…
T’was happenin’ in the mid-point of the Flower Power generation, when things seemed to be just a little more gentle and a bit more rational…
I still look in on and watch some of the episodes, but they do make me question my mores and my morals vis-a-vis my then-world to my today’s beliefs…
I struggle.
Have I changed that much?
I know this world of our definitely has.
But…
I still get to hold fast to my memories…
And, may I never lose those long lost beliefs.
..
,,
Here is a U.R.L. that will take you to the photographer’s site and his description.
I don’t begin to understand it.
https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs/anthropocene/
He has some very striking images among those listed with thumbnails at this link. The photographer is trying to display what he sees as humans literally destroying the planet that is our only hope and source of sustenance.
Not even Google is helping here…
If that’s what i think it is, Its giant concrete interlocking blocks, used to control erosion.
The things at the bottom should be heavy equipment of some kind to move them.
According to the NPR website:
“A tetrapod factory in Dongying, China. These concrete blocks are dropped into the ocean to create a barrier that protects low-lying oil refineries from rising sea levels. According to a recent scientific review, human beings have now produced enough concrete to cover the entire globe in a 2-millimeter thick layer.”
I would have thought it was more than 2mm, actually.
We’ve seen those in Busan, South Korea.
At the waterfront in Song-do.
Or in the middle of the road after a heavy typhoon…
How big are they?
Hard to tell in the photo with nothing for reference.
The one I was talking about was about middle-sized…
More like two meters…
Uh oh.
Are we gonna need a bigger boat?
Nah! Whales are our friends…
That would absolutely get my full attention.
No doubt. It gets my full attention when i see a spout from shore.
That one moves like crazy!
Is that the great Wizard of Oz?
Or something to do with peacocks?
pay no attention to that man behind the curtain
,.,
There are too many disconnected parts (of which the answer is one).
Answer:
He needed to shower first because he needed the steam from the hot shower to reveal on the mirror the hidden combination to the safe.
Yeah…. seems impossible without more information.
And Tingo (stupid name) wouldn’t have needed to say that anyway, to a person who already knew.
Can’t read it in the original image… Too faint, to small, and too wide for the comment box.
Here’s a copy I made using Google Lens, if you want to try it.
Safe Getaway
Josh was planning on robbing a very rich man, called Tingo, at his casino. He had an inside man working that night that was able to open his hotel room. Once Josh got inside, he noticed that there was a safe with a four-digit code needed to open it. He left a tiny camera in the comer of the ceiling that pointed towards the safe.
When Tingo came back to his room with $15.000 dollars that night, he got a phone call. Tingo said. “Take the money that’s in the safe and move it to the one behind the painting, but remember, take a hot shower first.” Josh was overjoyed Tingo opened the safe and what he could see was $100.000 dollars.
The next day he went to Tingo’s hotel room and opened his safe. Only he was too late, and the money was gone. He checked behind the painting and that safe had needed a combination too. After a couple minutes of being upset, he remembered what Tingo said, “Take the money that’s in the safe and move it to the one behind the paintirig, but remember, take a shower first.” That’s exactly what he did. He took a ten-minute shower. Then he opened the safe, grabbed the money. To his surprise there was not $100.000. He was $1 million dollar richerl
Only why did he need to take a shower first?
No idea even now when I can read it.
Okay, I can see it knowing the “answer” but it only woks as a narrative, not as a mystery or puzzle. “Then Tingo went into the bathroom and wrote the combination on the mirror with a wet finger, knowing it would be readable after his accomplice took a hot shower…”
thanks , I was too lazy to do that.
….
The original by Constant Troyen (Cows in the Field) was done in 1875 without the flying saucer.
I’ve come across 2012 as a date for this spoof, but no credit for the spoofer.
So that’s where cows come from…
Is she pregnant?
The lioness, of course… I’m not asking about the young lady.
It might have been more believable if the lion was half that size…
It’s probably as much fun as it looks, but I do hope he (can’t be a she / female humans aren’t wired that way) owns them….
Woof. They need this guy for the next Road Warrior movie.
Or Secretary of Transportation…
If my doctor said to avoid fun, laughter, and enjoyment, I’d warn my HMO about her obvious mental health problem.
If she told me not to come to Cleo and Company…. I’d have to change doctors.
Al Pacino with his parents, Salvatore and Rose, (1940).
From today’s London “Daily Mail.”
That horse-and-cart thing came from the Roman Empire.
Where else would I go?
You guys ease me into sleep every night.
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