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Random & Fun

Post by c_nordlander » Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:28 pm

A thread for the fun stuff! Pictures, photoshops, links, what have you.

Webcomic strip made me LOL
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Pretty little monster
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Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon


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Post by D.B. » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:28 pm

Failblog always makes me lol.

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Post by c_nordlander » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:43 pm

Oh no they didn't. (That could be the motto of Failblog.)
Pretty little baby
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon


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Post by archonix » Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:25 pm

Our choicest plans have fallen through, our airiest castles tumbled over, because of lines we neatly drew and later neatly stumbled over.
— Piet Hein - Grooks
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Post by c_nordlander » Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:28 pm

Made of win! #6 is probably my favourite.
Pretty little baby
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon


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Post by SirMustapha » Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:16 am

I found about this just today and it blew me away: a TV advert for Luden's cough drops, with sounds and music by Frank Zappa.

The celeste runs and "snork" sounds were later used in several of Zappa's albums, and it's downright amazing how it works so well in that context. He won a Clio Award for his sound editing work.

The voiceover at the end is by Captain Beefheart.
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Post by AssistantCrone » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:03 pm

I recommend Photobomb, a fairly new blogthingy featuring photos which have been hijacked, like so:

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Post by gkscotty » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:37 pm

Transmission Awesome interviews Little Kuriboh.
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It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I’m one of Us. I must be. I’ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do bad things. - Jingo, Terry Pratchett
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Post by D.B. » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:24 pm

Of all the things I had to do in school that I appreciate not doing any more, I think putting up with people trying to make learning fun has to rank pretty highly. No more making posters about balanced diets, comics about bible stories, or having people try to teach me through song. Oh, wait - email today:
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The Rap Guide to Evolution (7 Jul)
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Tuesday 7th July 2009, 19:30-21:00, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary
Studies

Canadian actor and rap artist, Baba Brinkman brings his tongue-in-cheek
humour to the Darwin Festival painting intricate rhymes about anything from
Natural Selection, Artificial Selection, Sexual Selection, Group Selection
and Evolutionary Psychology in a clever way that will have the listener
pumped and having an unforgettable, laugh-out-loud, comedy experience.
It's quite possibly something funny and nerdy, but the whole idea of anyone explaining anything through rap is one which brings back so many bad, bad memories, that I couldn't delete this fast enough.
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Post by AssistantCrone » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:26 pm

I suddenly understand how the rapping dog from Titanic fits into the natural selection process.
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Post by c_nordlander » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:50 pm

I know how you feel, Pat...
Pretty little baby
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon


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Post by archonix » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:50 pm

There's nothing natural about that dog.
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Post by D.B. » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:45 pm

Oh yeah, meant to say this yesterday - it finally rained yesterday. That made my brain extremely happy indeed. I'm not used to this seasonal warmth  :)
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Post by Sheana_Molloy » Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:42 am

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Trace said he didn't see himself as an icon, but wanted to be a logo. Frank settled for being a font.
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Re: Random & Fun

Post by c_nordlander » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:53 am

Kefka: the god of this new world. Accept no substitutes.

I would *kill* for those costumes. In fact, I think I might...
Pretty little baby
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon


-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"

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