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The Vorpal Tribble · 10-01-2002, 01:24 AM

The last one I let die out because I though no one was really paying attention but I have gotten a few mails asking to start it again, so let it be revived!
What I will do is post an interesting photo from somewhere in the world every day or two and in that time you can all sign on and give your guesses as to where it came from and/or explain the picture if you think you know something about it. The winner gets a big thumbs up and prestige!

(Note: Don't go follow the link where I got this to find the answer and cheat, try to guess first and THEN look it up if you want )

And yes, these are all real photos I shall be posting

The Vorpal Tribble · 10-01-2002, 01:26 AM

Photo #1
*******

Wenlin · 10-01-2002, 04:42 AM

I'm dumb and I eat silly putty

10-01-2002, 07:31 AM

I'm eating lunch, you sick puppy... Bleh...

Yui Unifex · 10-01-2002, 08:09 AM

Do not ever hotlink an image from somethingawful.com!!

Ike · 10-01-2002, 10:26 AM

I cannot believe this hasn't been moderated. Do these boards allow pornography?!

10-01-2002, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (Yui Unifex @ Oct. 01 2002,07:09 am)

Do not ever hotlink an image from somethingawful.com!!

This man speak the truth.

Amusing, though less amusing when eating lunch.

LikitaRenn · 10-01-2002, 02:38 PM

that was nice and revolting

-likita

Ike · 10-01-2002, 04:18 PM

Unless this #### is deleted soon, i am going to start flooding these boards with porn.

LikitaRenn · 10-01-2002, 04:38 PM

*knock, knock!!!* hello?!? mod?!?

10-01-2002, 04:46 PM

Relax.

I'm sure once a mod sees it it'll be removed. Or if Wen in uncommon decency would deem to remove it.

It was just posted this morning- its 3 pm - most people are still at work. Give them a minute.

Orion Elder · 10-01-2002, 07:03 PM

It has been taken care of. You'd think people would have the common sense not to do something like that, but I suppose that is beyond some people... which is truly sad, really.

Yui Unifex · 10-01-2002, 07:14 PM

RE: Many posts.

somethingawful.com, where the image was originally linked, knows of the wonders of mod_rewrite. When Wenlin linked that image, I'm 99% positive that the image was already in his cache, so he didn't get a terrible rewritten punishment image -- he got the original he was trying to link. So I really wouldn't blame Wenlin; he was not seeing what you all were seeing. People just need to be aware that hotlinking is considered a relatively rude thing to do, and some website operators act on this rudeness.

Wenlin · 10-01-2002, 09:13 PM

Profound apologies... That was uncool of me, and I didn't know.

The Vorpal Tribble · 10-02-2002, 02:05 AM

Many thanks for getting rid of that.

On another note... anyone gonna guess as to mine? Two pages and not one mention of me photo

10-02-2002, 08:43 AM

I believe I got mod_rewrite installed on my webserver as well... Gna gna gna... Party time!

Ruobhe · 10-02-2002, 06:15 PM

oh my gosh... no umbrella for the teddy bear? cheap old bastards...

The Vorpal Tribble · 10-03-2002, 01:30 AM

I'm embarassed to admit that I forgot what this picture was about... was many months ago I got it and then forgot. I followed the link and it is apparently some teddy bear appreciation society thingy-ma-bob. No idea where that is they are posing. If you find out let me know, k'?

The Vorpal Tribble · 10-03-2002, 01:33 AM

Photo #2:

10-03-2002, 03:02 AM

Being an IRC-er this immediatly makes me think of one deadly big trout slap. Given the fact that is a fish to start with... Is it?

Ruobhe · 10-03-2002, 11:43 AM

seems to me those guys had anaconda(or boa, or piton) for lunch, that's how a snake looks when it's butchered.

unmused · 10-03-2002, 11:57 AM

Nah, that's definitely a fish... oarfish I'm guessing from the name of the pic. The guys look military to me, so possibly they caught it from a navy ship, though it looks like they're on land at this point. With the barbed wire in the background could be on a military base. Again because of the url, "bajadestinations", my guess would be very southern California (San Diego/Camp Pendleton) or Baja somewhere.

The Vorpal Tribble · 10-03-2002, 02:28 PM

Didn't I specifically put on the first page that you are NOT to go look at the link to get the answer? That is cheating.

Yes, it is an oarfish.

Here is a much larger photo of it in color and an article to go with it:

http://www.cryptozoology.fsbusiness....sh/oarfish.jpg

OARFISH (regalecus glesne)
by:Mary Anne Simpson

Sometimes mistaken for a sea serpent the Oarfish has mystified skin divers, ichthyologists and quickened the heart rate of several swimmers. The fish measures between twenty and thirty feet long, and weighs upwards to four hundred pounds. Sightings of this rare fish are few and far between. The fish dwells at depths of seven hundred feet, and only comes to the surface when it is sick or injured. It appears like a pre-historic eel, measuring four feet in circumference, with large saucer like eyes and a raised, red elongated dorsal fin along the upper ridge of its spine.

According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist, H.J. Walker, the fish is harmless, eating only small shrimp off the ocean floor. He tasted a cooked Oarfish and stated it tasted something like paper. Reports of a fifty- six foot serpent like fish was found on the shores of Scotland, it is believed to be an oarfish. Some have speculated that this is a link to the infamous Loch Ness Monster.*1

Navy Seals in training at San Diego, California found a twenty three foot oarfish in the bay off Coronado Island in 1996. The oarfish had washed up shore due to a probable collision with a boat propeller. In another incident, an under water cameraman on assignment in Nassau in 1997, photographed an oarfish in his own habitat. He described it as appearing silvery and reflective. Its dorsal fin ran the length of its back and undulated to propel it along. It had no caudal fin as the body tapered to a point where the tail would normally be, and its large eyes made me think that I was looking at a deep-sea creature

The Vorpal Tribble · 10-03-2002, 02:32 PM

Photo #3

Tavish · 10-03-2002, 02:35 PM

Looks similar to my PK trophy room. MUHAHAHA!!

Santrilla · 10-03-2002, 05:13 PM

*pulls back dog* No, Rover! Back!

10-03-2002, 05:41 PM

Something makes me think of of catacombs or ritual burial sites? Maybe plague victims or human sacrfices in Aztec/Mayan cities?

Wenlin · 10-03-2002, 07:12 PM

Someone's had a bit too much human to eat, methinks.

*pats the dragon*

unmused · 10-03-2002, 11:38 PM

You said don't follow the link to look it up, I didn't. However, for some reason I don't get the pics in line (though they show up that way when I'm replying as I've just discovered) so the link url is right in front of my face and I have to click it to see the pic.

I guess I'll have to not play since I can't stop myself from seeing the info, and it's hard to click on a url and not look at it at the same time

The Vorpal Tribble · 10-04-2002, 01:04 AM

Ack, thats wierd. My apologies, thought you were being twinky

But Ingham got it pretty much. These are the catacombs beneath Iglesia de San Francisco, a Franciscan church and monastery in central Lima. Go Ingham! Go Ingham! *HUH!*

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10-01-2002, 01:24 AM	#1
The Vorpal Tribble Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203	The last one I let die out because I though no one was really paying attention but I have gotten a few mails asking to start it again, so let it be revived! What I will do is post an interesting photo from somewhere in the world every day or two and in that time you can all sign on and give your guesses as to where it came from and/or explain the picture if you think you know something about it. The winner gets a big thumbs up and prestige! (Note: Don't go follow the link where I got this to find the answer and cheat, try to guess first and THEN look it up if you want ) And yes, these are all real photos I shall be posting

10-01-2002, 01:26 AM	#2
The Vorpal Tribble Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203	Photo #1 *******

10-01-2002, 04:42 AM	#3
Wenlin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: TopMudSites Posts: 315	I'm dumb and I eat silly putty

10-01-2002, 07:31 AM	#4
Ingham Posts: n/a	I'm eating lunch, you sick puppy... Bleh...

10-01-2002, 08:09 AM	#5
Yui Unifex Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 323	Do not ever hotlink an image from somethingawful.com!!

10-01-2002, 10:26 AM	#6
Ike Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 62	I cannot believe this hasn't been moderated. Do these boards allow pornography?!

10-01-2002, 02:38 PM	#8
LikitaRenn Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: portland, oregon, usa Posts: 138	that was nice and revolting -likita

10-01-2002, 04:18 PM	#9
Ike Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 62	Unless this #### is deleted soon, i am going to start flooding these boards with porn.

10-01-2002, 04:38 PM	#10
LikitaRenn Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: portland, oregon, usa Posts: 138	knock, knock!!! hello?!? mod?!?

10-01-2002, 04:46 PM	#11
TG_Nek Posts: n/a	Relax. I'm sure once a mod sees it it'll be removed. Or if Wen in uncommon decency would deem to remove it. It was just posted this morning- its 3 pm - most people are still at work. Give them a minute.

10-01-2002, 07:03 PM	#12
Orion Elder Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 346	It has been taken care of. You'd think people would have the common sense not to do something like that, but I suppose that is beyond some people... which is truly sad, really.

10-01-2002, 07:14 PM	#13
Yui Unifex Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 323	RE: Many posts. somethingawful.com, where the image was originally linked, knows of the wonders of mod_rewrite. When Wenlin linked that image, I'm 99% positive that the image was already in his cache, so he didn't get a terrible rewritten punishment image -- he got the original he was trying to link. So I really wouldn't blame Wenlin; he was not seeing what you all were seeing. People just need to be aware that hotlinking is considered a relatively rude thing to do, and some website operators act on this rudeness.

10-01-2002, 09:13 PM	#14
Wenlin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: TopMudSites Posts: 315	Profound apologies... That was uncool of me, and I didn't know.

10-02-2002, 02:05 AM	#15
The Vorpal Tribble Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203	Many thanks for getting rid of that. On another note... anyone gonna guess as to mine? Two pages and not one mention of me photo

10-02-2002, 08:43 AM	#16
Ingham Posts: n/a	I believe I got mod_rewrite installed on my webserver as well... Gna gna gna... Party time!

10-02-2002, 06:15 PM	#17
Ruobhe Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 68	oh my gosh... no umbrella for the teddy bear? cheap old bastards...

10-03-2002, 01:30 AM	#18
The Vorpal Tribble Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203	I'm embarassed to admit that I forgot what this picture was about... was many months ago I got it and then forgot. I followed the link and it is apparently some teddy bear appreciation society thingy-ma-bob. No idea where that is they are posing. If you find out let me know, k'?

10-03-2002, 01:33 AM	#19
The Vorpal Tribble Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203	Photo #2:

10-03-2002, 03:02 AM	#20
Ingham Posts: n/a	Being an IRC-er this immediatly makes me think of one deadly big trout slap. Given the fact that is a fish to start with... Is it?

10-03-2002, 11:43 AM	#21
Ruobhe Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 68	seems to me those guys had anaconda(or boa, or piton) for lunch, that's how a snake looks when it's butchered.

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10-03-2002, 11:57 AM	#22
unmused New Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3	Nah, that's definitely a fish... oarfish I'm guessing from the name of the pic. The guys look military to me, so possibly they caught it from a navy ship, though it looks like they're on land at this point. With the barbed wire in the background could be on a military base. Again because of the url, "bajadestinations", my guess would be very southern California (San Diego/Camp Pendleton) or Baja somewhere.

10-03-2002, 02:28 PM	#23
The Vorpal Tribble Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203	Didn't I specifically put on the first page that you are NOT to go look at the link to get the answer? That is cheating. Yes, it is an oarfish. Here is a much larger photo of it in color and an article to go with it: http://www.cryptozoology.fsbusiness....sh/oarfish.jpg OARFISH (regalecus glesne) by:Mary Anne Simpson Sometimes mistaken for a sea serpent the Oarfish has mystified skin divers, ichthyologists and quickened the heart rate of several swimmers. The fish measures between twenty and thirty feet long, and weighs upwards to four hundred pounds. Sightings of this rare fish are few and far between. The fish dwells at depths of seven hundred feet, and only comes to the surface when it is sick or injured. It appears like a pre-historic eel, measuring four feet in circumference, with large saucer like eyes and a raised, red elongated dorsal fin along the upper ridge of its spine. According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist, H.J. Walker, the fish is harmless, eating only small shrimp off the ocean floor. He tasted a cooked Oarfish and stated it tasted something like paper. Reports of a fifty- six foot serpent like fish was found on the shores of Scotland, it is believed to be an oarfish. Some have speculated that this is a link to the infamous Loch Ness Monster.*1 Navy Seals in training at San Diego, California found a twenty three foot oarfish in the bay off Coronado Island in 1996. The oarfish had washed up shore due to a probable collision with a boat propeller. In another incident, an under water cameraman on assignment in Nassau in 1997, photographed an oarfish in his own habitat. He described it as appearing silvery and reflective. Its dorsal fin ran the length of its back and undulated to propel it along. It had no caudal fin as the body tapered to a point where the tail would normally be, and its large eyes made me think that I was looking at a deep-sea creature

10-03-2002, 02:32 PM	#24
The Vorpal Tribble Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203	Photo #3

10-03-2002, 02:35 PM	#25
Tavish Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: USA Posts: 130	Looks similar to my PK trophy room. MUHAHAHA!!

10-03-2002, 05:13 PM	#26
Santrilla Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brighton, England Posts: 387	pulls back dog No, Rover! Back!

10-03-2002, 05:41 PM	#27
Ingham Posts: n/a	Something makes me think of of catacombs or ritual burial sites? Maybe plague victims or human sacrfices in Aztec/Mayan cities?

10-03-2002, 07:12 PM	#28
Wenlin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: TopMudSites Posts: 315	Someone's had a bit too much human to eat, methinks. pats the dragon

10-03-2002, 11:38 PM	#29
unmused New Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3	You said don't follow the link to look it up, I didn't. However, for some reason I don't get the pics in line (though they show up that way when I'm replying as I've just discovered) so the link url is right in front of my face and I have to click it to see the pic. I guess I'll have to not play since I can't stop myself from seeing the info, and it's hard to click on a url and not look at it at the same time

10-04-2002, 01:04 AM	#30
The Vorpal Tribble Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203	Ack, thats wierd. My apologies, thought you were being twinky But Ingham got it pretty much. These are the catacombs beneath Iglesia de San Francisco, a Franciscan church and monastery in central Lima. Go Ingham! Go Ingham! HUH!