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spikeddem
Jul 17, 2011, 5:42 AM
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Don't mouseover, cuz the answer is in the URL. Try to figure out what this thing is. I can all but guarantee you that everyone reading this thread has seen at least one of these in their lifetime.
Also, it's certainly not impossible to guess. If it doesn't jump out at you right away, it's totally realistic that you could figure it out throughout your day.
(This post was edited by spikeddem on Jul 17, 2011, 5:43 AM)
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sungam
Jul 17, 2011, 9:31 AM
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Black pepper?
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j_ung
Jul 17, 2011, 11:38 AM
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A testicle. Or a peppercorn.
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chadnsc
Jul 17, 2011, 3:20 PM
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It's black pepper.
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chadnsc
Jul 17, 2011, 3:21 PM
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That or it's what left of your testicles.
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erisspirit
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j_ung wrote: A testicle. Or a peppercorn.
I'm really hoping for peppercorn
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j_ung
Jul 18, 2011, 11:22 AM
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erisspirit wrote: j_ung wrote: A testicle. Or a peppercorn. I'm really hoping for peppercorn
Ooo la la! Kinky!
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edge
Jul 18, 2011, 1:42 PM
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I thought I blasted all of those things in the 80s.
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chadnsc
Jul 18, 2011, 2:14 PM
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Nope, you missed a few.
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kachoong
Jul 18, 2011, 4:22 PM
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Could very easily be mistaken for a tectite.
OK, I'm sure we can continue this thread for the bored.
How about this, what is it?:
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traddad
Jul 18, 2011, 4:57 PM
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..or this:
(Should be easy)
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edge
Jul 18, 2011, 5:11 PM
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traddad wrote: ..or this: (Should be easy)
A german soldier wading through a deep bubble bath?
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traddad
Jul 18, 2011, 5:35 PM
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edge wrote: traddad wrote: ..or this: (Should be easy) A german soldier wading through a deep bubble bath?
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airscape
Jul 18, 2011, 7:27 PM
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kachoong wrote: Could very easily be mistaken for a tectite. OK, I'm sure we can continue this thread for the bored. How about this, what is it?:
Zeuss very pissed off because he missed baywatch?
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Toast_in_the_Machine
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dan2see wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:  A female bryophyte?
Bryophyte yes. Female, not really. But yes, you got it.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Jul 19, 2011, 12:30 PM
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airscape wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:  Cuttle fish
Yup
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imnotclever
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airscape wrote: kachoong wrote: Could very easily be mistaken for a tectite. OK, I'm sure we can continue this thread for the bored. How about this, what is it?: Zeuss very pissed off because he missed baywatch?
You're gong to have to explain that one. Freaky cool.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Jul 19, 2011, 1:17 PM
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imnotclever wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:  That's a great blue hole.
yes
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Jul 19, 2011, 1:28 PM
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An off topic image, yet it needed to be shared
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spikeddem
Jul 19, 2011, 10:17 PM
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kachoong
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imnotclever wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: That's a great blue hole.
That's the one in Belize... I've dived in the one in Dahab.
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kachoong
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imnotclever wrote: airscape wrote: kachoong wrote: Could very easily be mistaken for a tectite. OK, I'm sure we can continue this thread for the bored. How about this, what is it?: Zeuss very pissed off because he missed baywatch? You're gong to have to explain that one. Freaky cool.
It's a liquid fuel rocket fired into a thunderstorm cloud. I believe it's the sodium/salts in the liquid that acts as a conductor, so once the rocket reaches the charged cloud it causes the lightning to conduct through the stream of fuel to the rod on the tower.
... or something like that.
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kachoong wrote: imnotclever wrote: airscape wrote: kachoong wrote: Could very easily be mistaken for a tectite. OK, I'm sure we can continue this thread for the bored. How about this, what is it?: [image]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/08/8608_5055.jpeg[/image] Zeuss very pissed off because he missed baywatch? You're gong to have to explain that one. Freaky cool. It's a liquid fuel rocket fired into a thunderstorm cloud. I believe it's the sodium/salts in the liquid that acts as a conductor, so once the rocket reaches the charged cloud it causes the lightning to conduct through the stream of fuel to the rod on the tower. ... or something like that.
I believe that the explanation is simpler than that. This is an image from a lightning testing station. They fire rockets that trail a thin copper wire up into a thunder storm and this is the result.
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edge
Jul 20, 2011, 2:58 AM
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philbox wrote: kachoong wrote: imnotclever wrote: airscape wrote: kachoong wrote: Could very easily be mistaken for a tectite. OK, I'm sure we can continue this thread for the bored. How about this, what is it?: Zeuss very pissed off because he missed baywatch? You're gong to have to explain that one. Freaky cool. It's a liquid fuel rocket fired into a thunderstorm cloud. I believe it's the sodium/salts in the liquid that acts as a conductor, so once the rocket reaches the charged cloud it causes the lightning to conduct through the stream of fuel to the rod on the tower. ... or something like that. I believe that the explanation is simpler than that. This is an image from a lightning testing station. They fire rockets that trail a thin copper wire up into a thunder storm and this is the result.
Does it make me a bad person if I can think of a half dozen or more posters who I would like to see up there on the platform with a full set of golf clubs?
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Jul 20, 2011, 3:26 AM
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edge wrote: philbox wrote: kachoong wrote: imnotclever wrote: airscape wrote: kachoong wrote: Could very easily be mistaken for a tectite. OK, I'm sure we can continue this thread for the bored. How about this, what is it?: Zeuss very pissed off because he missed baywatch? You're gong to have to explain that one. Freaky cool. It's a liquid fuel rocket fired into a thunderstorm cloud. I believe it's the sodium/salts in the liquid that acts as a conductor, so once the rocket reaches the charged cloud it causes the lightning to conduct through the stream of fuel to the rod on the tower. ... or something like that. I believe that the explanation is simpler than that. This is an image from a lightning testing station. They fire rockets that trail a thin copper wire up into a thunder storm and this is the result. Does it make me a bad person if I can think of a half dozen or more posters who I would like to see up there on the platform with a full set of golf clubs? 
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airscape
Jul 20, 2011, 7:29 AM
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philbox wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: [image]http://www.stracka.com/my/photos/3/4/4/9/id_344996/Lightning1.bmp[/image] That is a pile of junk. Or a very old wire and fabric aeroplane.
I thought it's the inside of a Staffie.
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kachoong
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philbox wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:  That is a pile of junk. Or a very old wire and fabric aeroplane.
Golf caddy after a lightning storm.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
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kachoong wrote: philbox wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: That is a pile of junk. Or a very old wire and fabric aeroplane. Golf caddy after a lightning storm.
Yes, the end result of edge's wish above.
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airscape
Jul 20, 2011, 1:57 PM
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Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: [image]http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/Images/countries/Scottish%20pics/stoneballtowie.jpg[/image]
Princess leia's wig?
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airscape
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kachoong wrote: spikeddem wrote: Yes, this one is quite perplexing.
Dan Osmon?
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philbox
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airscape wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: [image]http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/Images/countries/Scottish%20pics/stoneballtowie.jpg[/image] Princess leia's wig?
That's the first thing that came to my mind too.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Jul 20, 2011, 10:22 PM
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philbox wrote: airscape wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: [image]http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/Images/countries/Scottish%20pics/stoneballtowie.jpg[/image] Princess leia's wig? That's the first thing that came to my mind too.
Answer in link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...ant-slabs-stone.html
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philbox
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Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: philbox wrote: airscape wrote: Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: [image]http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/Images/countries/Scottish%20pics/stoneballtowie.jpg[/image] Princess leia's wig? That's the first thing that came to my mind too. Answer in link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...ant-slabs-stone.html
More fun to do our own guessing. Yes I saw the link but I like our game better.
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philbox
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Jay's hole?
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philbox
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No it's the black hole that all PTFTW's end up in.
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