Author Topic: Things that exist (Read 7876 times)

Heradel · **on:** March 19, 2009, 02:50:56 PM

This is a thread for those things that don't quite seem real, but are. Like monkey butlers, weird underseas creatures, or ~~Cthulhu~~ kittens. Make sure to include a link back to something authoritative.

stePH · **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2009, 03:14:42 PM

OMFG it's Sin from Final Fantasy 10!

stePH · **Reply #2 on:** March 20, 2009, 04:58:06 AM

And here's my contribution:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/bigburger.asp

Raving_Lunatic · **Reply #3 on:** March 20, 2009, 05:03:11 PM

The True Love Waits performance I have on my iPod seems too good to be true

Corydon · **Reply #4 on:** March 20, 2009, 05:47:50 PM

I think the transparent head fish qualifies:

stePH · **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2009, 07:43:54 PM

Quote from: Corydon on March 20, 2009, 05:47:50 PM

I think the transparent head fish qualifies:

Curiously enough, somebody on another board (who I'm pretty sure doesn't listen to George Hrab) posted that a couple of days after the Geologic Podcast featured it as "Interesting Fauna".

Planish · **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2009, 08:59:07 AM

The Burgess Shale Fossils and others from that period - 505 million years old - contain creatures that are most outlandish, many having no modern descendants. Many with wierd symmetries.

Hallucigenia

Anomalocaris

Marrella

Opabinia

Pambdelurion

Heradel · **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2009, 04:18:53 PM

I present to you, Flammable Water (or, a sign something has gone so wrong that one should be on the lookout for hellhounds):

Heradel · **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2009, 02:08:46 AM

Look at the very center for ten seconds. Then look someplace else.

<a href="http://storage.ted.com/images/wonker.swf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://storage.ted.com/images/wonker.swf</a>

Anarquistador · **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:56:50 PM

...suddenly I feel an urge to kill a head of state.

stePH · **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2009, 11:11:55 PM

Quote from: Heradel on April 11, 2009, 02:08:46 AM

Look at the very center for ten seconds. Then look someplace else.

Okay ... and?

Heradel · **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2009, 11:28:23 PM

Arg. The original site I grabbed the flash off took it down, put in a replacement.

I find it works best with textured surfaces or blocks of text.

Heradel · **Reply #12 on:** April 15, 2009, 09:05:52 PM

This one probably doesn't exist, but if it did it would be very cool: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/china-reports-dolphins-foiled-pirate-attack/?hp

DKT · **Reply #13 on:** April 15, 2009, 09:12:17 PM

Cyberdyne created HAL. Srsly.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF GEEKASTIC POWERS YOU'RE MEDDLING WITH?!?!

birdless · **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2009, 09:21:06 PM

Quote from: DKT on April 15, 2009, 09:12:17 PM

Cyberdyne created HAL. Srsly.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF GEEKASTIC POWERS YOU'RE MEDDLING WITH?!?!

This does not bode well…

Heradel · **Reply #15 on:** April 15, 2009, 09:53:51 PM

Quote from: birdless on April 15, 2009, 09:21:06 PM

Quote from: DKT on April 15, 2009, 09:12:17 PM
Cyberdyne created HAL. Srsly.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF GEEKASTIC POWERS YOU'RE MEDDLING WITH?!?!

This does not bode well…

Warning: HAL not for use in Dissembling processes.

Bdoomed · **Reply #16 on:** April 16, 2009, 12:34:49 AM

and from that article i learned this! http://www.aptera.com
i did not know this existed, and i officially want one.

Planish · **Reply #17 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:33:57 AM

Quote from: Bdoomed on April 16, 2009, 12:34:49 AM

and from that article i learned this! http://www.aptera.com
i did not know this existed, and i officially want one.

Nah. All that "gas mileage" crap is just a passing fad.
I want a 1938 Phantom Corsair.

recent video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z8HtjTgkqw
1938 movie scenes, where it had the fictional name of the "Flying Wombat" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpUHvXIXFQY

stePH · **Reply #18 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:30:15 PM

Quote from: Planish on April 17, 2009, 08:33:57 AM

I want a 1938 Phantom Corsair.

Whitewall tires are sooooooooooo passé

Anarquistador · **Reply #19 on:** April 19, 2009, 01:11:59 PM

Quote from: stePH on April 17, 2009, 03:30:15 PM

Quote from: Planish on April 17, 2009, 08:33:57 AM
I want a 1938 Phantom Corsair.

Whitewall tires are sooooooooooo/b] passé

But I'm sure the bulletproof shielding and the optional grappling hook more than make up for it

Portrait in Flesh · **Reply #20 on:** April 19, 2009, 03:12:02 PM

Quote from: Anarquistador on April 19, 2009, 01:11:59 PM

Quote from: stePH on April 17, 2009, 03:30:15 PM
Quote from: Planish on April 17, 2009, 08:33:57 AM
I want a 1938 Phantom Corsair.

Whitewall tires are sooooooooooo/b] passé

But I'm sure the bulletproof shielding and the optional grappling hook more than make up for it

Well, I hear tell it's much better than the type of security system your vehicle employs:

Anarquistador · **Reply #21 on:** April 21, 2009, 10:30:45 PM

You mock the llama because you've never tasted his wrath...

Portrait in Flesh · **Reply #22 on:** April 22, 2009, 01:32:50 AM

Quote from: Anarquistador on April 21, 2009, 10:30:45 PM

You mock the llama because you've never tasted his wrath...

I've sampled what the Deli Llama has to offer, thankyouverymuch.

MacArthurBug · **Reply #23 on:** May 02, 2009, 02:34:32 PM

Quote from: Portrait in Flesh on April 22, 2009, 01:32:50 AM

Quote from: Anarquistador on April 21, 2009, 10:30:45 PM
You mock the llama because you've never tasted his wrath...

I've sampled what the Deli Llama has to offer, thankyouverymuch.

let me point out- FUNNY but not real can't be real shan't be real!!

Portrait in Flesh · **Reply #24 on:** May 02, 2009, 03:25:32 PM

Quote from: MacArthurBug on May 02, 2009, 02:34:32 PM

Quote from: Portrait in Flesh on April 22, 2009, 01:32:50 AM
Quote from: Anarquistador on April 21, 2009, 10:30:45 PM
You mock the llama because you've never tasted his wrath...

I've sampled what the Deli Llama has to offer, thankyouverymuch.

let me point out- FUNNY but not real can't be real shan't be real!!

SO MOTE IT BE!

Actually, I was initially going to use a different picture, but I have a suspicion that Anarq prefers a perkier llama with better grooming habits.