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Jim Lawton
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:37 pm
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:47:18 -0600, "Django Cat" <nospam@please> wrote:
I can only just - and I mean only just. make them out - maybe you should try
for more clarity. Good idea though.
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Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth
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Jeffrey Turner
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:56 am
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Mark Brader wrote:
| Quote: | http://lostfrog.org
Excellent! Thanks, Jim. I especially liked number 78. (There are 119
in total if you're wondering.)
120 actually. (index, 2, 3, ..., 119, end).
116 is rather good, too.
I liked that one, naturally.
It's an interesting piece of art, I must say. Notice how the first digit
of the phone number comes and goes, and how the bit after 15th Avenue the
address is unclear in the first image and then changes between null, South,
and #9. (Of cities whose grid systems I'm familiar with, I think the only
one that could have that address with South in it is Seattle.)
So let's see, in the spirit of =SDC=, how many of the images contain
identifiable elements? Here's a start:
3. CNN (US cable news channel) anchor
5. Parmalat half-and-half (Canadian milk/cream product)
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark, the opening scene
9. Osama Bin Laden
10. Local newspaper from Florida
11. European-style road sign
12. Freeway with left-hand traffic. British?
13. Times Square or thereabouts, New York
14. Tony Blair
19. Casale Jewelers, 306 Court St., Brooklyn (part of New York);
reference to song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon"
26. A Roy Lichtenstein, I suspect
28. The novel "Lolita"
29. North American style road sign, but in the US or Canada the stripes
on the pavement wouldn't all be white, unless it's an old photo.
"PS" looks like a car country sticker, but there's no such code,
unless it's been assigned in the last few years.
A single dashed white line isn't unusual, on a one way street.
31. US military recruiting poster
32. English soccer fans, I suppose
34. The "face" on Mars
36. Drudge Report
38. Too damn many red states
44. Milk advertisement
45. Can of Spam
46. Wheel of Fortune (US game show)
47. Mount Rushmore (US monument)
50. New York subway station
51. Canadian police notice - I think I've seen that style here in Toronto
52. "for Dummies" book series
53. Apollo XI plaque
55. "Peanuts" (US comic strip)
62. Michael Jackson & son
63. Movie poster, "First Men in the Moon"
68. "Monopoly" (US board game)
70. "Nancy" (US comic strip) in Swedish translation
73. Detroit Pistons (US basketball team) souvenir stand
74. eBay selling toast with religious image on it
75. Book "Who Moved My Cheese?"
76. G.W. Bush [77]
78. Guernica
80. Galvani's experiments
81. Some Apollo lunar photo
82. Vodka advertisement
84. "Adventure" (early computer game)
87. 404
89. A very peculiar use of the word "concludes"
92. "Boggle" (word game)
95. Plaque on space probe Pioneer F
96. "Beware of Dog" notice
97. New York subway train, 3 line
99. Freeway interchange, near Denver if the highway numberrs are genuine
100. Snopes web site
101. "Weekly World News" (US supermarket tabloid)
102. Steve Irwin
103. Jerry Springer show (US trash talk show)
104. Gandalf
105. "The Fog" movie poster
106. Harry Truman and the erroneous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman"
107. Crop circles
111. Notepad window (Micros--t product)
113. 45 rpm record
116. Section of London Underground map bounded by Embankment, Leicester
Square, Bank, and London Bridge
117. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
118. "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" or related game
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Skitt
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:11 am
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Maria Conlon wrote:
| Quote: | Jim Lawton wrote:
Jim Lawton wrote:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will be
people here who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to
mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
http://lostfrog.org
If you'll tell me how to send you an email with an attachment (I'm not
sure if "info" stays in your address or not), I have a good picture
for you.
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I have the "Frog in a Blender" program, but it is an exe file, and everybody
would be afraid to accept it in their e-mail nowadays, I think.
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Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
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Mark Brader
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:37 am
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Mark Brader:
| Quote: | 29. North American style road sign, but in the US or Canada the stripes
on the pavement wouldn't all be white, unless it's an old photo.
"PS" looks like a car country sticker, but there's no such code,
unless it's been assigned in the last few years.
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Jeffrey Turner:
| Quote: | A single dashed white line isn't unusual, on a one way street.
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Right, but this road has a white dashed center line *and* white edge lines.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "I've always wanted to be a mad scientist!
msb@vex.net | Or perhaps just mad!" -- Robert L. Biddle |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:08 am
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Mark Brader wrote:
| Quote: | http://lostfrog.org
Excellent! Thanks, Jim. I especially liked number 78. (There are
119 >>> in total if you're wondering.)
120 actually. (index, 2, 3, ..., 119, end).
116 is rather good, too.
I liked that one, naturally.
It's an interesting piece of art, I must say. Notice how the first
digit of the phone number comes and goes, and how the bit after 15th
Avenue the address is unclear in the first image and then changes
between null, South, and #9. (Of cities whose grid systems I'm
familiar with, I think the only one that could have that address with
South in it is Seattle.)
So let's see, in the spirit of =SDC=, how many of the images contain
identifiable elements? Here's a start:
3. CNN (US cable news channel) anchor
5. Parmalat half-and-half (Canadian milk/cream product)
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark, the opening scene
9. Osama Bin Laden
10. Local newspaper from Florida
11. European-style road sign
12. Freeway with left-hand traffic. British?
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Don't think so - it's hard to blow up from that resolution, but the
cars and trucks, and definitely the sign look wrong. it's nowhere I
reckognise, & I've travelled the length of the motorway sytem a mllion
miles. Aus?
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Jim Lawton
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:30 am
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:01:50 GMT, "Maria Conlon" <maria.c-b@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | Jim Lawton wrote:
Jim Lawton wrote:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will be
people here who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to
mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
http://lostfrog.org
If you'll tell me how to send you an email with an attachment (I'm not
sure if "info" stays in your address or not), I have a good picture for
you.
Maria Conlon
maria.c-b@sbcglobal.net
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Hello Maria, I emailed you at the above - no reply so far. To email me just
remove the "TAKEOUT" from the address - so leave in the .info.
J
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Jim
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Maria Conlon
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
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Jim Lawton wrote:
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If you'll tell me how to send you an email with an attachment (I'm
not sure if "info" stays in your address or not), I have a good
picture for you.
Maria Conlon
maria.c-b@sbcglobal.net
Hello Maria, I emailed you at the above - no reply so far. To email
me just remove the "TAKEOUT" from the address - so leave in the
.info.
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I sent two pictures on Nov 9 about 20:00 EST, using your email to "reply
to sender."
Shall I try again?
Maria Conlon |
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