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These pictures sooo remind me of "Spirited Away!"
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What about the abandoned "Rock-a-Hoola" water park near Barstow, CA? Anyone that has driven the I-15 between LA and Vegas will remember this depressing site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Dolores
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There are so many abandoned amusement parks out there. Here's a Wikipedia list which misses a ton of abandoned parks in Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abandoned_amusement_parks
The best one ever is Gulliver's Kingdom, which I wish I could've visited before it was demolished. There are a couple pictures here:
http://quantum-x.ice.org/
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I went to Chippewa Lake park back in the 1970s, before it closed -- rode the roller coaster and everything. Sad that it closed, but it does make for some nifty pictures.
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Mazinger Z !!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ukf7Ef9bRII
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Man, I'd love to have a good wander around there. Looks fun to explore.
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there's this place in western Pennsylvania called Storybookland that has been left go since the
70s. it had a giant pied piper at the entrance and had a big shoe (old lady who lived in a shoe) with a slide in it. the park is abandoned but there's a craft store built in the front.
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Terrific posting.
There's another park being taken over by nature in Arkansas called "Dogpatch USA" that opened in 1963 and closed in 1993. There are numerous sites online dedicated to photo tours of it as it is today.
I suppose closed up parks are everywhere!
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Have anyone pictures of neverland of michael jackson??Isnt it also abandoned?
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Tom, try this
link - lots of Neverland pics there
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Tom: Shhh!!
This is one reason that urban explorers are such a secretive bunch.
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anyone know of any sites like this that offer lists of abandon mental hospitals from the 20's to now?
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There's one in Youngstown, Ohio called Idora Park. For the longest time the ballroom was still in use but alas, that too has been abandoned. I could probably have my friend go take some pictures for me.
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Shelly - thank you for info. We are collecting material for the next part of series, so by all means send us the pics if you have any!
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What about "Australia's Wonderland" it was an awesome place that was ABSOLUTELY RUINED by shady foreign devils!
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http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/research.html
Japanese website with plenty of abandoned theme park pictures. well worth a look.
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I realy enjoy your post. The pictures defitely tell a past story. Well done.
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I've been to some of the parks mentioned: Idora, Storyland, Chippewa (some so young that I have no personal recollection, but there are pictures) Just last summer, a park that had been a large part of my family in many ways over four generations was closed by Cedar Fair. It was Geauga Lake, in Aurora, OH. It has been reduced to a water park on the property that used to be Sea World. I think the steel coasters have been sold off, but the wooden ones still remain, looking for a home. Pics can be found at www.geaugalaketoday.com
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Andrew thank you! Will fit into next part, great info.
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Wow, these are great finds!
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http://www.craigfergusonimages.com/albums/album/72157602064158143/Katolis-World.html
Spooky fairground- no longer exists.
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Andrew,
How long has Geauga been closed? I know that Six flaggs tried to take it over and sea world moved to orlando, but I though Geauga Lake Park was still open!
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I visited Okpo Land last year as well:
http://gutter-monkey.livejournal.com/94577.html
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Just stumbled upon the gem known as Okpo Land myself. I'm posting the pics
here :)
One of my adult students told me the government mandated that it be shut down because is overlooked where DSME was manufacturing submarines for South Korea...
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Oops, looks like I accidentally directed a vandal to one of my favourite sites.
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The bear's are definitely Burning Man in Nevada.
http://www.burningman.com/
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What would make the morphing Soviet leaders gif more interesting would be if the time each face was shown was proportional to the time they ruled...
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there's something very peculiar about russian leaders. they alternate baldness. and they are very proud of it. rest assured the person that succeeds putin will not be bald.
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That, sir, is a deep and most profound observation ..
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Wow!!that is very good post.your chair picture is very nice.i like this picture very much.i think i will make this type of chair by carpenter.thank you for shearing your post.
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The 'original unknown' photo of a train passing a drive-in movie theater is 'Hot Shot Eastbound' by O. Winston Link. See http://www.soulcatcherstudio.com/exhibitions/favorites/link_hs.html
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There is a O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, VA. I have not been able to visit it yet, but plan on it soon. http://www.linkmuseum.org/
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Re: "Strange Bridge in Victoria British Columbia" (Canada);
It's actually two counter weighted bridges, not one. The wider of the two carries car and truck traffic across the narrow spot in the harbor, the narrower is for the passenger train.
Once the train passes under the counterweight, it's about another 20 feet to the tiny passenger station and the end of track. There's just enough area to park the self powered rail cars which serve the Vancouver Island.
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The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is in Louisiana not Florida.
Try the Royal Gorge bridge. Walked across it as a kid and it scared the crap out of me. The deck is 1053 feet above the Arkansas River. The Royal Gorge Bridge is still the highest suspension bridge in the world, as well as the bridge with the highest deck-to-surface clearance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gorge_Bridge
DKK
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beautifull and strange bridges, but i'm missing some: the french 'le pont du normandie' and the 'milau viaduct'. The first one is just beautifull, the second one amazing, and shouldn't be missing here i think
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milau_viaduct
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_de_Normandie
(and no, not french myself, but have driven over them and they are astonishing)
keep up the good work!
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Photo number two of the Oresund bridge isn't.
I have no idea what it is.
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The mystery bridge is the Skye bridge connecting the Isle of Skye to mainland Scotland. I believe at one time the most expensive toll bridge in the world (per kilometer).
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Lake Ponchatrain and the causeway are both in Louisiana, not Florida.
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The Mighty 'Humber Bridge', Hull, England :
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/arts/apictureofbritain/images/gallery/england_north/human/4/web/11181816584107563354_1_web.jpg
http://lcjb.cjsonline.gov.uk/area18/images/humber_bridge_pic.jpg
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ahhhhh....
i am so glad you decided to add a large calatrava section this time around. after the first batch of bridges, i was at a loss seeing you didn't include any of his.
...wonderful.
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I believe that photo number 2 of the Oresund bridge is actually the Merrimack/Monitor Memorial Bridge-Tunnel. Google Image it and you get the same picture.
At least Oresund isn't such a mouthful...
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The bridge in Victoria is called the Johnson Street Bridge.
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Mystery Bridge is the Skye Bridge in Scotland connecting the Isle of Skye to the Scottish mainland.
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ive been on that bridge in Albania, me and a few cows :)
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Neat info, thank you
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Great stuff, as usual.
There are spiral bridges in the foothills of the Black Hills in western South Dakota. They're only two lanes, and the roadway spirals out over the side of the mountain to gain altitude. Locally they call them 'pigtails'. I believe at one time there was also a bridge over the Mississippi River in Minnesota that had a spiral at one side, due to a lack of space for a straight ramp down from the bridge proper.
Steve Z
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Very cool places. I have a few more to add to the list.
First, the Confederation Bridge linking the provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island on the East Coast of Canada.
Here's a pic http://www.confederationbridge.com/images/photo_gallery/bridgepe2.jpg
The other is a very unique "bridge" designed to move a boat from one level to another.
http://edsphotoblog.com/wp-content/photos/800px/falkirk_wheel_scotland.jpg
http://www.197aerial.co.uk/falkirk_wheel_a.jpg
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I've ridden in a car, and driven on the Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge located in Japan. It is located on the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture. I used to live not far north of that bridge.
It was truly an amazing sight to be riding along on the bridge and then look down into the valley that you are traveling through. I don't know exactly how far above the ground the bridge is, but it's not for those who fear heights.
My wife and I even traveled into the valley below the Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge as some of the hotels in that area have wonderful onsen, or hot springs.
Thanks for the post. It was wonderfully done, as always
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Im really missing the two bridges in curacao! The "pontjes brug" and the other one. Those are really nice to see aswell!
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does what is the name of the bridge to nowhere in norway? i really want to learn more about that bridge.
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I have been over the Newport Pell Bridge many times. I love it, it is an adrenilan rush because of the step angle that it climbs. I live in Connecticut but own a place in Narragansette Rhode Island so I frequent Newport several times a year. Heading to Newport you also have to cross the Jamestown bridge which is almost identical. Jamestown is a small island in Narrgansette bay. A very unique drive on extremly banked bridges with in a few miles of each other.
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The bridge at the aguille du midi at the Mt Blanc mountain is also pretty scary. http://www.dellyend.com/gallery/images/IMG_1086.jpg
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This is another scary bridge, though I'd prefer to walk across over driving.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/PNG/Oldindex.htm
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Comment on the Russian SF submersed tunnel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLL2sp6iJZI&feature=related
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The second pic of Soaring Bridges of Santiago Calatrava is Alamillo's Bridge by Santiago Calatrava. It was built in Seville (Spain) for the Expo'92. At least is almost a copy:
http://gerardopetersen.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/800px-calatrava_puente_del_alamillo_seville.jpg
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I got to the Turtle Bay photos, thought, "*I* have photos of... oh, wait."
Now I can't even remember when I pointed those out. But thanks for the grin!
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The best roman bridge in France? Sorry, but it is in Alcantara, Spain. It is 194 m (636 feet) long and 71 m (233 feet) tall, and it is still Alcantara's main, and only, road.
See it
here or
here.
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I'm surprised neither part has either the
Millau Viaduct or
Forth (Rail) Bridge.
The former is stunning, and the latter is utterly and unashamedly 100%
bridge. Despite the uncompromising design it manages to pull off having both a demanding presence and yet somehow fitting in. A quick look online didn't come up with any particularly good photo's however.
The
old london bridge is worthy of note also.
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We got Millau Viaduct covered
here... thanks for all the suggestions!
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A company I used to help run built the 'spiral' bridge you mention in London. It's in Covent Garden and it joins the main Royal Opera House to some of its rehearsal rooms.
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1. Thanks. A pleasure to see gorgeous pix of interesting bridges.
2. Re: Strange bridge in Victoria, Canada: Johnson Street Bridge.
This is a pair of bascule bridges, a common type of operable bridge. Because it is delicately balanced only a small motor is needed to raise the bridge. Chicago has more operable bridges than any other city; most are bascules. Recently they figured out to hide the counterweight under the bridge approach so it is not visible.
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?blockName=Transportation%2fChicago's+Movable+Bridges%2fI+Want+To&deptMainCategoryOID=-536884516&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Transportation&topChannelName=Dept&contentOID=536936432&Failed_Reason=Invalid+timestamp,+engine+has+been+restarted&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&Failed_Page=%2fwebportal%2fportalContentItemAction.do&context=dept
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n interesting bridge, that completely blows Biboa so called "hanging bridge". Look no further than the Newport Transporter Bridge:
It's the longest type of its kind in the world today and still functions. It's absolutely HUGE.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/98469511_63faf17bf3_o.jpg
http://flickr.com/photos/andysouthwales/123390124/
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You can find some fine pics of Forth Rail Bridge here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/forthbridges/
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The Roman Alcántara Bridge is a gorgeous one. It´s over the Tagus River, wich ends at Lisbon, Portugal. The portuguese capital has 3 interesting structures. First, a Golden Gate type bridge (builted by the same engeneering team, in 1966). It´s over 2100m long; Second, a very photogenic one, the Vasco da Gama bridge (just over 17km long) - Take a look in
http://1x.com/photos/member/5005/14640/
and
http://olhares.uncovering.org/v/camara/generico/portugal/060906_ponte-vasco-gama.jpg.html.
And last, but not least, the Águas Livres Aqueduct, wich has the biggest stone pointed arch in the world (29mX65m). It survived from the big earthquake in 1755 (plus 8.0 Richter). See it here http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduto_das_Águas_Livres
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The 2nd main city of Portugal, Porto, also has it bridges. Nowdays, the total number is 6 but once it had only 3. Each one of them broke an world record when inaugurated. Arrábida Bridge (1963 by Edgar Cardoso): biggest concret arch; D.Maria Pia (1877 by Gustavo Eiffel) and D.Luís I (1886 by Teófilo Seyrig): biggest iron arch. All of them can be found in wikipedia.
The 4th one (S. João Bridge, 1991), broke an world record too: The biggest (heaviest) concret monolitic in just one piece.
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But the one I´m looking for is located in Germany. I do not know its name or the exact location. It's a fantastic brick rail bridge that I saw on a regional german TV channel (mdr or WDR, i'm not sure. Perhaps de Fehrsen channel). It's a big one (as a matter of fact is a viaduct over a green valey) and I almost can swear it supports high speed trains (the ICEs). Please, post it, on a part 3!... It´s gorgeous, believe me.
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Where's Tower Bridge in London???
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Marq isnt your real name Christina Aguilera?...
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Ponte Estaiada Octavio Frias de Oliveira is missing. It´s a beutiful one recently built located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAxDtyTlvBs
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Nice bridge Collection. Aprreciate the rickety old ones. Just wanted to add the bridge titled Tsing Ma (that's the one back) has two brgs and the one in front is called the Kap Shui Mun and is the longest in the world to carry rail also.
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I think you dismiss the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway a little too easily as an extension of a highway. Take into account that depending upon traffic, it is a half an hour across the lake and at one point you see no land in ANY direction.
I've been stuck in the middle of it at rush hour and it's unnerving to be in my car, over water waiting to move again.
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How about the 35W bridge going into Minneapolis that was built recently to replace the old one that fell into the river in 2007. The new one actually cleans the air when the sun hits it :)
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Fascinating page!
I just found this using google, but here are TONS more photos, and even two videos of the Hussaini bridge, and Passu
http://silkroadchina-and-northernpakistan.blogspot.com/2007/06/passu.html
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At the time of constuction, the manmade islands for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel were the most expensive pieces of realestate in the world.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/chesapeake_bay_brdg.html
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What? No Charles Bridge in Prague?
Check out my friend Gary's bridge in Afghanistan:
http://marigoldfund.org/
Go to image gallery > 6
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That wavery house gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Looks like it was designed by Bloody Stupid Johnson!
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It does look like a Johnson - though I don't see the exploding sundial, a Johnson "Typhoon" ablutorium or a ho-ho...
x)
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The "Sentient" picture by Erlend Mork is a recreation of the famous paint "L'île des morts", by Arnold Böcklin.
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'...smoke "footprint" of civilization...'
It's not smoke. It's condensing water vapor.
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...smoke footprint
It's not just nuclear, either. I'm a pilot, and I've seen the same effect from sugar beet processing plants, wood chip plants, etc.
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My mother actually has that very beer ad hanging in the kitchen!!
And here I thought it was fake...
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I know that building in Paris and have walked by it; even close up, it's way funky. But it's actually not reflective, it's printed that way on the surface!
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I think you'll find that the light bulbs identified as having "piped glass" on the outside are in fact simply colored normal bulbs with silicone (caulking, more or less) applied to them.
Much lighter, less fragile, easier to make (and thus cheaper), and squishy in your hand.
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Sigivald is right. Yuo can make them yourself in ten minutes. They feel great.
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the bug light is from datamncer!
http://www.datamancer.net/miscart/miscart.htm
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datamancer, eh? cool.. i updated the credits
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Nice lighting post, check out my illuminated art work at: illuminatedforest.com
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Hi Avi,
I'm very happy you liked my post about the 3 amazing islands made from garbage. Thank you. :-)
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The Ultimate List of Female Characters in Gaming needs to be tagged NSFW.
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Thanks for heads up..
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many funny ones, but uglyest is surely the nr 4.
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Hard to dicide.. I go for 19
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Picture number three is genetic. I can do it along with many members of my family. Some people find it disgusting, but, also because I can it do, find it funny.
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number 25 gets MY vote. But 44 is a close runner up- and jeez, I'd probably have an expression like that if I wore a dress which was giving me a mammogram all day.
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19!
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If you're including Photoshop fakes, then #4 gets my vote.
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I vote for #19: The expression seems the most spontaneous and almost unintentional in the photo. The balloon object seems like the main focus of the shot.
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It's got to be no.25, that's scary!
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#4 is not a Photoshop as such. It's from a screensaver released by a UK ad agency a couple of years ago that randomly took different parts of people's faces to come up with an aggregate one like the one here. Wish I could remember the name of the company ...
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#5 is from the 2000 U.S. Florida election debacle.
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19. He's got to be hired as an extra for the next big monster flick!
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I actually know #19. That pic was taken during a balloon-toss activity at a fraternity convention. I assure you he doesn't always look like that. :)
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Definitely 19. It's just so classic.
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#19 is best... but I have to say #23 is kinda creepy although I can't say why? And if I was the kid in #31 I know I'd start wailing!
BTW, enjoy the blog very much, keep it up guys.
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Number 35 looks like a young Farva (Kevin Heffernan).
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very nice pictures :)
fake or not - it's funny
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#25 looks like a waxwork-type sculpture. Maybe at some sort of themed tourist attraction?
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28 has quite the pimpin 'stache :D he gets my vote.
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52 upper right leaves me laughing hard
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#19 and then #35
Both classic and in the moment, oh and HILARIOUS!
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Wow, so many good ones! 25 is definitely my top pick- it had me ROFL. 37's a close second though.
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57 got it beat!!!
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#43 is a quite famous Russian poet and writer, Dmitry Bykov, and the photo isn't from his wedding, IIRC, but from some literary convention where he was awarded one more prize. In fact, you can see parts of the event logo on the wall.
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Yeah, definitely 19. It's just so right, but yet so awkward.
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I'll go for 33 intresting one
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I use a SafeType keyboard for my programming job - it works like a charm! No more tendonitis.
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If you think the DataHand keyboard is a strange thing, take a look at how I've been using mine for over a year... ;)
http://vnevoa.wordpress.com/thechair
I love the DataHand, it's a pity it is way overpriced and that the company looks like it's dead.
I'm probably the only owner of such a contraption in Portugal, but I can't live without it anymore! :)
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vnevoa -
thank you for this link.... pretty neat PC "case mod"
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