WTF Stories of the Week - Page 317

RStar · 04-16-2011, 08:01 AM

Is the stamp with the flag made with a picture that's not the real flag as well??? Sheesh!

SzczerbiakManiac · 04-22-2011, 12:53 PM

Lions Mane Jellyfish: holy fückballs this think is big!

Ghoulish Delight · 04-22-2011, 01:04 PM

Hmm, that photo and the text on the page doesn't match up with what the wiki article says. The photo page claims they can be 6M (~20ft) in diameter, which the photo appears to support, but wiki (and other sources) talk in terms of ~8ft as the largest. That's a pretty significant disagreement and I strongly suspect that particular photo is either doctored or forced perspective.

Of course, an 8ft jellyfish is still damned big.

Alex · 04-22-2011, 01:06 PM

According to Wikipedia the largest such jellyfish have a bell diameter of about 8 feet. The link with the photo says 6 meters.

Some quick searching seems to support the Wikipedia number but that thing's much larger than that.

Pretty sure that's Photoshopped.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-22-2011, 01:09 PM

Alex, it's a good thing you have such terrible taste in candy so people can tell us apart.

Alex · 04-22-2011, 01:17 PM

Well, that and your Special Olympics medals.

And a Google Images search for Lions Maine Jellyfish results in many cool photos, though none that are this big relative to the people in them (other than many instances of this picture).

SzczerbiakManiac · 04-22-2011, 05:41 PM

Yeah, I noticed that size discrepancy too, but it's still a big-ass jelly and felt it was WTF worthy.

SzczerbiakManiac · 04-28-2011, 01:10 PM

This Brit ~~spent~~ wasted £1,000 on getting William & Kate faces on his teeth!

I love this quote from the article,

Quote:

"[he] will spend the next 3 months hearing "Oh, you've got a little royal in your teeth" from people who really want to say "Dumbass."

Chernabog · 04-29-2011, 12:54 PM

Haha I guess he didn't want Kate to be the only one with a little royal in her teeth this weekend.

Kevy Baby · 04-29-2011, 11:50 PM

Not so WTF as just downright amusing

Leaking US house dials for help

Quote:

MARBLEHEAD, Massachusetts (AP) — After months of enduring a leaking pipe that buckled its floors and sagged its ceilings, an empty house somehow called police for help.

The Salem News reports the call to the emergency hotline went out to police from a house in Marblehead on Wednesday after water short-circuited the phone system, apparently sparking the emergency call.

Officers were sent to the address after the call was recorded as a hang up and a return call got static.

Inside, they found the wreckage, including potentially toxic mold, from a pipe that apparently burst during the winter.

Town officials say the interior may have to be gutted.
Police couldn't immediately locate owner James Cowen. His cousin, William Cowen, said he's not worried. He says James was left financially secure by his father and often travels.

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04-22-2011, 12:53 PM	#3162
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Lions Mane Jellyfish: holy fückballs this think is big! Wikipedia __________________
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04-22-2011, 01:04 PM	#3163
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Hmm, that photo and the text on the page doesn't match up with what the wiki article says. The photo page claims they can be 6M (~20ft) in diameter, which the photo appears to support, but wiki (and other sources) talk in terms of ~8ft as the largest. That's a pretty significant disagreement and I strongly suspect that particular photo is either doctored or forced perspective. Of course, an 8ft jellyfish is still damned big. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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04-22-2011, 01:06 PM	#3164
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	According to Wikipedia the largest such jellyfish have a bell diameter of about 8 feet. The link with the photo says 6 meters. Some quick searching seems to support the Wikipedia number but that thing's much larger than that. Pretty sure that's Photoshopped.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Alex, it's a good thing you have such terrible taste in candy so people can tell us apart. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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04-22-2011, 01:17 PM	#3166
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, that and your Special Olympics medals. And a Google Images search for Lions Maine Jellyfish results in many cool photos, though none that are this big relative to the people in them (other than many instances of this picture).
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04-22-2011, 05:41 PM	#3167
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Yeah, I noticed that size discrepancy too, but it's still a big-ass jelly and felt it was WTF worthy. __________________
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04-29-2011, 12:54 PM	#3169
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