WTF Stories of the Week - Page 161

innerSpaceman · 06-25-2009, 11:17 AM

ok, the non-linked one was pretty cool, so I decided to properly link it.

Enjoy. Oh, take some drugs first.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-25-2009, 11:22 AM

Oops. Link fixed in my post now.

Betty · 06-25-2009, 02:20 PM

I love those optical illusions and was actually going to use some on a billboard we were considering. Ended up going a different direction with it though I still like the idea of a giant optical illusion on the side of the freeway.

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-25-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Betty

I love those optical illusions and was actually going to use some on a billboard we were considering. Ended up going a different direction with it though I still like the idea of a giant optical illusion on the side of the freeway.

You might want to post this in the texting while driving thread...

innerSpaceman · 06-25-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Betty

I still like the idea of a giant optical illusion on the side of the freeway.

TeeTee, back when that movie Meteor came out, they plastered the loooong side of a building right abutting the 405 Freeway thru West L.A. with one of the first of those building-size graphic overlays. Hardly anyone had seen one before.

It was an overlay of a HUGE meteor hole through the entire building, knocking out like 14 floors, with a fantastic painting of exactly what it looks like going south on the 405 facing the soutbound lanes, and a different painting of the northern view for the northbound lanes.

Um, one multi-car pile-up later, and that advert was down within the week. I don't think anyone was killed, but WTF were they thinking to mess like that with drivers on the San Diego Freeway?

I loved that building for a week though. It was beyond rad.

alphabassettgrrl · 06-25-2009, 08:23 PM

I love the optical illusions! And I love the story about national nude day in NZ!

Not so much the BK ad. EEEwww!!

SzczerbiakManiac · 06-26-2009, 10:50 AM

I worked about a quarter mile away from that building and saw it every day. Yes, it was amazingly realistic for a static image.

cirquelover · 06-26-2009, 01:10 PM

I have never heard of anything like that before. Thanks for sharing the link, I'll have to watch 20/20 I guess.

innerSpaceman · 06-26-2009, 01:53 PM

Oh, it definitely qualifies for WTF.

SzczerbiakManiac · 06-26-2009, 02:32 PM

Which is why I put it here. It's just that many of the stories posted here are in the nature of What The Fück Was He/She/They Thinking. The aforementioned story is not in that vein, thus the small "disclaimer".

06-25-2009, 11:17 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	ok, the non-linked one was pretty cool, so I decided to properly link it. Enjoy. Oh, take some drugs first.
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06-25-2009, 11:22 AM	#2
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Oops. Link fixed in my post now. __________________ '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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06-25-2009, 02:20 PM	#3
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	I love those optical illusions and was actually going to use some on a billboard we were considering. Ended up going a different direction with it though I still like the idea of a giant optical illusion on the side of the freeway. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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06-25-2009, 08:23 PM	#6
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I love the optical illusions! And I love the story about national nude day in NZ! Not so much the BK ad. EEEwww!! __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	I worked about a quarter mile away from that building and saw it every day. Yes, it was amazingly realistic for a static image. __________________
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06-26-2009, 01:10 PM	#8
cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	I have never heard of anything like that before. Thanks for sharing the link, I'll have to watch 20/20 I guess.
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06-26-2009, 01:53 PM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh, it definitely qualifies for WTF.
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06-26-2009, 02:32 PM	#10
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Which is why I put it here. It's just that many of the stories posted here are in the nature of What The Fück Was He/She/They Thinking. The aforementioned story is not in that vein, thus the small "disclaimer". __________________
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