10/25/2002: Defiant shellfish

Undertoad · 10-25-2002, 12:02 PM

I was browsing the German Yahoo! Most Popular images, scouting for stuff... and this came up. The caption read:

Eine Languste überquert am Donnerstag nach schweren Regenfällen eine geflutete Straße im spanischen Castelldefels.

Babelfish translates this to "A Languste crosses a flooded road in the Spanish Castelldefels on Thursday after heavy rainfalls."

Languste? What is that? It looks like a half-crab, half-lobster.

But what struck me funny is how this guy is giving the two-finger "up yours" salute (the euro version of the middle finger) to the flood waters he just got past. With those hands, it's the only salute he can give. And it's an oversized version, too. No wonder he's so ticked off.

"Ey, stupid flood waters... thinking you can push me around... fuck you!"

That Guy · 10-25-2002, 12:17 PM

Fich dich!! Deine mutti!

10-25-2002, 01:21 PM

Fick dich! Ihre Mutter?

Nic Name · 10-25-2002, 01:34 PM

The languste, a noble relative of the lobster, doesn't have the claws represented in the yahoo image.

Also, see this photograph in natural habitat.

http://www.aquamare.ch/fotos/languste.html

Beletseri · 10-25-2002, 02:27 PM

Looks like a crawfish to me. They are fresh water inhabitants so it would make sense to find one in a river.

That Guy · 10-25-2002, 04:24 PM

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Originally posted by dave
Fick dich! Ihre Mutter?

Yea -- you can see where 15 hours of German at the nation's largest school got me.

And yes, it does look like a crawfish. Nic just might not know what they look like <font size="-3">(he's Canadian)</font>.

Beletseri · 10-25-2002, 04:46 PM

They don't have rivers in Canada?

Nic Name · 10-25-2002, 06:06 PM

Canadian Crayfish

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/bil/fish...lobster2.shtml

ElPresidente1972 · 10-25-2002, 09:16 PM

Languste sounds like a bad translation of the Spanish word "langostina" which is a european equivalent to a crawfish / crayfish. Think of a lobster with the claws of a fiddler crab, that's what the critter in question looks like. Bigger than American crawfish, IIRC.

-EP

Nic Name · 10-25-2002, 10:20 PM

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The noun langouste has 2 senses
1. spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish -- (warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California)
2. spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish -- (large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters)

The English word is langouste and the distinguishing characteristic is no claws.

Quote:

crawfish (French: languste; German: Languste.)

Crustaceans (without claws) of the family Palinuridae, also called spiny lobster, rock lobster, sea crayfish.

But it's a funny photoshop, though. .V..

dasviper · 10-26-2002, 12:07 AM

Is anyone else willing to give the photographer the benefit of the doubt? It doesn't seem like someone would have taken pains to fake this one, and we're basing the claim on a german report of a spanish animal. I think it's legit. It seems more likely that an editor at a German newspaper mislabeled it.

Nic Name · 10-26-2002, 12:13 AM

I said, "This might be photoshopped."

Has anyone got any confirming picture of a creature like this? It looks strange to me.

By the way, it takes no pains to fark a foto.

I have no problem with the image. It's really cool. I just want to know if it's real or fake.

Logan · 10-26-2002, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dave
Fick dich! Ihre Mutter?

Why would you use the informal mode in one sentence and the formal mode in the next?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-26-2002, 07:26 AM

Whatever it is it's obviously hailing a water taxi.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-26-2002, 07:35 AM

And the reason it looks funny is its thorax obscures its tail at this angle. The critter is facing the photographer.

10-25-2002, 12:02 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/25/2002: Defiant shellfish I was browsing the German Yahoo! Most Popular images, scouting for stuff... and this came up. The caption read: Eine Languste überquert am Donnerstag nach schweren Regenfällen eine geflutete Straße im spanischen Castelldefels. Babelfish translates this to "A Languste crosses a flooded road in the Spanish Castelldefels on Thursday after heavy rainfalls." Languste? What is that? It looks like a half-crab, half-lobster. But what struck me funny is how this guy is giving the two-finger "up yours" salute (the euro version of the middle finger) to the flood waters he just got past. With those hands, it's the only salute he can give. And it's an oversized version, too. No wonder he's so ticked off. "Ey, stupid flood waters... thinking you can push me around... fuck you!"

10-25-2002, 01:34 PM	#4
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	This might be photoshopped The languste, a noble relative of the lobster, doesn't have the claws represented in the yahoo image. Also, see this photograph in natural habitat. http://www.aquamare.ch/fotos/languste.html

10-25-2002, 06:06 PM	#8
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Canadian Crayfish http://www.inspection.gc.ca/bil/fish...lobster2.shtml Last edited by Nic Name; 10-26-2002 at 12:19 AM.

10-25-2002, 09:16 PM	#9
ElPresidente1972 I am above the law!!! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2	It looks like a string of bad translations Languste sounds like a bad translation of the Spanish word "langostina" which is a european equivalent to a crawfish / crayfish. Think of a lobster with the claws of a fiddler crab, that's what the critter in question looks like. Bigger than American crawfish, IIRC. -EP

10-26-2002, 12:07 AM	#11
dasviper Belt Conveyor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Hanover, NH, USA Posts: 67	Oh, come on now... Is anyone else willing to give the photographer the benefit of the doubt? It doesn't seem like someone would have taken pains to fake this one, and we're basing the claim on a german report of a spanish animal. I think it's legit. It seems more likely that an editor at a German newspaper mislabeled it. Last edited by dasviper; 10-26-2002 at 12:12 AM.

10-25-2002, 12:17 PM	#2
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	Fich dich!! Deine mutti!

10-25-2002, 01:21 PM	#3
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Fick dich! Ihre Mutter?

10-25-2002, 02:27 PM	#5
Beletseri Yeah sez you Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 206	Looks like a crawfish to me. They are fresh water inhabitants so it would make sense to find one in a river.

10-25-2002, 04:46 PM	#7
Beletseri Yeah sez you Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 206	They don't have rivers in Canada?

10-26-2002, 12:13 AM	#12
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	I said, "This might be photoshopped." Has anyone got any confirming picture of a creature like this? It looks strange to me. By the way, it takes no pains to fark a foto. I have no problem with the image. It's really cool. I just want to know if it's real or fake.

10-26-2002, 07:26 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Whatever it is it's obviously hailing a water taxi.

10-26-2002, 07:35 AM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	And the reason it looks funny is its thorax obscures its tail at this angle. The critter is facing the photographer. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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