What is this? - Page 31

Trilby · 02-22-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by beauregaardhooligan

What do you mean my line sticks out further?

It means your handle is longer than the rest of ours. That means you're a non-conformist and that leads us to believe you are a witch.

The fact that UnderFreud let you get away with it means he has a PRO-Witch
Agenda!!

beauregaardhooligan · 02-22-2008, 02:04 PM

Y'all been eating moldy rye bread again?
Don't make me touch you with my noodly appendage.

Shawnee123 · 02-22-2008, 02:11 PM

[jan bradyhooligan]HEY, why does beauregaard always get the longer line? beauregaard, beauregaard, beauregaard.[/jan bradyhooligan]

glatt · 02-22-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by beauregaardhooligan

I still say "lightning."

Oh, so do I. I can't change my answer now. It was the first answer to pop into my head, but now I'm not so sure. HLJ may be putting the tip jar over the top.

BigV · 02-25-2008, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

what put the dent in you car

LMAO! Funniest!

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Either a deer or an elk was scraping their antler on the tree.

[foreshadowing]I got a bad feeling about this one...[/foreshadowing]

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Originally Posted by Brianna

a bug.

wth? You're eyesight is either much better or much worse than mine.....

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

If I'm wrong I'll put $111 in the tip jar.

(psssst.. you should be reaching for your wallet about now...)

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

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Originally Posted by glatt

I think you are probably right. You can see the scratch going down the sap wood perfectly centered within the scar of the missing bark.

I hope so. I don't really have $111.

Yep. That's gonna hurt.

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Originally Posted by glatt

lightning strike

Winnah. Smart money doesn't bet against the glatt. glatt, were you the kind of kid who turned immediately to the Eyeball Benders puzzle in Games Magazine too? You're good. Real good.

Lightning strike is right. Technically, I reckon it struck somewhere higher then ran past the spot in the first photo *reallyfast* on its way to earth. Very cool. Killed the power in the house. Indescribably loud.

BigV · 02-25-2008, 04:31 PM

A couple more pics of the tree. The lightning hit the tree much farther up (of course) and followed the highly conductive (wet) path of least resistance to earth along this line. Under the bark, where the sap was instantly turned to steam, exploding this strip of bark right off the tree. Very very cool! It's Science!

Pic 01 -- Looking upward at the path of the strike.

Pic 02 -- The puddle of bark like an enormous woolly noodle.

glatt · 02-25-2008, 04:35 PM

It seemed to miss a spot. A small stretch of bark is still intact.

HungLikeJesus · 02-25-2008, 04:42 PM

How do we know it wasn't just a really big deer?

OK, I was wrong. I've paid the piper.

(P.S. On the paypal site, it says,
Your order is being shipped to

and it lists my home address. So I guess I now own the Cellar. I wonder how they'll ship it.)

barefoot serpent · 02-25-2008, 04:48 PM

you should dig around the base of the tree to see if there are any fulgerites.

BigV · 02-25-2008, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

It seemed to miss a spot. A small stretch of bark is still intact.

I noticed that too. A drier spot? The bark was more tightly adhered there? The conductive path was deeper? A vent / crack in the bark we can't see that relieved the pressure? I don't know.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

How do we know it wasn't just a really big deer?

OK, I was wrong. I've paid the piper.

(P.S. On the paypal site, it says,
Your order is being shipped to

and it lists my home address. So I guess I now own the Cellar. I wonder how they'll ship it.)

You, sir, are the man, and a helluva good sport too. I'll try to find some more pictures with deer strikes in them just for you.

BigV · 02-25-2008, 05:57 PM

What is this? A pretty easy one, I admit. The follow ups will be interesting.

Undertoad · 02-25-2008, 06:18 PM

Oh look the tip mug is full...! Well done gents, and thanks.

Clodfobble · 02-25-2008, 06:27 PM

It's a circle of lights reflected in someone's eyeball... now, if you're looking for me to tell you what the lights are, you're out of luck.

shina · 02-25-2008, 07:39 PM

Looks like warp speed captain! Beam me up Scotty.

Elspode · 02-25-2008, 10:31 PM

How'd you get a pic of my last abduction by aliens?

02-25-2008, 04:31 PM	#456
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	A couple more pics of the tree. The lightning hit the tree much farther up (of course) and followed the highly conductive (wet) path of least resistance to earth along this line. Under the bark, where the sap was instantly turned to steam, exploding this strip of bark right off the tree. Very very cool! It's Science! Pic 01 -- Looking upward at the path of the strike. Pic 02 -- The puddle of bark like an enormous woolly noodle. Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-25-2008, 04:42 PM	#458
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	How do we know it wasn't just a really big deer? OK, I was wrong. I've paid the piper. (P.S. On the paypal site, it says, Your order is being shipped to and it lists my home address. So I guess I now own the Cellar. I wonder how they'll ship it.) __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-25-2008, 04:48 PM	#459
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	you should dig around the base of the tree to see if there are any fulgerites. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

02-25-2008, 05:57 PM	#461
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	What is this? A pretty easy one, I admit. The follow ups will be interesting. Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-25-2008, 10:31 PM	#465
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	How'd you get a pic of my last abduction by aliens? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-22-2008, 02:04 PM	#452
beauregaardhooligan Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 323	Y'all been eating moldy rye bread again? Don't make me touch you with my noodly appendage.

02-22-2008, 02:11 PM	#453
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	[jan bradyhooligan]HEY, why does beauregaard always get the longer line? beauregaard, beauregaard, beauregaard.[/jan bradyhooligan]

02-25-2008, 04:35 PM	#457
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It seemed to miss a spot. A small stretch of bark is still intact.

02-25-2008, 06:18 PM	#462
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh look the tip mug is full...! Well done gents, and thanks.

02-25-2008, 06:27 PM	#463
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It's a circle of lights reflected in someone's eyeball... now, if you're looking for me to tell you what the lights are, you're out of luck.

02-25-2008, 07:39 PM	#464
shina Hopeful Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 232	Looks like warp speed captain! Beam me up Scotty.

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