The Random hilarious picture thread.

[nate_v8]

Why the hell is pedobear funny?

[pearsonmx6]

i like free candy

[88mazdamx6tbogt]

is that obama pic for real? or just photoshop?

[nate_v8]

I would say it's real, the clan has a march every once in a while in Cleveland, Ohio.

[Graham_A_M]

here is a (time consuming) copy of an email I recieved today.

1. Kimberley Big Hole - South Africa

Apparently the largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world, this 1097 metre
deep mine yielded over 3 tons of diamonds before being closed in 1914.


The amount of earth removed by workers is estimated to total 22.5 million tons.
2. Glory Hole - Monticello Dam

A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and
water needs to be drained from the resevoir.

This is the glory hole belonging to Monticello dam in California
and it's the largest in the world, its size enabling it to consume
14400 cubic feet of water every second.



The hole can be seen at the top left of the photo above.
If you were to jump in for some reason your slightly damp
body would shoot out near the bottom of the dam (below).



3. Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah


This is supposedly the largest man-made excavation on earth. Extraction
began in 1863 and still continues today, the pit increasing in size constantly.
In its current state the hole is 3/4 mile deep and 2.5 miles wide.



4. Great Blue Hole, Belize


Situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize is this incredible geographical
phenomenon known as a blue hole. There are numerous blue holes around
the world, but none as stunning as this one.

At surface level the near perfectly circular hole is 1/4 mile wide, the
depth in the middle reaching 145 metres. Obviously the hole is a
huge hit with divers.

5. Mirny Diamond Mine, Serbia

I'm pretty sure most people have seen this one. It's an absolute beast, and holds the title
of largest open diamond mine in the world. At 525 metres deep with a top diameter of1200
metres, there's even a no-fly zone above the hole due to a few helicopters being sucked in.

The red arrow in the photo above is pointing to a huge truck.



6.Diavik Mine, CanadaThis incredible mine can be found 300 km northeast of Yellowknife in Canada.


The mine is so huge and the area so remote that it even has its own airport with
a runway large enough to accomodate a boeing 737. It also looks equally as cool
when the surrounding water is frozen.



7. Sinkhole, Guatemala

A sinkhole is caused when water (usually rainwater or sewage) is soaked
up by the earth on a large scale, resulting in the ground collapsing.


These photos are of a sinkhole which occured early this year in Guatemala.
The hole swallowed a dozen homes and killed at least 3 people.

Officials blamed the monster of a hole on a ruptured sewage pipe

[Graham_A_M]

hopefully the pics work, if not then I'll have to manually edit them in)
here is another "hole" not listed there.
The 400meter deep 'Cave of Swallows" in Mexico. big enough to swallow the empire state building.
YouTube - Cave of Swallows - Schwalbenhöhle in Mexico
^ Google it to find out more. That clip is an exerpt from the "Planet earth disk 1" on DVD. Amazing vid, make sure you buy it if you can. Amazing, I couldn't stop watching it.


here are some other pics that I thought I'd throw on here.





^ And yes, those are inner-tubes.

[pearsonmx6]

palm island in dubai

[whitenoyz]

pure genius, so much beachfront property. lets hope it doesn't sink in a few years

[Graham_A_M]

in the top right of that pic, you can see a small section of that "the world" which was a attempted copy of the world, but built out of islands.
But I agree on the genius aspect. The ratio of beach /water front property per actual land is incredible.

[pearsonmx6]

yeah they do some wired stuff over there

i was just looking for how much a house is over there if you can find it let me know

[Graham_A_M]

not too bad. on par with what you guys spend, (in the context of getting what you pay for I mean). $400k will get you a nice two story house.

[pearsonmx6]

oh really that is not bad but then you need a boat also lol

[Graham_A_M]

I'd be quite happy to live in Dubai though. They are very close to their 2004 built road track in Qatar. Its used in open wheel racing & moto GP.
I've heard from a few people that have lived there, that its the closest thing to a Utopia imaginable. Our dollar goes quite far there, and they pay north Americans quite well if their well educated. Back when I was in the oil patch, I desperately wanted a gig down there, as they pay twice as much as I'd ever get here, to do the same sort of well servicing I used to do. My old co-worker who was east-indian made $300k a year doing what he was getting paid $70k a year here to do, being fixing these oil-well logging tools.
Its just amazing. Dubai really is the city of excess. I should change my location from "Balla town" to "Balla town #2, of far-far away".
Not quite like Moscow though or Geneva.

[pearsonmx6]

sound like fun over there well in 5 or 6 years i will need to go on vacation maybe it will be to Dubai or maybe Ohio lol

[nate_v8]

Originally Posted by pearsonmx6

sound like fun over there well in 5 or 6 years i will need to go on vacation maybe it will be to Dubai or maybe Ohio lol

Ohio? Thats not funny............ maybe a little, but don't knock Ohio we have King's Island!!!!!!! and Cedar Point!!!!!!