# Most boring live webcam **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317 "2009-05-04T19:03:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/21 "2009-05-06T19:11:48Z")
My favorite is the [Loch Ness Web Cam](http://www.lochness.co.uk/livecam/). Watch for hours, looking for the monster! At least there’s some nice scenery when, occasionally, it’s not 38 degrees and raining. In the summertime. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/22 "2009-05-06T19:40:27Z")
There was “[watchmerot.com](http://watchmerot.com)” or something like that, where all you saw was some dead guy’s face in a coffin, still very much intact. It might get interesting in a few years, but modern embalming has made it so dead people don’t look much different from extremely still sleeping people for several years after they are buried. Edit: It was [http://seemerot.com](http://seemerot.com) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/23 "2009-05-07T04:51:29Z")
The “Watch Zebra Have Sex” cam is pretty damn boring. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/24 "2009-05-07T04:56:51Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > There was “[watchmerot.com](http://watchmerot.com)” or something like that, where all you saw was some dead guy’s face in a coffin, still very much intact. It might get interesting in a few years, but modern embalming has made it so dead people don’t look much different from extremely still sleeping people for several years after they are buried. > > Edit: It was [http://seemerot.com](http://seemerot.com) I’m pretty sure that’s a fake. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/25 "2009-05-07T05:27:40Z")
You can actually simulate the pitch drop experiment on your own by substituting 7-11 coffee for the pitch. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/26 "2009-05-08T06:42:42Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’m pretty sure that’s a fake. Yeah, that dude hasn’t deteriorated in YEARS. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/27 "2009-05-08T16:58:23Z")
There’s always the Stonehenge webcam. [http://www.somewheretogo.co.uk/stonehenge-webcam.html](http://www.somewheretogo.co.uk/stonehenge-webcam.html) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/28 "2009-05-08T17:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Didn’t our very own Mangetout do a watching-grass-grow-cam a while back? > > Yes. Yes he did. But his video on watching paint dry could have been improved. With the right [surface](http://i.cnn.net/si/pr/subs/swimsuit/images/99_hklum_01.jpg) watching paint dry is an activity that can fascinate for hours. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/29 "2012-12-20T17:17:20Z")
There’s the [LHC cam](http://www.lhcfeed.com/) in Switzerland… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/30 "2012-12-20T18:00:40Z")
Cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/31 "2012-12-20T19:41:46Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > There was “[watchmerot.com](http://watchmerot.com)” or something like that, where all you saw was some dead guy’s face in a coffin, still very much intact. It might get interesting in a few years, but modern embalming has made it so dead people don’t look much different from extremely still sleeping people for several years after they are buried. > > Edit: It was [http://seemerot.com](http://seemerot.com) I do find it amusing that there was an ad at the bottom of the page for chatting with ‘real live girls from connecticut’ :dubious:😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317/32 "2013-02-04T21:48:40Z")
Hey the Livermore FD [light bulb page](http://www.centennialbulb.org/) is offline. Do ya think it burnt out? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-boring-live-webcam/495317.md?page=1)