# What's up with this barn? \[picture\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498 "2007-09-17T15:56:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/61 "2007-09-21T00:08:29Z")
How long before this becomes the basis for one of [SomethingAwful.com](http://SomethingAwful.com)’s Photoshop Phridays? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/62 "2007-09-21T00:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] I would like to [help](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1242/1415172302_fa46bf55b8.jpg?v=0) , but will simply enjoy this thread instead. [/QUOTE] Well, I just want you to realise that you’re not [alone](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/nophotoshop.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/63 "2007-09-21T01:58:37Z")
[Something has appeased the ringleader.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Gilgalen/appeased.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/64 "2007-09-21T07:31:29Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] [Something has appeased the ringleader.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Gilgalen/appeased.jpg) [/QUOTE] That’s pretty easily [understood](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/tellytubbies.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/65 "2007-09-21T07:54:55Z")
Come on people, enough is enough. What do you think [other civilizations](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/sturmhauke/othercivilizations.jpg) will think of us when they see all this nonsense? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/66 "2007-09-21T07:58:52Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] I would like to [help](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1242/1415172302_fa46bf55b8.jpg?v=0) , but will simply enjoy this thread instead. [/QUOTE] Psst… for the stupid cheesy crap we’re up to, you can probably make do with [Paint.net](http://Paint.net). It’s sort of like Windows Paint on steroids, and it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/67 "2007-09-21T08:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] Come on people, enough is enough. What do you think [other civilizations](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/sturmhauke/othercivilizations.jpg) will think of us when they see all this nonsense? [/QUOTE] I expect they’d book a [package tour.](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/wishyouwerehere.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/68 "2007-09-21T10:49:32Z")
[Alien lifeforms](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Gilgalen/alienlife.jpg) are bizarre and grotesque. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/69 "2007-09-21T11:24:04Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] [Alien lifeforms](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Gilgalen/alienlife.jpg) are bizarre and grotesque. [/QUOTE] But [practically perfect in every way](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/meerybobbins.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/70 "2007-09-21T16:12:18Z")
Doesn’t matter - [none of it is real anyway](http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc7/dont-fight/?action=view¤t=matrix_21.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/71 "2007-09-22T00:41:24Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Doesn’t matter - [none of it is real anyway](http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc7/dont-fight/?action=view¤t=matrix_21.jpg). [/QUOTE] But wait! [Things may not be what they seem!](http://home.earthlink.net/~tanstaafl/trap.jpg) IT’S A… ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/72 "2007-09-22T01:00:35Z")
Let’s get back to serious analysis, okay? The secret is in those two tall magic sticks on the left in **A. R. Cane’s** [link](http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2558057), which were imported from Egypt. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/73 "2007-09-22T02:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] …which were imported from Egypt. [/QUOTE] Since this forum is the GQ, I must point out that this point is moot, since the [shipping charges](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1116/1420006293_ea97979b5a.jpg?v=0) weren’t all that high to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/74 "2007-09-22T02:34:30Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Since this forum is the GQ, I must point out that this point is moot, since the [shipping charges](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1116/1420006293_ea97979b5a.jpg?v=0) weren’t all that high to begin with. [/QUOTE] It’s the _ARK_. We found the friggin’ ark! (Shipping charges?) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/75 "2007-09-22T04:32:15Z")
Pyramids! Finally, mangeorge gets it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WoodenTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/76 "2007-09-22T04:42:23Z")
[QUOTE=tanstaafl] But wait! [Things may not be what they seem!](http://home.earthlink.net/~tanstaafl/trap.jpg) IT’S A… [/QUOTE] Haha, somebody’s a Farker! ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/77 "2007-09-22T04:51:01Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] The secret is in those two tall magic sticks on the left in **A. R. Cane’s** [link](http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2558057), which were imported from Egypt. [/QUOTE] Egypt? Nah, what you got there, son, is a [Giraffe-o-meter](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8622510&postcount=15) _[see [this picture](http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/vetbridge/giantvertruler2.jpg) linked to from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422699).]_ So, the wooden sticks are either from regular Giraffe territory (somewhat [South](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Giraffa_camelopardalis_subspecies_map.jpg) of Egypt), and the calibration marks haven’t yet been painted in, or more likely the Giraffe-o-meter is calibrated for the rare Ukrainian Giraffe _(Giraffa invisibilis)_. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/78 "2007-09-22T09:48:49Z")
I’m away from my computer at the moment (posting from my Treo) so I can’t participate in this thread until tomorrow evening - if it’s still alive by then - but i would like to mirror and preserve the images from here on my website - if anyone has any objection to this please could they voice it ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/79 "2007-09-22T10:55:36Z")
[QUOTE=tanstaafl] But wait! [Things may not be what they seem!](http://home.earthlink.net/~tanstaafl/trap.jpg) IT’S A… [/QUOTE] [You should really just relax.](http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5532/mistypq7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/80 "2007-09-22T14:34:11Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’m away from my computer at the moment (posting from my Treo) so I can’t participate in this thread until tomorrow evening - if it’s still alive by then - but i would like to mirror and preserve the images from here on my website - if anyone has any objection to this please could they voice it [/QUOTE] Thanks for the warning. I was about to post… OMG! OMG! OMG! WTF HAS HAPPENED TO MANGETOUT!!11!! But now I know. Oh, and I think keeping the pictures is a good idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498.md?page=5)