# 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:** 5
**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 22, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/81 "2007-09-22T15:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] [You should really just relax.](http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5532/mistypq7.jpg) [/QUOTE] Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/82 "2007-09-22T19:40:04Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] [You should really just relax.](http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5532/mistypq7.jpg) [/QUOTE] [I love that show!](http://web.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/ilovethatshow.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/83 "2007-09-22T20:43:46Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] [I love that show!](http://web.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/ilovethatshow.jpg) [/QUOTE] [We all love that show.](http://www.sunspace.org/ilovethatshow2.jpg) ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/84 "2007-09-22T21:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] [We all love that show.](http://www.sunspace.org/ilovethatshow2.jpg) [/QUOTE] If it weren’t for Sean Hannity, I’d get cable back just to watch that show. ---
**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 23, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/85 "2007-09-23T22:18:36Z")
I don’t think that family is quite so [cleancut](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/cleancut.jpg) as they at first might seem. ---
**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 23, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/86 "2007-09-23T23:25:04Z")
Anyway… I’ve preserved the photos in this thread, as discussed - they can be found here: [http://atomicshrimp.com/1369/](http://atomicshrimp.com/1369/) Also, I think the barn photo is real - unfortunately, the version with the legs can’t be found any more, but I thought they looked pasted on. Furthermore, there’s another view of the building here: > **[Archinect | Connecting Architects Since 1997](https://archinect.com/)** > > The goal of Archinect is to make architecture more connected and open-minded, and bring together designers from around the world to introduce new ideas from all disciplines. Archinect was initially developed in 1997 and has since become the top... ---
**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 23, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/87 "2007-09-23T23:30:06Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I don’t think that family is quite so [cleancut](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/cleancut.jpg) as they at first might seem. [/QUOTE] [It gets worse.](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3820/worsestillii2.jpg) (This thread should really be bumped to MPSIMS…) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/88 "2007-09-23T23:47:20Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] (This thread should really be bumped to MPSIMS…) [/QUOTE] I agree. I think the GQ aspects were resolved some time ago. Have at it. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/89 "2007-09-23T23:55:06Z")
_squid_? I never thought of a squid. Hmmm. anom. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/90 "2007-09-24T02:01:58Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] [It gets worse.](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3820/worsestillii2.jpg) [/QUOTE] [Especially if you open the drapes.](http://www.sunspace.org/worsestillii3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/91 "2007-09-24T03:16:07Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I think this could be a new regular weekly on the boards. [/QUOTE] I second the motion. MPSIMS? Anyone want the task of posting a starting pic each week? I can’t actually do this stuff, but I sure enjoy looking at them. ---
**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 24, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/92 "2007-09-24T07:34:42Z")
Guess what’s for dinner. [Mmm-boy!](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/whatsfordinner.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/93 "2007-09-24T09:34:30Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Also, I think the barn photo is real - unfortunately, the version with the legs can’t be found any more, but I thought they looked pasted on. Furthermore, there’s another view of the building here: > **[Archinect | Connecting Architects Since 1997](https://archinect.com/)** > > The goal of Archinect is to make architecture more connected and open-minded, and bring together designers from around the world to introduce new ideas from all disciplines. Archinect was initially developed in 1997 and has since become the top... [/QUOTE] The one in the OP has two support beams that are not in that picture. ---
**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 24, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/94 "2007-09-24T09:46:06Z")
Those look like they might be pipes of some kind - rather than supports - in which case they might have been added or removed between shots. Clearly some more detective work is required here - I can’t quite work out whether it’s established that any of these photos are independent of the others. The one with the legs at the protruding edge, though, looked suspect to me from the moment I saw it, and it’s gone now. That doesn’t mean I think it’s definitely fake - I’m aware of how difficult it is to tell real from fake nowadays, ---
**Author:** ![Early\_adopter\_VictrolaDivision](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Early\_adopter\_VictrolaDivision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_adopter_VictrolaDivision)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/95 "2007-09-24T17:38:45Z")
I’ve seen lots of abandoned barns with timbers swiped, many looking unlikely to stand in a breeze, but they do. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/96 "2007-09-24T17:56:13Z")
[QUOTE=Early adopter,VictrolaDivision] I’ve seen lots of abandoned barns with timbers swiped, many looking unlikely to stand in a breeze, but they do. [/QUOTE] Yes, we’ve clearly established that it’s a real eroded farmhouse in Missouri. In fact, it was a photo taken by a member. It’s the Jesus horse thing that has us all confused. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/97 "2007-09-27T01:32:14Z")
I think that the translated Russian is accurate in that it was being demolished at the time. The two beams seem to be missing by the guy on the page that the translations were on. The picture was the exact same one as one of the pictures without those two supports. They both were the same sized file in bytes. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/98 "2007-09-27T01:37:47Z")
I also enjoy the carton drawings that have accompanied accident threads and the like. ---
**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 27, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/99 "2007-09-27T07:55:35Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I think that the translated Russian is accurate in that it was being demolished at the time. The two beams seem to be missing by the guy on the page that the translations were on. The picture was the exact same one as one of the pictures without those two supports. They both were the same sized file in bytes. [/QUOTE] I dunno. I wouldn’t trust anything anybody says about it (including me) - there are just too many clearly speculative stories floating around, for example: -That it looks this way because of topsoil erosion (if true, what are those hopper/funnel things there for?) -That it was constructed for the cult film [Kin-dza-dza!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin-dza-dza!) (if this is true, that scene must have been cut from the final movie - which seems unlikely since it’s 135 minutes long and isn’t exactly tight on the action) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498/100 "2007-09-27T08:33:01Z")
I don’t have Photoshop either… I have to say, this thread is one of the [reasons](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/roflmao1.jpg) I pay my dues every year. Drop. Dead. Funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-barn-picture/419498.md?page=6)