strife 0 #1 May 11, 2013 http://l.yimg.com/ao/a/skywhale130510_630.jpg http://au.news.yahoo.com/entertainment/a/-/article/17096192/skywhale-price-tag-could-hit-300k/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #2 May 11, 2013 I know nothing about Canberra, know next to nothing about whales (they're mammals, so that puts me one step up from nothing), but I will say that is the strangest-looking balloon I have ever seen. Did no one approve the design? lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 May 11, 2013 This is the sort of thing that gives publicly funded art a bad name.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strife 0 #4 May 11, 2013 Its kind of like Washington DC, they built Canberra, the capital of Australia because they couldnt agree if Sydney or Melbourne should be the capital. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #5 May 11, 2013 Oh, Ha Ha, just got it. Sure, skydivers like boobies, but they like perky ones. Although, the mental picture of ten jumpers, each hanging onto a nipple until "go!," does make me chuckle. lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 May 11, 2013 oldwomanc6 Sure, skydivers like boobies, but they like perky ones. Most are seriously NOT that fussyYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
promise5 17 #7 May 11, 2013 What kind of whale is that???No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisD 0 #8 May 11, 2013 Thanks for totally freaking me out: My ex wife has sprouted wings,... WTF??? You people kiddin me??? C http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4681948-3x2-700x467.jpg But what do I know, "I only have one tandem jump." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #9 May 11, 2013 I would refuse even a free jump from that hideous thing, just on general principle. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #10 May 13, 2013 Quote"My question is what if evolution went a different way and instead of going back into the sea, from which they came originally, they went into the air and we evolved a nature that could fly instead of swim. "In fact coming from a place like Canberra where it's a planned city that's really tried to integrate and blend in with the natural environment, it makes a lot of sense to make this sort of huge, gigantic, but artificial and natural-looking creature." Say what?! I've a high tolerance level for unconventional art - but not for gibberish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites