BS: I see it but I don't believe it!

Subject: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 10:38 AM

http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/108df/50a96/

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Bill D
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 10:53 AM

I do...because I have been here, where they used to have to weld the signs to posts to keep kids from stealing them for souvenirs.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Bill D
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 10:57 AM

and there are so many other places you can visit.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 11:18 AM

Ha! Ha! A worthy destination for all travellers to Europe, I should think.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 07:38 PM

Bill D

Both links just bring up a tripod host pic for me at the moment.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 07:48 PM

Same here... no images, just a host page in blank.

Shame....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 09:02 PM

I think we've been had !!

Art

Subject: Something for real
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 09:09 PM

My heroic mural

http://www.angelfire.com/md2/customviolins/hero.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Rustic Rebel
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 03:06 AM

This thread seems to have not a lot of intrest for me. I just had to say that.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 06:46 AM

This NOT from Hull...
~~~~~~~~~~

Church anger over 'devil' Santa

Church leaders in York say the Christmas display at one of the city's
tourist attractions could expose children to "evil forces".

Instead of the usual Father Christmas, visitors to Satan's Grotto at York Dungeon are greeted by a man dressed as the Devil with a red face and horns.

"We've written to the attraction saying we would prefer if it they did not do it," said the Reverend Roger Simpson.

York Dungeon said the display was not to be taken too seriously.

As well as meeting the alternative Santa, visitors to the grotto are handed "gifts" such as severed fingers, and can write on a scroll to sign their souls away.

Mr Simpson, from St Michael-le-Belfry in the city centre, said concerns were raised at a regular meeting with colleagues from across York.

These included clergy from Baptist, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.

"It is not just complaining for the sake of it," he continued.

"There are real evil forces and we in our work come across people who are damaged seriously through their involvement with occult forces.

"We are concerned the attraction has the potential to do real pastoral harm."

On its website the dungeon says the festive attraction includes elves impaled on spikes and robins roasting over an open fire with Santa being put in a witch's cauldron and boiled.

Similar ghoulish grottos have also been set up at Edinburgh and London Dungeons, which are also owned by Merlin Entertainments Group.

A spokesman for York Dungeon said the alternative grotto had been running for many years.

He added: "There are many people who are tired and weary of the commercial aspect of Christmas and for those people our attraction comes as a light relief.

"It is all tongue-in-cheek and our visitors love it."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4074685.stm

Published: 2004/12/07 08:47:30 GMT

© BBC MMIV

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: sian, west wales
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 07:01 AM

Bill D, is your first photo in Alberta, just out of curiosity?

siân

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: GUEST,John O'Lennaine
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 07:08 AM

Foulestroupe -

Just as a matter of interest, what exactly were you looking for when you stumbled on that travel page?

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 07:13 AM

Waste of bloody time just to look at a tripod logo.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Wolfgang
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 07:50 AM

what exactly were you looking for when you stumbled on that travel page?

He was looking at a Lyr Req thread on the upper half of Mudcat and thought my link was too good to be buried in the music part. Just to show you that also the music part is worth a visit now and then.

The words below the village sign mean:
Please - not so quick

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 05:57 PM

There is worse.... the world famous waxwork museum 'Madame Tussauds' has unveiled it's nativity scene today..... how tasteless can you get....?

I can't believe it and I wish I hadn't seen it!

Church groups have already complained....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 06:18 PM

well...I'm sorry those images didn't work for everyone.

I did a Google image search for "Climax"..which is a town in Colorado, and got this page
http://solstikkan2.tripod.com/pics/pix43/pix43.htm
which had the relevant images...I checked them, but since I had already been there, I guess it just showed me my cache. Tripod does stuff like that not showing stuff unless you come thru approved channels...

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Jeri
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 06:30 PM

Bill, I got them by pasting the URL in. The link seems to bounce you back out, and I'm not sure why.

Liz, I'm dying to know who's playing Jesus. Pop culture at its most bizarre.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 07:35 PM

I'd like to know who is playing the baby - could get him crucified...

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 07:46 AM

Extreme Harry Potter wrongness

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 12:05 PM

Gahhh! How sickening. Next it'll be the teletubbies.

Every time I look at the title of this thread I imagine William Shatner, suddenly whipping off his raincoat, to reveal.....

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: tarheel
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:14 PM

For your info,BILL D, there is a CLIMAX,NORTH CAROLINA,U.S.A....

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:39 PM

did kids steal the signs there?

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:06 PM

Fertile, Minnesota is just a few miles from Climax

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:14 PM

Should be good earthquake country...

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Dewey
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 10:05 PM

Fertile, MN is a nice little farming town not too far from my home (I live in North Dakota)

Boring, describes the town of Climax: it has one small bar, a grain elevator and a small school. The city is an open country stop point. A self-serve Cenex Credit Card Gas pump exists, but service by human beings is not existant. Such was the case the last time I visited. (Not that climaxic of a place, however) Sorry to have to disappoint everyone, no one hardly resides in Climax, not alone does anything with anyone else of a stimulating nature there, at least not in public.

Years ago our town paper printed the following caption concering the city of fertile, "MAN MARRIES FERTILE WOMAN" It got a few laughs! An older farmer gentleman getting married was the jist of the article, and not the reproductive condition of the gentleman's new found sole-mate/bride.

Dewey

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 11:27 PM

There's a tiny place near here called Apto. It contains a gas station and about 3 houses. You're apt to miss it if you blink.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 07:43 AM

When I was a kid, my dad took me on a trip which went thru the town of Banana - had a huge dot on the map - but almost nothing there.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: JennyO
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 08:10 AM

I remember years ago, going through a "town" called Flourbag. All there was, was the sign. I think it was in Victoria.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Mrs_Annie
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 09:00 AM

Here in England there's a village in the county of Essex called "Ugley". There's a branch of the Women's Institute there, which is, of course, called the "Ugley Women's Institute". Ugley is not very far from Nasty (a town in Hertfordshire) resulting in a classic local newspaper headline: "Nasty man marries Ugley woman".

Also, near Bradford in Yorkshire, England, is a town called "Idle". In this town is a working men's club called... you've guessed it, the "Idle Working Men's Club".

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Swave N. Deboner
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 09:52 AM

Ever heard of Hell, Michigan? What I want to know is, who Hell would name their town Hell?
Helluva name for a town, yeah?

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 10:00 AM

Hell is a nice enough word in German. It means "light" as in "light in colour". The town of Hell was probably founded by German immigrants.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 07:27 PM

Micca has been to Hell and back.. it's in Norway.

I'm still recovering from living near Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide and Affpuddle.

Shitterton was a few miles to the west, but nowhere near Aunt Mary's Bottom.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: GUEST,Chief Chaos
Date: 06 Jan 05 - 03:30 PM

After getting the same tripod hosting message I think we need to change the thread subject to:

I believe it, but I don't see it!

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Jan 05 - 07:58 AM

Lamb Advertisements... Seeing is believing

You can see and hear the ads at Meat and Livestock Australia
http://www.mla.com.au/content.cfm?sid=1437

The ads made it on to TV News for the past couple of days - apparently some prominent Vegans in the Media objected :-)

It is the first meat ad referred for investigation under The
Anti-vilification Legislation!

It was decided by the relevant Offical Government Tribunal that some people needed a sense of humour!

Sam is well known for his TV appearances... :-)

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Once Famous
Date: 19 Jan 05 - 05:12 PM

There is a town I have been through called Intercourse, PA.

I believe it is an Amish town.

Fucking nice place.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 08:08 AM

Subject: Plunk your magic twanger and play with your balls, kids...


Um, I don't think this Brit-TV children's sketch would have played in the US, even back in the 70's...

http://www.rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html

Inspired writing though, just inspired...



Geoffrey (to camera) " Hello everyone, today we are talking about playing"

Bungle: "Playing with each other, Geoffrey?"

Geoffrey: "Yes Bungle, do you have a special friend that you like to play with?"

George: "Yesterday we played with our balls. Are we going to play with our friend's balls today?"

Bungle: "Yes, and we can play with our twangers as well."

Geoffrey (to camera): Have you seen Bungles twanger?

Zippy: "Oh I have, I showed him how to pluck with it."

Bungle: "It's my plucking instrument."

Geoffrey asks the audience if they can pluck like Bungle

Zippy: "I can, I'm the best plucker here."

George: "And I'm good at banging. My peg's hard isn't it Zippy?"

Zippy: "Well of course it is, Your peg wouldn't go in if it was soft."

Geoffrey: "Let's get back to Bungle's twanger."

Bungle (excited): "Oooooh Geoffrey, we could all paint our twangers couldn't we?"

George: "Let's sing that plucking song."

Bungle: "Rod and Roger can get their instruments out and Jane has got two lovely Maracas."

Singers Rod, Roger and Jane enter.

Rod: "We could hear you all banging away."

Roger: "Banging can be fun."

Jane: "Ooooh yes, and I was banging away all last night with Rod and Roger."

Roger (looking sad): "Yes, but it broke my plucking instrument."

Geoffrey: "Never mind Roger, let sing the plucking song, come on everybody get your instruments out."

Rod (to Jane): "Do you want to blow on my pipe while I'm twanging away?"

Jane: "Oh no Rod, I was blowing a lot with Roger last night. But would you like to play with my maracas?"

Zippy: "No, let's just pluck away with our twangers."

Bungle: "Yes, it doesn't matter what size your twanger is."

Zippy: "I've got a big red one."

George: "I've only got a tiny twanger. But it works well and I like to play with it."

Geoffrey (to viewers): "Well, have you got your twangers out? And remember, you can bounce your balls at the same time. If you haven't got any balls, ask a friend if you can play with his. Now, let's all sing the plucking song."

Everyone in studio: "Pluck, pluck, pluck away, we're going to pluck all day today."

"Pluck, pluck, pluck away, we're going to pluck all day."

Geoffrey (to viewers): " It's time for us all to go now, but don't forget to get your twangers out and play with your balls."   

"See you soon. Bye."

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 09:37 AM

http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/108df/50a96/

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:23 PM

Village to avoid unless you're that way inclined:- Pratts Bottom.

DT

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:32 PM

I've been through both Aunt Mary's Bottom AND Pratt's Bottom... does that make me bi?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 07:40 PM

Perish the thought Liz! But I've managed to bi-pass both so far.

DT

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 12 Feb 05 - 01:12 PM

LTS & Don -- are y'all familiar with the phrase "There'll always be an England"? This may be the reason. I've gotta get some travellin' cash. Too funny, guys.                Tw

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 08:53 PM

The Unsinkable Tugboat .... do not try this at home... he's a professional you know...

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: GUEST,TIA
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 09:33 PM

There is indeed an Intercourse, PA. It is next to Paradise, and to Blue Ball. Not far away is Virginville. All Amish. No kidding.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 01:15 AM

The year Ann Arbor Morris & Sword (of which I used to be a member) organized the Midwest Morris Ale, it was held at a facility in Hell, Michigan. With a gathering of at least a dozen Morris sides, there was no shortage of accordion & concertina players, so of course the only thing to do was take a picture of them all standing (with their squeezeboxes, natch!) in front of the "Welcome to Hell" sign, thereby re-creating Gary Larsen's classic "Far Side" cartoon...

Moving right along... anyone here familiar with John Forster? A wonderfully witty songwriter, his song "Entering Marion" which is on the album of the same name) seems made-to-order for this thread...

Go ahead... click on it! You'll be glad you did!

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: GUEST,Harmoni
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 01:28 AM

I believe there's a town in Newfoundland called Dildo.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 Mar 05 - 08:41 PM

Article... of the "I see it but I do't believe it" catagory

http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/03/09/1110316095509.html

Disney pursues Christian market
March 10, 2005

Walt Disney is to promote its $US100 million ($125 million) adaptation of C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as a "Passion of the Christ for kids" in an attempt to secure worldwide Christian support for the film.

Disney executives have organised private meetings with several church groups in the US to emphasise the themes of Christian redemption and sacrifice contained in the film, which will open in December with an all-star cast.

They have also hired a public relations company to market the film directly to Christian groups to ensure that the powerful evangelical movement is happy with the content.

The film, which stars Tilda Swinton as the White Witch, will be the first in a series of Disney blockbusters inspired by the seven books in the Narnia series, whose author was known for his strong Christian beliefs.

Lewis made it no secret that the epic children's stories were Christian allegories and that the character Aslan, whose death and resurrection is pivotal to the saga, was a Christ-like figure.

When it emerged in 2001 that Disney would be co-producing the film, there were fears that the studio and Andrew Adamson, the film's director, who made Shrek and Shrek 2, would produce a secular version of the book, which was first published in 1950.

Now, however, some fans of the Narnia novels, which have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide, say Disney could be in danger of over-emphasising the religious elements of the stories.

Internet message boards set up by Lewis enthusiasts are cluttered with complaints by people worried about the likely content. Others have expressed concern that cinemas will be block-booked by Christians or that audiences will be targeted by evangelicals looking for converts.

Such protests have, however, gone largely ignored because harnessing the support of Christian groups is regarded by Hollywood as an important means of securing box-office success.

The Passion of the Christ has taken more than $US600 million at the box office since its release last year, principally because of the large number of Christians who went to see the film. Similarly, the animated adventure The Polar Express, which received poor reviews, became a hit after producers emphasised its Christian credentials.

In an effort to ensure the Narnia film reaches a similar audience, Disney has hired Motive Marketing, a public relations company that specialises in reaching out to faith groups and was widely credited with the success of The Passion of the Christ.

Telegraph, London

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: John O'L
Date: 12 Mar 05 - 09:11 PM

I dunno, it always seemed to me that the Narnia books were pointing to the way the various churches have corrupted the legacies of their various teachers & prophets.

I can't see Disney making a movie that will nudge the kiddies in that direction though.

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: open mike
Date: 13 Mar 05 - 12:25 AM

is there any chance of getting a foto
of all those squeezy-box players at
the welcome to hell sign?! I have a
friend who plays accordion who would
love it! He may be a polkaholic, but
he's o.k. If that picture should make
it to mudcat 9submit to jeff) that
would be a hoot1

Subject: RE: BS: I see it but I don't believe it!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 05:45 AM

Uncovered and undercover
Sat, Mar 12, 2005

NAKED security guards will look out for troublemakers at a nudist festival on the far north NSW coast next month.

As many as 3000 nudists are expected to attend the Raw at Cabarita festival during the Anzac Day long weekend.

Event organiser Mr Raice Nicholls said yesterday extensive security was planned for the event and included naked security guards.

"We call them undercover, uncovered security," he said.

"You dont know they're security, theyre just acting like they are in the crowd."

Source - The Border Mail