Comments on: Building festooned with inflatable tentacles http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 12:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-269315 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269315 We were there ! <a href="http://www.coolcavemen.com/photos/28-juin-2008-maubeuge-festival-off-des-folies/DSCN4929.JPG">Here is another photo</a>. We were there ! Here is another photo.

]]> By: Teapunk http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229658 Teapunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229658 If this isn't a wonderful thing I don't know what is. Almost as good as an unicorn chaser. If this isn’t a wonderful thing I don’t know what is. Almost as good as an unicorn chaser.

]]> By: Matt Eric http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229416 Matt Eric Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229416 That is <i>magnificent</i>. That is magnificent.

]]> By: Nobilis http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229417 Nobilis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229417 "Martha, I <i>told</i> you not to eat the green ones. They're for work. Now please get your carapace out of the way so I can get to the stairs." “Martha, I told you not to eat the green ones. They’re for work. Now please get your carapace out of the way so I can get to the stairs.”

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229424 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229424 there should be carmine rivers gushing from some of the other windows there should be carmine rivers gushing from some of the other windows

]]> By: Santa's Knee http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229426 Santa's Knee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229426 After that last article on octopusoirs and Rubik's cubes - shouldn't that be "Building festooned with inflatable ARMS"...? :) After that last article on octopusoirs and Rubik’s cubes – shouldn’t that be “Building festooned with inflatable ARMS”…? :)

]]> By: Santa's Knee http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229427 Santa's Knee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229427 Oh, and it's very cool. Oh, and it’s very cool.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-230964 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-230964 "Well, ma'am, what you've got here is your basic C'thulu infestation. I'll get some of my best guys on it. "HARRY! WE'RE GONNA NEED THE NECRONOMICON AGAIN! No... the blue one." Matt A “Well, ma’am, what you’ve got here is your basic C’thulu infestation. I’ll get some of my best guys on it.

“HARRY! WE’RE GONNA NEED THE NECRONOMICON AGAIN! No… the blue one.”

Matt A

]]> By: padster123 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229690 padster123 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229690 MAGNIFIQUE! MAGNIFIQUE!

]]> By: Church http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229458 Church Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229458 I'm betting this ends up getting installed in NYC as a Watchmen promo. I’m betting this ends up getting installed in NYC as a Watchmen promo.

]]> By: monkey http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229466 monkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229466 i would love to be able to give people directions to my house "you take a left and you'll see my house on the right. it's the one with my pet octopus in the window." i would love to be able to give people directions to my house “you take a left and you’ll see my house on the right. it’s the one with my pet octopus in the window.”

]]> By: ion_stasi http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229473 ion_stasi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229473 haha, this is great. I wonder if the collaborator is a fan of Futurama's recent feature length film: The Beast with a Billion Backs haha, this is great. I wonder if the collaborator is a fan of Futurama’s recent feature length film: The Beast with a Billion Backs

]]> By: pepsi_max2k http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229476 pepsi_max2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229476 just calls for a big eye peeking out one of those top floor windows and it'd be perfect :o) just calls for a big eye peeking out one of those top floor windows and it’d be perfect :o)

]]> By: genericvox http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229741 genericvox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229741 WANT. "My apartment is easy to find... just look for the TENTACLES, flailing outside the windows." WANT.

“My apartment is easy to find… just look for the TENTACLES, flailing outside the windows.”

]]> By: bazzargh http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229492 bazzargh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229492 I presume these are flapping wildly? Please let there be video. And James Mason standing in the window saying "It's a recipe of my own, sautee of unborn octopus." I presume these are flapping wildly? Please let there be video. And James Mason standing in the window saying “It’s a recipe of my own, sautee of unborn octopus.”

]]> By: fnc http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229749 fnc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229749 "What you have here, ma'am, is a Hermitoth." “What you have here, ma’am, is a Hermitoth.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-1038197 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1038197 ‎"After adding water, Jake finds out why the 'Instant Cthulhu' he bought at the novelty store was such a steal..." ‎”After adding water, Jake finds out why the ‘Instant Cthulhu’ he bought at the novelty store was such a steal…”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-230008 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-230008 I'm currently in Spain and have seen a similar installment.. I'll be back with pictures as soon as I can be! I’m currently in Spain and have seen a similar installment.. I’ll be back with pictures as soon as I can be!

]]> By: Patrick Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229499 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229499 That is <em>the</em> most wonderful thing I have seen ALL DAY. That is the most wonderful thing I have seen ALL DAY.

]]> By: Torporous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-230024 Torporous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-230024 Beautiful. I wonder if any car crashes resulted. I would have been staring up as I drove by, that's for certain. Imagine the whole building, brightly lit from the inside and turned into one big rave base. Beautiful. I wonder if any car crashes resulted. I would have been staring up as I drove by, that’s for certain.

Imagine the whole building, brightly lit from the inside and turned into one big rave base.

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229525 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229525 Hooray for the Kraaken! Maagniifiiceent. Thaanks. Hooray for the Kraaken!

Maagniifiiceent. Thaanks.

]]> By: 4Liberty http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229798 4Liberty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229798 Did anyone watch Conan last night? This reminds me of it. He had one of those big, "dancing man" inflatables of HIMSELF flailing out the window of his building. It was hilarious. Did anyone watch Conan last night? This reminds me of it. He had one of those big, “dancing man” inflatables of HIMSELF flailing out the window of his building. It was hilarious.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229545 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229545 Wonderful! I picture an unaware, portly Charles Addams-style couple walking toward the building on the sidewalk, with the caption <i>"Relax dear, I left it in the bathtub- I'm sure it's just fine."</i> Wonderful!

I picture an unaware, portly Charles Addams-style couple walking toward the building on the sidewalk, with the caption “Relax dear, I left it in the bathtub- I’m sure it’s just fine.”

]]> By: Snowpea http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229554 Snowpea Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229554 I love LOVE <b>LOVE</b> this -- It's utterly brilliant! Now I'm in the mood for a lil game of Arkham Horror :madgrin: I love LOVE LOVE this — It’s utterly brilliant!

Now I’m in the mood for a lil game of Arkham Horror :madgrin:

]]> By: andygates http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-230097 andygates Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-230097 Ia! Ia! Ia! Ia!

]]> By: squirrelgirl http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229607 squirrelgirl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229607 god i want a higher-res version so i can use it as my desktop wallpaper god i want a higher-res version so i can use it as my desktop wallpaper

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229615 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229615 Allow me to be the first to say, Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn! Allow me to be the first to say,
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!

]]> By: Nin Harris http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229882 Nin Harris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229882 Awesome! Brings a whole new dimension to uh, "Edo Porn". *snicker* Awesome! Brings a whole new dimension to uh, “Edo Porn”.

*snicker*

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/07/09/building-festooned-w.html#comment-229883 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229883 This is beyond cool, into whole new realms of coolosity. Having made them, perhaps Filthyluker would be willing to rent them out? This is beyond cool, into whole new realms of coolosity. Having made them, perhaps Filthyluker would be willing to rent them out?

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