Comments on: When a Fire Hits the Taxidermist http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 08:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: DefMech http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331531 DefMech Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331531 For a place with a history and stature like that, you'd think they'd have a half-decent fire suppression system. Understandably, it wouldn't have saved everything perfectly, but For a place with a history and stature like that, you’d think they’d have a half-decent fire suppression system. Understandably, it wouldn’t have saved everything perfectly, but

]]> By: Noelegy http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331308 Noelegy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331308 Fantasmaglow, I'm sorry for your loss. Fantasmaglow, I’m sorry for your loss.

]]> By: travelina http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331066 travelina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331066 This is encouraging news. Here are some nice photos of the prince in his magical shop before the fire: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2008/02/behind-the-lens-paris-deyrolle.html This is encouraging news.

Here are some nice photos of the prince in his magical shop before the fire:
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2008/02/behind-the-lens-paris-deyrolle.html

]]> By: Falcon_Seven http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331072 Falcon_Seven Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331072 Quel dommage! Quel dommage!

]]> By: fantasmaglow http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331084 fantasmaglow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331084 How ironic, another fire. My entire house, car, pet cat, everything my family and I owned, were engulfed in flames Thursday night due to the Montecito Tea fire, reducing our lives to a smoldering pile of ashes. Another reminder of how much fires suck, yay! Gorgeous pictures, although they hit too close to home at the moment. How ironic, another fire. My entire house, car, pet cat, everything my family and I owned, were engulfed in flames Thursday night due to the Montecito Tea fire, reducing our lives to a smoldering pile of ashes. Another reminder of how much fires suck, yay! Gorgeous pictures, although they hit too close to home at the moment.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331086 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331086 The guy has 650 varieties of tomatoes? He should open a tomato museum! The guy has 650 varieties of tomatoes? He should open a tomato museum!

]]> By: Iscah http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331087 Iscah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331087 Fantasmaglow, how awful. I'm so sorry. How does a fossil collection burn, if that's not a stupid question? Fantasmaglow, how awful. I’m so sorry.

How does a fossil collection burn, if that’s not a stupid question?

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331094 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331094 Iscah, rocks exposed to heat crack. Also add cold water (used to put out a fire) on a hot stone not really designed to withstand quick changes in heat/cold and there you have it. Iscah, rocks exposed to heat crack. Also add cold water (used to put out a fire) on a hot stone not really designed to withstand quick changes in heat/cold and there you have it.

]]> By: Schorsch http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331106 Schorsch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331106 French soldiers routinely patrol Paris? French soldiers routinely patrol Paris?

]]> By: travelina http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331111 travelina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331111 @Jack: the prince DOES have a tomato museum, or rather a living museum of tomatoes, called le Conservatoire National de Tomate, and you can visit it from April through October at his castle, le Chateau de la Bourdaisiere in the Loire Valley. He also sells elegant garden tools online, under the name Le Prince Jardinier, with a clever coat of arms he designed himself: a garden fork and spade, crossed, surmounted by a straw hat: http://www.princejardinier.fr/static/conservatoire_tomate.htm @Jack: the prince DOES have a tomato museum, or rather a living museum of tomatoes, called le Conservatoire National de Tomate, and you can visit it from April through October at his castle, le Chateau de la Bourdaisiere in the Loire Valley. He also sells elegant garden tools online, under the name Le Prince Jardinier, with a clever coat of arms he designed himself: a garden fork and spade, crossed, surmounted by a straw hat:
http://www.princejardinier.fr/static/conservatoire_tomate.htm

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331114 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331114 Also, some of the best fossils are simply a thin layer of carbon found between layers of sedimentary rocks. Fire puts its own layer of carbon over the entire rock. Also, some of the best fossils are simply a thin layer of carbon found between layers of sedimentary rocks. Fire puts its own layer of carbon over the entire rock.

]]> By: Homegrown Evolution http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331372 Homegrown Evolution Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331372 What a loss. I visited this amazing place a few years ago and spent more than an hour walking the isles and rooms. The shop has a history of being the go-to taxidermy shop for hunting aristocrats, but had a nice democratic touch--for just a few Euros anybody could go home with a beautiful object (I picked up two beetles mounted in a frame). It was free to wander the many rooms and the staff was very friendly. Hope to see it reborn from the ashes! What a loss. I visited this amazing place a few years ago and spent more than an hour walking the isles and rooms. The shop has a history of being the go-to taxidermy shop for hunting aristocrats, but had a nice democratic touch–for just a few Euros anybody could go home with a beautiful object (I picked up two beetles mounted in a frame). It was free to wander the many rooms and the staff was very friendly. Hope to see it reborn from the ashes!

]]> By: homodachi http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331122 homodachi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331122 Aww, that's the one that David Sedaris used to write about. He must be disappointed. There's an ep of This American Life where he takes Ira Glass there: http://news.www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=165 Aww, that’s the one that David Sedaris used to write about. He must be disappointed.

There’s an ep of This American Life where he takes Ira Glass there:
http://news.www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=165

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331128 RedShirt77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331128 For a second I thought this was going to be a post for a two headed Zebra. For a second I thought this was going to be a post for a two headed Zebra.

]]> By: Lea Hernandez http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331384 Lea Hernandez Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331384 Fantasmaglow, my house was destroyed by fire two years ago. The pictures hit me, too. I'm so sorry for your loss. It seems like what water doesn't get, fire does. Fantasmaglow, my house was destroyed by fire two years ago. The pictures hit me, too. I’m so sorry for your loss.

It seems like what water doesn’t get, fire does.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331134 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331134 @ schorsch, yes, since the 1995 subway bombings soldiers do routinely patrol the streets, especially near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, round the corner from Deyrolle. You see plenty of military patrols sporting submachine guns on the subway or at train stations. In addition to taxidermy Deyrolle was also a publisher of educational posters for French schools, with everything from natural history to the danger of alcoholism such as http://ebayimages.goantiques.com/dbimages/KZZ9157/KZZ9157GH1409.jpg or this one http://live.universal-collectibles.com/product_images02/19692-1.jpg @ schorsch,

yes, since the 1995 subway bombings soldiers do routinely patrol the streets, especially near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, round the corner from Deyrolle. You see plenty of military patrols sporting submachine guns on the subway or at train stations.

In addition to taxidermy Deyrolle was also a publisher of educational posters for French schools, with everything from natural history to the danger of alcoholism such as http://ebayimages.goantiques.com/dbimages/KZZ9157/KZZ9157GH1409.jpg
or this one http://live.universal-collectibles.com/product_images02/19692-1.jpg

]]> By: StudioRobot http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331135 StudioRobot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331135 is that a giant rubber nipple on the ground? oh, nope. looks like a lampshade. is that a giant rubber nipple on the ground?

oh, nope. looks like a lampshade.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331140 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331140 <i>How does a fossil collection burn, if that's not a stupid question?</i> Depends how it's stacked, but I'd bet fossils make great fuel. ;D How does a fossil collection burn, if that’s not a stupid question?

Depends how it’s stacked, but I’d bet fossils make great fuel. ;D

]]> By: Zinjanthropus http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331158 Zinjanthropus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331158 de Broglie? I guess he'll provide a quantum of solace. de Broglie? I guess he’ll provide a quantum of solace.

]]> By: Not a Doktor http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331163 Not a Doktor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331163 OH GOD THE SMELL OH GOD THE SMELL

]]> By: Secret_Life_of_Plants http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331168 Secret_Life_of_Plants Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331168 This made me truly sad. I was in there just 3 weeks before the fire. It was (and will be again) a fantastic environment and a true piece of Parisian History. Also, I have never seen "military patrols sporting submachine guns on the subway" in Paris...at the train stations yes, but on the Metro, no. This made me truly sad. I was in there just 3 weeks before the fire. It was (and will be again) a fantastic environment and a true piece of Parisian History.

Also, I have never seen “military patrols sporting submachine guns on the subway” in Paris…at the train stations yes, but on the Metro, no.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331169 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331169 Wow.. what a loss. Think about it.. some of those animals were probably the first of their species ever seen by Europeans. Or an even sadder thought... maybe newly discovered species that are now extinct. I'm not one for displaying stuffed animals, but this seems like a much classier way to present them than just their heads next to a neon "Coor's" sign. Wow.. what a loss. Think about it.. some of those animals were probably the first of their species ever seen by Europeans.

Or an even sadder thought… maybe newly discovered species that are now extinct.

I’m not one for displaying stuffed animals, but this seems like a much classier way to present them than just their heads next to a neon “Coor’s” sign.

]]> By: keroauciness http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331172 keroauciness Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331172 Adam Gopnik writes about taking his kids to Deyrolle in Paris to the Moon, apropos of nothing. Adam Gopnik writes about taking his kids to Deyrolle in Paris to the Moon, apropos of nothing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331207 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331207 @#2 Falcon_Seven: I see what you did there... double entendre, bien fait! @#2 Falcon_Seven: I see what you did there… double entendre, bien fait!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331219 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331219 Taxidermists used to use arsenic as a preservation ingredient, leading to health problems: " In one recipe, laid down by the 18th-century French taxidermist Becoeur, arsenic was mixed with white soap, camphor and salt of tartar and lime to form a preservative known as arsenical soap. This not only preserved skin and prevented the decay of remaining flesh, but was also effective against some insect attack." <p> Museums are advised now to check for arsenic in any stuffed animals they display, as the dust can hold arsenic. I wonder if the residue of this fire could cause problems.</p> Taxidermists used to use arsenic as a preservation ingredient, leading to health problems: ” In one recipe, laid down by the 18th-century French taxidermist Becoeur, arsenic was mixed with white soap, camphor and salt of tartar and lime to form a preservative known as arsenical soap. This not only preserved skin and prevented the decay of remaining flesh, but was also effective against some insect attack.”

Museums are advised now to check for arsenic in any stuffed animals they display, as the dust can hold arsenic. I wonder if the residue of this fire could cause problems.

]]> By: rebdav http://boingboing.net/2008/11/15/when-a-fire-hits-the.html#comment-331226 rebdav Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-331226 #7, It wouldnt surprise me. The Prench police and government have had sweeping powers of the type that Americans are just now experiencing post 9-11. #7, It wouldnt surprise me.
The Prench police and government have had sweeping powers of the type that Americans are just now experiencing post 9-11.

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