Comments on: Purple squirrel in England http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 21:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364290 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364290 He's been treated with GV (Gentian violet), same as that purple polar bear "hoax" from a few years back, if I had to guess. He’s been treated with GV (Gentian violet), same as that purple polar bear “hoax” from a few years back, if I had to guess.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364292 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364292 @7 infikitsune - I was thinking more violet than magenta. Guess we should clarify whether we're talking RGB or CMYK. @7 infikitsune – I was thinking more violet than magenta. Guess we should clarify whether we’re talking RGB or CMYK.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-365829 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365829 Looks like a cheap copy to me. Maybe it's a mimeosquirrel? Looks like a cheap copy to me. Maybe it’s a mimeosquirrel?

]]> By: Purly http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364296 Purly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364296 Maybe it's an escapee from a bio tech lab. a la: http://www.labnews.co.uk/news_archive.php/911/5/fluorescing-animals?....and-pigs-might-fly. Maybe it’s an escapee from a bio tech lab.

a la:
http://www.labnews.co.uk/news_archive.php/911/5/fluorescing-animals?….and-pigs-might-fly.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-365833 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365833 aand even as we speak, a whole host of furry critters have been kidnapped and are in various basement labs across the world being subjected to tinting treatments to perpetuate the Neon Furred Beast meme. aand even as we speak, a whole host of furry critters have been kidnapped and are in various basement labs across the world being subjected to tinting treatments to perpetuate the Neon Furred Beast meme.

]]> By: superjono http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364557 superjono Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364557 It's obviously a shiny. Quick, someone get the Pokeballs... It’s obviously a shiny.

Quick, someone get the Pokeballs…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-408866 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-408866 ink cartridge?? nah - sodium nitrite ingestion - try googling "eleven blue men" ink cartridge?? nah – sodium nitrite ingestion – try googling “eleven blue men”

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364338 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364338 That, ladies and gentlemen, is a grape squirrel. <i>Mad</i> delicious. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a grape squirrel. Mad delicious.

]]> By: sarahkr http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364859 sarahkr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364859 We used to have this crazy neighbor kid who would trap squirrels in his backyard and dye them with Kool-Aid. We had purple and blue squirrels running around for about three years. We used to have this crazy neighbor kid who would trap squirrels in his backyard and dye them with Kool-Aid. We had purple and blue squirrels running around for about three years.

]]> By: fistula spume http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364612 fistula spume Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364612 It's the squirrel of prophesy! End times are nigh!!! It’s the squirrel of prophesy! End times are nigh!!!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364113 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364113 it's the work of the Mullet-Headed GroomerZombie! it’s the work of the Mullet-Headed GroomerZombie!

]]> By: Ned613 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364627 Ned613 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364627 Could be a random mutation in a gene that determines the shape of the hair shaft which causes the light at the high end of the spectrum to be absorbed and the low end to be reflected. On the other hand it could be a hoax. Could be a random mutation in a gene that determines the shape of the hair shaft which causes the light at the high end of the spectrum to be absorbed and the low end to be reflected. On the other hand it could be a hoax.

]]> By: Narmitaj http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-365655 Narmitaj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365655 The second image on the Telegraph site, where the squirrel is in a tree, looks more normal and natural, without the "glowing" artifacts. Perhaps someone just boosted the saturation on the first picture. Pretty well every picture ever printed has had some manipulation - printing in positive rather than negative, for instance, and colour and contrast correction, and cropping, and size-changing. The second image on the Telegraph site, where the squirrel is in a tree, looks more normal and natural, without the “glowing” artifacts. Perhaps someone just boosted the saturation on the first picture.

Pretty well every picture ever printed has had some manipulation – printing in positive rather than negative, for instance, and colour and contrast correction, and cropping, and size-changing.

]]> By: padster123 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364908 padster123 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364908 Oh God - the "obviously it's Photoshopped" brigade have arrived at last. Oh God – the “obviously it’s Photoshopped” brigade have arrived at last.

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-365684 dagfooyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365684 Kudos, #34 - never seen Godwin's Law manifest in an "it's photoshopped" argument before. Kudos, #34 – never seen Godwin’s Law manifest in an “it’s photoshopped” argument before.

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-365686 dagfooyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365686 As for the argument that the shadows look way too purple... if you've ever seen a color toner printer explode, you know that it creates pretty intense day-glo effects. Looks like the purple is brightest on its paws and belly, which makes sense as they'd be the most exposed to the toner if it was tearing into it or grooming with it. Just as sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sometimes a photo that looks photoshopped really does just LOOK photoshopped. As for the argument that the shadows look way too purple… if you’ve ever seen a color toner printer explode, you know that it creates pretty intense day-glo effects. Looks like the purple is brightest on its paws and belly, which makes sense as they’d be the most exposed to the toner if it was tearing into it or grooming with it. Just as sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sometimes a photo that looks photoshopped really does just LOOK photoshopped.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-365692 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365692 Jack's referring to the infamous SS incident, ''The Night of The Purple Squirrels.'' Jack’s referring to the infamous SS incident, ”The Night of The Purple Squirrels.”

]]> By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364162 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364162 Fairly uniform for toner... Fairly uniform for toner…

]]> By: nonvocatus http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-365187 nonvocatus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365187 Except that it really does look photoshopped. His feet and unders should be in shadow but they're luminescent blue and the whole critter looks like he's faintly glowing. There probably is a real purple squirrel running around the school but it looks like someone either quickly faked a pic to run with the story, or edited a real shot to highlight his purple-ness. I dunno. Maybe he's just a magic squirrel and about to cast a spell. Except that it really does look photoshopped.

His feet and unders should be in shadow but they’re luminescent blue and the whole critter looks like he’s faintly glowing.
There probably is a real purple squirrel running around the school but it looks like someone either quickly faked a pic to run with the story, or edited a real shot to highlight his purple-ness.

I dunno. Maybe he’s just a magic squirrel and about to cast a spell.

]]> By: jjasper http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364168 jjasper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364168 You still suck at photoshop. You still suck at photoshop.

]]> By: Ghede http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364170 Ghede Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364170 #2 Depends on how the toner is applied. Internally for example. #2 Depends on how the toner is applied. Internally for example.

]]> By: Bacon Faery http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364174 Bacon Faery Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364174 Tastes like chicken! Tastes like chicken!

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364431 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364431 Mimeograph Squirrel get's you high when you sniff it... He also gets paranoid about people taking his nuts. Mimeograph Squirrel get’s you high when you sniff it…

He also gets paranoid about people taking his nuts.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-365203 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365203 Technically speaking, Hitler looks Photoshopped. That mustache? That hair? Who would take that guy seriously?!? Technically speaking, Hitler looks Photoshopped. That mustache? That hair? Who would take that guy seriously?!?

]]> By: cherry shiva http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364693 cherry shiva Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364693 not pink enough to be magenta. definitely violet. i think it's real; i saw a few other pics on other sites w/ the same story. sorry, not going to take time to retrace links but probably searchable if yr interested. just hope the stuff isn't toxic. not pink enough to be magenta. definitely violet.

i think it’s real; i saw a few other pics on other sites w/ the same story. sorry, not going to take time to retrace links but probably searchable if yr interested. just hope the stuff isn’t toxic.

]]> By: escoton http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364699 escoton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364699 Ugly Canuck is correct. One word: PRINCE. O)+> Ugly Canuck is correct.

One word: PRINCE.

O)+>

]]> By: JoshuaTerrell http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364189 JoshuaTerrell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364189 Agreed #3. Weird that the Telegraph would be fooled by that though. Probably just a good hoax. Agreed #3.

Weird that the Telegraph would be fooled by that though. Probably just a good hoax.

]]> By: infikitsune http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364196 infikitsune Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364196 Is not purple, is magenta. Is not purple, is magenta.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364454 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364454 Actually, he is just about the same shade as the text on papers my students hand in--you know, the pale ghostly purple of an inkjet that's 100% out of black ink and is compensating by using the color ink it's 99.9% out of. But that doesn't explain why he isn't stuck halfway out of the input tray in a printer blinking "SQUIRREL MISFEED IN CART B." Actually, he is just about the same shade as the text on papers my students hand in–you know, the pale ghostly purple of an inkjet that’s 100% out of black ink and is compensating by using the color ink it’s 99.9% out of.

But that doesn’t explain why he isn’t stuck halfway out of the input tray in a printer blinking “SQUIRREL MISFEED IN CART B.”

]]> By: ndollak http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/purple-squirrel-in-e.html#comment-364712 ndollak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364712 I've never seen a purple squirrel. I never hope to see one. But I can tell you anyhow... (Wait, that doesn't rhyme, darn it!) I'd rather see than be one. I’ve never seen a purple squirrel.
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow… (Wait, that doesn’t rhyme, darn it!)
I’d rather see than be one.

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