Comments on: Rice Krispiehenge http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jnordb http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990493 jnordb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990493 In high school, my younger brother constructed a replica of Stonehenge consisting of stolen traffic cones in the front yard of the house where a girl he was interested in lived. Her father was not amused at my brother's "Conehenge" and proceeded to call the sheriff. Some people just don't appreciate art...... In high school, my younger brother constructed a replica of Stonehenge consisting of stolen traffic cones in the front yard of the house where a girl he was interested in lived. Her father was not amused at my brother’s “Conehenge” and proceeded to call the sheriff. Some people just don’t appreciate art……

]]> By: RadioSilence http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990544 RadioSilence Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990544 "Cereologists have determined the source of the material used to construct the microlithic monument as being somewhere in The Kitchen. They cannot, however, explain how the so-called 'Krispies' were transported the four hundred inches to their present location at the bottom of the stairs." “Cereologists have determined the source of the material used to construct the microlithic monument as being somewhere in The Kitchen. They cannot, however, explain how the so-called ‘Krispies’ were transported the four hundred inches to their present location at the bottom of the stairs.”

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990305 timquinn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990305 Just look at it . . . Just look at it . . .

]]> By: Goggolor http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990316 Goggolor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990316 Dude, that's what January in Minnesota will do to you. Dude, that’s what January in Minnesota will do to you.

]]> By: Bender http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990318 Bender Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990318 Well done, Laser Bread! This is what tiny ancient architecture consisted of before the invention of melted marshmallow mortar. Well done, Laser Bread!

This is what tiny ancient architecture consisted of before the invention of melted marshmallow mortar.

]]> By: mkultra http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990321 mkultra Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990321 Exceptional example of re-contextualization... brilliant. Lovingly photographed, too. Exceptional example of re-contextualization… brilliant. Lovingly photographed, too.

]]> By: Andrea James http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990324 Andrea James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990324 I like to imagine tiny ant druids moving those all the way across the house during construction... I like to imagine tiny ant druids moving those all the way across the house during construction…

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990325 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990325 "I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by an *ant*. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object." “I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by an *ant*. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.”

]]> By: civvie http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990589 civvie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990589 another great henge: http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/nebraska/nebraska-carhenge.jpg another great henge: http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/nebraska/nebraska-carhenge.jpg

]]> By: Atrum http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990858 Atrum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990858 This is without a doubt one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. This is without a doubt one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990351 xzzy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990351 Being overachievers, each ant could probably carry a bit of cereal all by themselves. Krispiehenge would take maybe an afternoon to build. Compare to humans, where it likely took hundreds of individuals and several years. Humans are such wimps! Being overachievers, each ant could probably carry a bit of cereal all by themselves. Krispiehenge would take maybe an afternoon to build.

Compare to humans, where it likely took hundreds of individuals and several years. Humans are such wimps!

]]> By: Jay Acker http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990614 Jay Acker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990614 Why that's not tacky at all. Why that’s not tacky at all.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-991899 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-991899 I like it. So does Mikee. I like it. So does Mikee.

]]> By: johnnyaction http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990385 johnnyaction Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990385 This just begs for a little ant druid with a sign that says, "The Milk is near!" This just begs for a little ant druid with a sign that says, “The Milk is near!”

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990390 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990390 Laser, any chance of you doing Mount Ruskmore next? Laser, any chance of you doing Mount Ruskmore next?

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990652 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990652 I hate to point this out, but the heel Krispie is not aligned with the Vernal Equinox. I hate to point this out, but the heel Krispie is not aligned with the Vernal Equinox.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990428 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990428 great lighting. yum yum. i am salivating. .~. great lighting. yum yum. i am salivating.

.~.

]]> By: bluereed http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990940 bluereed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990940 This made me remember the tiny Stonehenge in Spinal Tap...so funny. This made me remember the tiny Stonehenge in Spinal Tap…so funny.

]]> By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990430 planettom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990430 It accurately predicts the coming of the Great Milk Deluge. It accurately predicts the coming of the Great Milk Deluge.

]]> By: Winkypedia http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990942 Winkypedia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990942 I bet that was how they came up with the idea of Stonehenge years ago! I bet that was how they came up with the idea of Stonehenge years ago!

]]> By: braininavat http://boingboing.net/2011/01/10/rice-krispiehenge.html#comment-990433 braininavat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-990433 Obvious photoshop - everyone knows ancient Britons didn't have Rice Krispies! Obvious photoshop – everyone knows ancient Britons didn’t have Rice Krispies!

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