Comments on: Pewter model of the Texas School Book Depository http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: IGNTNUNLMTD http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178507 IGNTNUNLMTD Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178507 Lee Harvey Oswald? No no no, Alex Mason killed JFK. Lee Harvey Oswald? No no no, Alex Mason killed JFK.

]]> By: David Hall http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178305 David Hall Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178305 Sarah Vowell, is that you? Sarah Vowell, is that you?

]]> By: Alistair Davidson http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178294 Alistair Davidson Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178294 "...and it's REAL accurate, too, you know why? Cause Oswald's not in it..." /billhicks “…and it’s REAL accurate, too, you know why? Cause Oswald’s not in it…” /billhicks

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178288 Talia Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178288 Is this the same book depository where they crowned the king of Cuba? Is this the same book depository where they crowned the king of Cuba?

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178236 Gulliver Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178236 <blockquote> "sheeple" is still a viable word.  i'm taking it back. </blockquote> Hehe...one of my favorite neologisms too. Luckily, there's enough sheeple to go around :) Though, thanks to Randall Munroe I can't think "sheeple" without seeing this: http://xkcd.com/610/

“sheeple” is still a viable word.  i’m taking it back.

Hehe…one of my favorite neologisms too. Luckily, there’s enough sheeple to go around :)

Though, thanks to Randall Munroe I can’t think “sheeple” without seeing this:

http://xkcd.com/610/

]]> By: Maddy http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178221 Maddy Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178221 When your cube-mate places this with dramatic flourish on his desk, it could be your cue to call in sick the next day.  When your cube-mate places this with dramatic flourish on his desk, it could be your cue to call in sick the next day. 

]]> By: Maddy http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178220 Maddy Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178220 Me too!  I just drove by it twice this weekend.  It's so weird to suddenly realize, "hey, I'm driving on the same spot where I've watched that guy get killed over and over" ... Me too!  I just drove by it twice this weekend.  It’s so weird to suddenly realize, “hey, I’m driving on the same spot where I’ve watched that guy get killed over and over” …

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178201 querent Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178201 "sheeple" is still a viable word.  i'm taking it back. “sheeple” is still a viable word.  i’m taking it back.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178200 querent Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178200 I'll take geomancy for 1k. I’ll take geomancy for 1k.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178199 querent Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178199 you win them webs for the day. you win them webs for the day.

]]> By: tsa http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178138 tsa Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178138 Ever heard of the word 'sarcasm?' Ever heard of the word ‘sarcasm?’

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178106 mccrum Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178106 Let's hope it's not poor taste! Let’s hope it’s not poor taste!

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178104 oasisob1 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178104 Yes, make one out of chocolate, please! Yes, make one out of chocolate, please!

]]> By: Jewels Vern http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178058 Jewels Vern Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178058 It makes about as much sense as Christians putting crosses all around. It makes about as much sense as Christians putting crosses all around.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178048 awjt Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178048 They should have left the sixth floor window "slightly ajar." They should have left the sixth floor window “slightly ajar.”

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178025 Andrew Singleton Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178025 Same aliens that told the egyptians, mayans, and all the secrets of the universe. They simply came back, were disgusted with what they were seeing, ordered the hit job, and left again. Same aliens that told the egyptians, mayans, and all the secrets of the universe. They simply came back, were disgusted with what they were seeing, ordered the hit job, and left again.

]]> By: Arthur Schwartz http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178020 Arthur Schwartz Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178020 This is quite interesting: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/06/16/a-new-to-me-theory-about-the-kennedy-assassination-it-was-an-accident This is quite interesting:
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/06/16/a-new-to-me-theory-about-the-kennedy-assassination-it-was-an-accident

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178010 Gulliver Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1178010 Come on, everybody, it's well documented that aliens ordered LBJ to have JFK shot because he'd discovered they were making crop-circles. Wake up, gullible sheeple! Sheesh! Come on, everybody, it’s well documented that aliens ordered LBJ to have JFK shot because he’d discovered they were making crop-circles. Wake up, gullible sheeple! Sheesh!

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177981 mccrum Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177981 I suppose I'll just come out with a collectable spoon set made from disaster scenes.  What a Venn diagram that clientele is... I suppose I’ll just come out with a collectable spoon set made from disaster scenes.  What a Venn diagram that clientele is…

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177954 i_prefer_yeti Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177954 sure beats collecting spoons! sure beats collecting spoons!

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177952 mccrum Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177952 Wow.  I had no idea.  I'm betting they made millions. Wow.  I had no idea.  I’m betting they made millions.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177941 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177941 This is a thaumaturgist's wet dream. This is a thaumaturgist’s wet dream.

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177939 i_prefer_yeti Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177939 Reminds me strongly of the Boym Partners project "Buildings of Disaster" they started in 1998. I snapped up Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Princess Di. http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artists/5306/artwork Here's their Texas Book Depository: http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/29686 Reminds me strongly of the Boym Partners project “Buildings of Disaster” they started in 1998.

I snapped up Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Princess Di.

http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artists/5306/artwork

Here’s their Texas Book Depository:

http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/29686

]]> By: fnarf http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177937 fnarf Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177937 You'd think they could have done something to prevent this horrible tragedy, what with the date printed right there on the side of the building like that. You’d think they could have done something to prevent this horrible tragedy, what with the date printed right there on the side of the building like that.

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177935 mccrum Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177935 This will go so well with my pewter Ford's Theatre and pewter Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, I must collect the whole set... This will go so well with my pewter Ford’s Theatre and pewter Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, I must collect the whole set…

]]> By: RJ http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177929 RJ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177929 I'm getting one to display next to my gold-plated headphone amp. I’m getting one to display next to my gold-plated headphone amp.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177927 dculberson Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177927 It needs to be at least .. THREE TIMES BIGGER than this! It needs to be at least .. THREE TIMES BIGGER than this!

]]> By: Bruce Heerssen http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177923 Bruce Heerssen Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177923 Next they should make a pewter replica of the University of Texas clock tower. Next they should make a pewter replica of the University of Texas clock tower.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177919 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177919 <blockquote>Someone's going to get this, put it on their desk, look at it, and suddenly discover ... what exactly?</blockquote> The laws of physics. Possibly for the first time.

Someone’s going to get this, put it on their desk, look at it, and suddenly discover … what exactly?

The laws of physics. Possibly for the first time.

]]> By: Joseph DeAngelis http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177905 Joseph DeAngelis Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/pewter-model-of-the-texas-school-book-depository.html#comment-1177905 The date on the bottom goes back and to the left. Back and to the left.  The date on the bottom goes back and to the left. Back and to the left. 

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