Comments on: Salt Lake Tribune reports: "Mars peopled by one vast thinking vegetable!" http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1674733 planettom Sat, 09 Mar 2013 07:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1674733 Here's the hi-res scan: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-10-13/ed-1/seq-31/ Here’s the hi-res scan:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1912-10-13/ed-1/seq-31/

]]> By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1674145 planettom Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1674145 "I for one welcome our new giant-eyeball-atop-a-celery-stalk-space-elevator overlord." “I for one welcome our new giant-eyeball-atop-a-celery-stalk-space-elevator overlord.”

]]> By: David Hemming http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1674021 David Hemming Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1674021 Oddly, I am currently reading Iain M Banks's "Against a Dark Background" and the protagonists are on a planet covered by a single giant vegetable. Synchronicity! Oddly, I am currently reading Iain M Banks’s “Against a Dark Background” and the protagonists are on a planet covered by a single giant vegetable. Synchronicity!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673851 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673851 <blockquote>Reptilian gorillas.</blockquote>Isn't that one of the Denarians?

Reptilian gorillas.

Isn’t that one of the Denarians?

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673840 Marc Mielke Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673840 Reptilian gorillas.  (I looked, and am very surprised and disappointed D&D has no reptilian gorillas. What? A friggin OWL-BEAR is a viable critter and this isn't?) Reptilian gorillas. 
(I looked, and am very surprised and disappointed D&D has no reptilian gorillas. What? A friggin OWL-BEAR is a viable critter and this isn’t?)

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673837 Marc Mielke Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673837 And they didn't post the gorilla one? I wanna see the gorilla one! And they didn’t post the gorilla one? I wanna see the gorilla one!

]]> By: smut clyde http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673782 smut clyde Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673782  Clark Ashton Smith -- "Seedling of Mars".  Clark Ashton Smith — “Seedling of Mars”.

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673702 Daemonworks Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673702 Sounds more like corporate America. Sounds more like corporate America.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673653 pjcamp Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673653 Giant celery with an eyeball on top -- about the most whackadoodle newspaper illustration I've ever seen. Giant celery with an eyeball on top — about the most whackadoodle newspaper illustration I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673641 Boundegar Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673641 Wait, I thought they were reptiles? Wait, I thought they were reptiles?

]]> By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673569 planettom Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673569 The Thing From Another World wanted to conquer Earth. I'd wager this planet-wide vegetable is casting its baleful gaze in a similar direction. The Thing From Another World wanted to conquer Earth.
I’d wager this planet-wide vegetable is casting its baleful gaze in a similar direction.

]]> By: annoyingmouse http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673542 annoyingmouse Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673542 Eyeball creatures, vegetable people and ape transformation are quite genuinely the plots to three different episodes of the tv series Garth Marenghi's Dark Place. Eyeball creatures, vegetable people and ape transformation are quite genuinely the plots to three different episodes of the tv series Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673518 Gilbert Wham Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673518 Fuck the story, that letter 'g' is gorgeous. Fuck the story, that letter ‘g’ is gorgeous.

]]> By: arensb http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673514 arensb Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673514  Are you saying that Mars is a nigh-boring planet?  Are you saying that Mars is a nigh-boring planet?

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673508 Jake0748 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673508  "Mars peopled by one vast thinking vegetable!"   - What do vegetables think about?   ”Mars peopled by one vast thinking vegetable!”

  – What do vegetables think about? 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673505 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673505 <blockquote>Oh no. No, you mustn't. Mars is changing, and Mars is not changing for me, Mars hasn't changed for me in years. If Mars is changing, that means we're going to be here for days.</blockquote>

Oh no. No, you mustn’t. Mars is changing, and Mars is not changing for me, Mars hasn’t changed for me in years. If Mars is changing, that means we’re going to be here for days.

]]> By: Dr. Chronobiologist http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673502 Dr. Chronobiologist Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673502 They started out as people and then a horrific bacteria came along.. http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/tarantula-with-strange-antler.html They started out as people and then a horrific bacteria came along..
http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/tarantula-with-strange-antler.html

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673482 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673482 The Great Vegetable Rebellion was LIS's apotheosis. The Great Vegetable Rebellion was LIS’s apotheosis.

]]> By: Sirkowski http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673468 Sirkowski Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673468 Does that mean the angel Moroni came from Mars? Does that mean the angel Moroni came from Mars?

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673448 Donald Petersen Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673448 When the order for that particular "artist's conception" filtered down to the Art Department, I imagine the resulting joyous whoop could be heard clear down by the presses.  Looks like someone had themselves an uncommonly good time. When the order for that particular “artist’s conception” filtered down to the Art Department, I imagine the resulting joyous whoop could be heard clear down by the presses.  Looks like someone had themselves an uncommonly good time.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673444 Donald Petersen Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673444 Coincidentally enough, that's about the only episode I remember seeing.  Smith moaning, "Moisture!" over and over again. Coincidentally enough, that’s about the only episode I remember seeing.  Smith moaning, “Moisture!” over and over again.

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673424 Finnagain Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673424 I recommend reading the article in Richard Burton's voice.  I recommend reading the article in Richard Burton’s voice. 

]]> By: billstewart http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673422 billstewart Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673422 ... torn between commenting about how mushrooms are just the visible part of a much larger underground body vs. breaking into a chorus of "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space!" ... … torn between commenting about how mushrooms are just the visible part of a much larger underground body vs. breaking into a chorus of “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space!” …

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673410 Christopher Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673410 Yes, journalism has been going downhill ever since the Weekly World News stopped publication. Yes, journalism has been going downhill ever since the Weekly World News stopped publication.

]]> By: pickledbeatnik http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673391 pickledbeatnik Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673391 Vegetables confirmed to be ghosts of deceased mormon men and their wives. Mars deigned Celestial Realm! Vegetables confirmed to be ghosts of deceased mormon men and their wives. Mars deigned Celestial Realm!

]]> By: Xof http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673389 Xof Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673389 No wonder newspapers are failing; they aren't running real journalism like this anymore. I'd pay for a print subscription to this fine publication. No wonder newspapers are failing; they aren’t running real journalism like this anymore. I’d pay for a print subscription to this fine publication.

]]> By: Bradley Robinson http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673386 Bradley Robinson Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673386 I find this to be more plausible than creationism.  At least there's that. I find this to be more plausible than creationism.  At least there’s that.

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673374 Finnagain Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673374  Teach the controversy!  Teach the controversy!

]]> By: PhosPhorious http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673355 PhosPhorious Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673355  The second awesomest thin g ever said.  The second awesomest thin g ever said.

]]> By: orwell http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/salt-lake-tribune-reports-m.html#comment-1673340 orwell Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217222#comment-1673340 "american political system peopled by one vast vegetable" (sadly, not a "thinking," vegetable) “american political system peopled by one vast vegetable” (sadly, not a “thinking,” vegetable)

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