Comments on: What’s it Wednesday?

By: Djerrid

Djerrid — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:59:36 +0000

Brian got it first. It is from the top of a trash can barrel made out of that compressed plastic I saw at the park. (Trash can to the left, sidewalk and grass to the right.)

Here it is pulled back slightly: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/u-LcjTmgM2vsHA92gtRWdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCKLwnqSez4ukDg&feat=directlink

By: Razor Eddie

Razor Eddie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:58:48 +0000

It’s the edge of an acoustic ceiling tile.

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:43:23 +0000

it is a dried dirty mop from a seminary

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:46 +0000

A lot of old, pale, dried-up wood…

I don’t know what the picture is, though.

By: Lex

Lex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:33 +0000

I’ll second the perma-wood recycled building material from Brian.

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:49:51 +0000

Fossilized blue cheese.

By: Dr. Denny

Dr. Denny — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:51:33 +0000

It’s a piece of worm-infested (or Ubertramp-infested) wood.

By: Djerrid

Djerrid — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:45:57 +0000

Here’s a closeup (not that it will help much): http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LAaoVJQ0jaWySFKxo5US2A?authkey=Gv1sRgCKLwnqSez4ukDg&feat=directlink

By: Rho

Rho — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:09:46 +0000

I believe that is a piece of that semi-firm eco-friendly packing material some companies have started to use.

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:37 +0000

I see that Djerrid has been dumpster diving again. Either that, or Brian’s been “on assignment.”

This is a slice from a core sample I’m assuming was found in NCAR’s trash. You can tell it was cut improperly by the crisscross pattern of lines in the stone. Clearly, the sample itself is pumice. Likely taken from Lipari in the Eolian Islands of Italy. I’m sure they were looking for CO2 captured in the pores or something equally insidious. The TI have long been attempting to shift fiscal policy through climate change policy, mostly in an attempt to launder funds. Since Italy is a major hub of TI activity, I can only imagine what they were trying to “prove” this time.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:07:50 +0000

Made of cabbage.

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:44:34 +0000

It’s a cut end of a plastic fence post or plastic floorboard.

By: JS OBrien

JS OBrien — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:26:51 +0000

Nah. At a Catholic school, I’d have driven the nails through my hands and feet.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:06 +0000

Bloody pants? If they assumed you were sitting on nails, that tells us you didn’t go to a Catholic school, I guess.

By: JS OBrien

JS OBrien — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:19 +0000

I hear ya Slammy. I know what you mean. I much preferred the board to the wire brush because of the perforation issue and the difficulty of explaining the bloody seat of my pants to my teachers and friends. I think they wondered how clumsy and inattentive I had to be to sit on so many nails so often.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:52 +0000

Man, you had it good. The board I got beaten with had little finishing nails sticking out of it.

By: JS OBrien

JS OBrien — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:36:25 +0000

This is one of the boards I used to get beaten with as a child. I recognize the pattern from the way the bruises look. Where on earth did you find it? Mom. Dad. Is that you?

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:46 +0000

If it were green I’d say a wedge of cabbage.