3/16/2005: Snowmen mob Moscow

Undertoad · 03-16-2005, 02:48 PM

Thanks xoB. Apparently every year Moscow clown Vyacheslav Polunin puts on a "Snow Show" at Moscow’s Vakhtangov Theater, with mimes and clowns. This year they decided to establish dozens of snowmen on Moscow's Arbat Street as a prelude, and set up a new requirement for his clown college (full story):

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Every student in the Academy of Fools — or anyone who wants to join this “academy” - must take a final exam in January… by making a snowman.

In case the weather turns unpredictable, organizers set up a truck-full of snow for anyone wishing to pitch in.

The clown, meanwhile, expects that by the end of the month, there should be about a thousand snowmen in central Moscow.

One of them is a robot...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-16-2005, 03:20 PM

They all appear to have different personas like real pedestrians so don't get between the Crips and the Bloods.

glatt · 03-16-2005, 03:23 PM

That first picture is awesome. Reminds me of some of the snowmen Calvin used to make.
Like this one:
Late for work

oops. no direct linking to that. Here's the main page.

binky · 03-16-2005, 03:54 PM

thank you for the Calvin and Hobbes page, Glatt. Haven't read them in a while, but they still crack me up

BigV · 03-16-2005, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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oops. no direct linking to that. Here's the main page.

Sure there is... just do this!

Here's the recipie:

When you see the image you like, right click and choose view image, then use the resulting url as the link. Voila!

Edit

'OH!!

Our links are identical, you clearly already know this recipie, then why did it work for me, and not you? I think because I followed your second link and that cached it for my link. Sorry.

lookout123 · 03-16-2005, 04:56 PM

i still have all my old Calvin and Hobbes books. i bought each one as soon as it was released. i look forward to my son giggling at calvin, instead of acting like calvin.

mrnoodle · 03-16-2005, 05:16 PM

if we ever had anything as ghey as avatars in the cellar, mine was always going to be:

Sweets · 03-16-2005, 06:52 PM

Those snowmen + my car = Good times.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-16-2005, 10:02 PM

wah · 03-17-2005, 08:27 AM

but someone replicated those C&H strips IRL.

<a href="http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1431989">Here</a> and <a href="http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1431989">here</a>.

Snow is fun.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-17-2005, 09:17 PM

Those are funny.

Here's one I found on the web.

lookout123 · 03-17-2005, 11:16 PM

that is a great one Bruce - is that the one that was supposed to be in my email? if so - it didn't show up.

CharlieG · 03-18-2005, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

i still have all my old Calvin and Hobbes books. i bought each one as soon as it was released. i look forward to my son giggling at calvin, instead of acting like calvin.

You and me both - My son is a wild man (4 YO)

breakingnews · 03-18-2005, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweets

Those snowmen + my car = Good times.

That's what I'm tawkin' about.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-18-2005, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

that is a great one Bruce - is that the one that was supposed to be in my email? if so - it didn't show up.

Naw, it was a copy of my marriage proposal to Ann Coulter.

03-16-2005, 03:20 PM	#2
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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:57 PM.

03-17-2005, 08:27 AM	#10
wah Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 36	Dunno if you saw it but someone replicated those C&H strips IRL. <a href="http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1431989">Here</a> and <a href="http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1431989">here</a>. Snow is fun.

03-16-2005, 03:23 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That first picture is awesome. Reminds me of some of the snowmen Calvin used to make. Like this one: Late for work oops. no direct linking to that. Here's the main page.

03-16-2005, 03:54 PM	#4
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	thank you for the Calvin and Hobbes page, Glatt. Haven't read them in a while, but they still crack me up

03-16-2005, 06:52 PM	#8
Sweets Because someone has to EAD Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cauliflornia, USA Posts: 35	Those snowmen + my car = Good times.

03-17-2005, 09:17 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Those are funny. Here's one I found on the web. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:57 PM.

03-17-2005, 11:16 PM	#12
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	that is a great one Bruce - is that the one that was supposed to be in my email? if so - it didn't show up. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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