The Off Topic Topic

[Barrister]

The Arecibo telescope has collapsed. Sean Bean unavailable for comment.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/arecibo-radio-telescope-collapses-puerto-rico?fbclid=IwAR2aR7dIFTy1I8lGnZWGb2n69KHYZJm3sCSQR9UBy7peCLZ_2AbkOHc4NSA

Wasn't that a map in one of the Battlefield games (or similar FPS)? No wonder it eventually collapsed.

It was a map in Goldeneye.

OK boomer.

[Grey Fox]

One of? Its the best.

[The Brain]

My neighbor is being a criminal in 2077 again.

[Sheilbh]

So someone in Bristol has put up a small statue of Darth Vader on the Colston plinth....I kind of like it

[Barrister]

Statue of a man who profited from the Atlantic slave trade, vs statue of a half-man, half-cyborg who participated in the genocide of billions on Alderaan (not to mention personally murdered the younglings in the Jedi Temple).

I don't think you're making an improvement there Bristol.

[The Larch]

Statue of a man who profited from the Atlantic slave trade, vs statue of a half-man, half-cyborg who participated in the genocide of billions on Alderaan (not to mention personally murdered the younglings in the Jedi Temple).

I don't think you're making an improvement there Bristol.

Well, if you're going to go with "evil" as a theme, don't go half arsed. 

[celedhring]

For some weird reason I keep getting bombarded by ads to buy dirt in Scotland and get a (I presume) fake title.

[The Brain]

Indeed it is. You become a Laird.

[Syt]

These covers popped up on the Pulp Librarian twitter account.

I am quite intrigued by how much of the 70s cover is copied from the 60s(?) version, down to details like the napkin holder and salt/pepper shakers, juke box, person in front of the door reading something, and the buildings on the right hand side with the tree behind them.

[Malthus]

Indeed it is. You become a Laird.

If you eat Scottish food, on the other hand, you become a lard.

[Tonitrus]

These covers popped up on the Pulp Librarian twitter account.

I am quite intrigued by how much of the 70s cover is copied from the 60s(?) version, down to details like the napkin holder and salt/pepper shakers, juke box, person in front of the door reading something, and the buildings on the right hand side with the tree behind them.

Though from strawberry to a chocolate milkshake is taking artistic license too far. 

[Syt]

I find it fascinating that the composition is completely copied, but it didn't just trace the previous art with new clothes. It seems someone said, "Do this cover, but contemporary."

[Valmy]

These covers popped up on the Pulp Librarian twitter account.

I am quite intrigued by how much of the 70s cover is copied from the 60s(?) version, down to details like the napkin holder and salt/pepper shakers, juke box, person in front of the door reading something, and the buildings on the right hand side with the tree behind them.

Pity they got rid of the Hay and Feed Company. That really brought it all together.

[Malthus]

These covers popped up on the Pulp Librarian twitter account.

I am quite intrigued by how much of the 70s cover is copied from the 60s(?) version, down to details like the napkin holder and salt/pepper shakers, juke box, person in front of the door reading something, and the buildings on the right hand side with the tree behind them.

Pity they got rid of the Hay and Feed Company. That really brought it all together.

Sneed's Feed and Seed.

Formerly Chuck's.

[Syt]

https://twitter.com/qikipedia/status/1334123904126787588

Quite Interesting
@qikipedia
In 1842, Joseph Geefs made a sculpture of Lucifer (left) for St. Paul's Cathedral in Liège. It was removed because it was 'too sublime' and people thought it would distract girls from the sermons. It was replaced by the sculpture on the right. (Camera: Georges Jansoone / Luc Viatour)

"The old one is too sexy, let's do a new one, more buff, with tousled hair, and brooding."