YSaC, Vol. 968: Zagat’s “haunted” “painting”

2011 April 15

Wall Art! Framed Lillies and Foliage in Green Motif *HAUNTED? – $50


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A “DIFFERENT” Kind Of Painting<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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Gorgeous and Professionally framed in glass with a brushed Silver Frame, this print will be one of you favorites!
We are downsizing (big time) and must sacrifice some of our best-loved treasures.
We purchased this print around 10 years ago and kept it “rolled up” for a couple years before we
had it framed at “[place]” in the [neighborhood] area of [location]. We had a few prints and paintings
framed there while living in [location] and, although on the expensive side, it was always worth paying
for the great job they always did.
This print measures 2′ 3″ X 1′ 9″. If you look closely at the first picture’s edges, you’ll notice that the print
itself came with the “raw edges” of the original canvas exposed and visible. We ordered the print framed
with those “raw edges” showing through the finished frame so you can actually see where the Artist stopped
painting along the edges of the canvas.
This price represents a tremendous savings…we paid twice this amount just for the Print itself and the framing cost!
[phone number]
As usual in these cases, the pictures don’t do the print justice…it looks so much better “in person”.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
After hanging this Print, I began to notice “images” that would appear at certain times. In addition
to an occasional “face”, there have been other images appear that I’d rather not disclose. What is
strange is that I may see “something” one day, then when I look again, that “something” will have changed
or be gone completely. Through the years, guests also have seen these “hidden pictures” within the obvious
main one. If done on purpose, it would have taken impossible talent to do, especially using the “Water Color”
medium used in this Print. They are, however, “there” sometimes and other times they’re not…and they “change”
in appearance or…disappear. I don’t know how they “got” there or “what” keeps putting them in this painting.
This phenomena remains a mystery and may “creep out” some people. BUT, on the other hand, my wife has NO
idea what I’m talking about, she has never seen anything within this painting and thinks we’re all crazy.
I know the difference between staring at clouds in the sky and “seeing” different shapes that your imagination
can turn into faces, animals, etc.
What seems to be happening here with this painting is “different”.
[phone number]

Painting. Wall Painting. Paintings. Wall Art. Framed Prints. Framed Print. Original Art. Original Framed Art.
Flower Print. Framed Wall Art.

We hit the trifecta with this one — haunted, crazy, and rampant inappropriate use of quotation marks. That should get a special prize.

So, I’m just curious, Mr. Seeing “Things” in “Artwork”: let’s do a short Rorschach test. What do you see here?

No, I’m sorry, this is obviously two shrimp balancing the Eiffel Tower on their heads while two crabs fan them with palm fronds.  How about this one?

I’m sorry, what did you say? You see two bedazzled deer heads hanging above two hedgehogs that are on fire? *Checks notes* Huh, that’s actually correct.

Thanks, Kelly!

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  1. 2011 April 15
    Lola permalink

    Best line of ad:

    my wife has NO idea what I’m talking about, she has never seen anything within this painting and thinks we’re all crazy

    Sounds like a mixed marriage. There’s Sparky Batshit-Crazy, and then there’s his wife, who is sane (and possibly saintly).

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    • 2011 April 15

      I hope they didn’t hyphenate their last names … that would make their kids Sparkita Batshit-Crazy-Sane-Saintly.

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      • 2011 April 15

        I wonder if they will raise them Orthodox Batshit Crazy or Reformed Sanity?

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      • 2011 April 15
        Lara permalink

        Pardon me, I have to go change my name to Lara Batshit-Crazy-Sane-Saintly.

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        • 2011 April 15
          SpaceBug permalink

          Lara Batshit-Crazy-Sane-Saintly-Derp?

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        • 2011 April 15

          The Lara Batshit-Crazy-Sane-Saintly-Derp? Of the South Ish Batshit-Crazy-Sane-Saintly-Derps?

          Can I have your autograph?

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        • 2011 April 16
          Lara permalink

          You bet your catnip and kibble!

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      By we, I think Sparky may be referring to himself and his 6 foot rabbit that keeps urging him to drink.

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  2. 2011 April 15

    Through the years, guests also have seen these “hidden pictures” within the obvious main one.

    I’ll have some of whatever you serve at your dinner parties.

    (takes a sip)

    I see it now! It’s … it’s … a herd of beautiful wild ponies running free across the plains.

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    • 2011 April 15

      I can’t see the ponies. These giant lilies are blocking my view.

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      I think it must be absinthe or maybe something brewed out in the bushes

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      • 2011 April 15
        Camille permalink

        Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

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        • 2011 April 15

          It makes “something”, anyways.

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        • 2011 April 15

          That comment needs to win. Yes it does.

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        • 2011 April 16
          PhantomBanker permalink

          No, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

          Absinthe makes the mind go wander.

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      • 2011 April 15

        Maybe something brewed out of bushes.

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  3. 2011 April 15

    So. many. quotation. marks.

    So. many. potential. “euphemisms”.

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    • 2011 April 15

      This morning I “made” myself “some” toast for “breakfast.”

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      • 2011 April 15

        Hmmm… the more quotation marks used, the more suspicious it sounds. Now I’m wondering what “breakfast” is code for in secret-agent-talk.

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        • 2011 April 15

          Silly “Silva”, I’m totally “not” a “secret” agent.

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      • 2011 April 15
        Lara permalink

        I “woke up” and found the “cat” had horked up a “hairball”

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        • 2011 April 15
          Lola permalink

          “Every” day, “I” “read” and “comment” on “YSAC.”

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        • 2011 April 15
          LimeLolly permalink

          Every day, I “eat” a bowl of “cereal”.

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        • 2011 April 15

          I spend a lot of time “petting” my “kitty”.

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        • 2011 April 15

          “GASP!”

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        • 2011 April 15

          I finally “finished” a “story” today. It was “long.”

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      • 2011 April 15
        CapnMac permalink

        I had “some” “donuts” with “my” coffee†

        ____________________________
        † Any’t comes af’r my coffee is like to get a dagger up the strap–or worse . . .

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        • 2011 April 15

          I believe that’s a “bowel” of “serial”, LL.

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    • 2011 April 15

      I regularly have to read planning applications from an agent who does this – the “drive” will be “surfaced” with “gravel”, the “dwelling” will be “faced” with brick. That kind of thing.

      So frankly, this ad seems well-written. I mean, leaving aside the obvious lunacy and hallucinations. It’s a mediocre painting of some big flowers, Sparky, stop trying to make it sound more interesting.

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  4. 2011 April 15

    Painting signed by:
    Timothy Leary

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  5. 2011 April 15

    Oh wow, that’s incredible. Back when I was a kid I bought a box of Cracker Jacks, and inside they had this cool little picture of an animal about the size of a ravioli pillow. I mean, that was pretty cool by itself, right? But when I tilted it up or down, the damn animal moved! I swear I wasn’t crazy at the time, I really saw it move! The lion (for it really was.a.lion) appeared to walk! And if I flicked it back and forth rapidly I could make it do the cha cha, which would have been funny if it wasn’t so damn freaky!

    I know, y’all think I was nuts as a kid, which pretty well explains why I am the way I am now, but I am not joking. The lion moved. There was even further proof in a box of cereal at some later date that came with a similar ravioli-sized picture of a monkey, and it moved, too!

    Even freakier was another kind of sticker, right, a bit bigger than those raviolis — maybe the size of a melba toast — and I swear you could see right into the sticker. It had depth, despite being, like, a millimeter thick! And I wasn’t even wearing 3D glasses!

    Sorry, folks, I know this is Batshit Crazy week and all, but I totally believe Sparky on this one. He’s not crazy. It may seem like a flat, static canvas, but I’ve been there, man, I’ve seen things, things that aren’t supposed to happen to paper or canvas without a projector or David Copperfield being involved. It’s real, man. It’s real.

    [goes to quietly rock in a corner]

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    • 2011 April 15
      mudslicker permalink

      I got one of those one day too in my Cracker Jack box, only mine was a picture of a winking Jesus. If you tilted it back and forth, he would wink at you up on the cross. It was like he was saying, “Hey, I can see your house from up here! *wink*”

      It was awesome.

      😉

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      • 2011 April 15
        Lara permalink

        now I would buy that

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      • 2011 April 15
        Lola permalink

        Sounds like my favorite dollar store purchase ever: a vanilla-scented air-freshener of the Virgin Mary that “moved.”
        Gave it to a friend who is both devoutly Catholic and a collector of Catholic kitschery, who loved it.

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        • 2011 April 15
          Lara permalink

          That is pretty awesome Lola! I wonder if it was a holy vanilla or just your run of the mill vanilla.

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        • 2011 April 15
          Yutolia permalink

          Holy vanilla! I think I’m going to have to try to use that in the same conversation as hot Christ. Both terms are awesome and definitely need to be used more widely.

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      • 2011 April 15

        I’m not religious, but I would totally buy that. It would be like a desktop-sized Buddy Christ.

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        • 2011 April 15
          Chthulhu permalink

          Got one. 🙂

          https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2581485&l=4a1d68cf8b&id=1212705356

          He’s right at five inches tall, shown here with one of TacoMagic’s amigurumi for comparison.

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        • 2011 April 15
          Windrose permalink

          Gee, Honey, you look different today. 8)

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        • 2011 April 15

          I wasn’t logged in, apparently.

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        • 2011 April 15
          Lola permalink

          You and Taco are both awesome, with a side of awesomesauce. That is cute. And well-done.

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      Why aren’t you selling your cha cha lion! YOU FOOL, you could have made a whole dollar!

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      • 2011 April 15
        Lara permalink

        I just realized how unfeeling it was of me to call you a fool for that MF. You are obviously disturbed (most of the time).

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        • 2011 April 15
          Lara permalink

          *secretly thinks Mindfield is awesome and brilliant*

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        • 2011 April 15

          I hate to disappoint my fans, but the truth is, everything I write is done by a little man inside my head. His name is Buncheez, he has little bells on the ends of his little pointed shoes, and he feeds off the wave energy from a little known area of the brain (or at least, my brain) called the Funky Cold Medulla, which is stimulated by carefully moderated doses of the unique wavelengths of sound generated by Fran Drescher’s laugh. The careful moderation is necessary because too little undernourishes that part of my brain, and too much causes my brain to start looking for apartments.

          Sad but true*.

          * Maybe.

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        • 2011 April 15
          Bombdude permalink

          I thought it was the Medulla Oblongata… Damn it’s been a long time since anatomy class.

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        • 2011 April 15

          Oblongata is a suburb of Funky Cold Medulla infamously characterized by neural pathways littered with potholes, vessels up on blocks all over the place, and residents who like to peer suspiciously through narrow slits in their curtains held open by their shotguns. I don’t like to go there.

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        • 2011 April 15

          But the rest of us are thankful that you do, and bring back things like genie pigs.

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        • 2011 April 16
          Addicted Reader permalink

          How much anatomy do you have to know to blow someone up?

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    • 2011 April 15
      LimeLolly permalink

      When I was a kid, I had a Porky Pig sticker chase me down the hall and try to bite my toes.* It was very traumatic.

      *I really wish I was making that up.

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      • 2011 April 15
        Lola permalink

        LL, did you lick the back of the “sticker” a little while before this happened? Because that might explain it.

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        • 2011 April 15
          LimeLolly permalink

          Unfortunately… no. It was stuck up on the wall with other stickers. According to my mother, I was running a fever that night.

          That still does not explain how the next day, I made her peel the sticker off and throw it in the trash. When we sat down to eat lunch, the trash bag kept rattling. To this day, I have a hard time eating hot dogs without remembering that sticker. See… traumatic.

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      • 2011 April 15
        Lara permalink

        This kind of sounds like what my cat thinks when she gets a sticker stuck on her tail.

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      • 2011 April 15

        One of my cats is terrified of plastic bags. When she was a young kitten she got curious of one we’d put on the floor to see what she’d do. She nosed around inside the bag, then tried to put her head through one of the handles. She decided that wasn’t very much fun, so she tried to get out of the handle, but couldn’t. She started to walk away but the bag, as bags are wont to do, started following her. This freaked her out, so she started to run, but the bag ran just as fast as she did, and that just freaked her out even more. Within seconds she was tearing ass from one end of the apartment to the other, zig-zagging this way and that trying to shake that damn bag. We spent several minutes trying to catch her, and were eventually able to do so and remove the bag, but she has had a healthy fear of the rustle of plastic bags ever since.

        Which has turned out to be a great way to get her out of a room we don’t want her in.

        *crinkle crinkle*
        *ZOMG* *bolt*

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        • 2011 April 15

          Simon’s scared of soap bubbles.
          I’ll blow bubbles for the cats to chase around sometimes and as soon as he sees one he runs and hides. It is both funny and sad.
          He loves plastic bags, though; if he finds one he’ll drag it around and chew on it if you don’t take it away from him.

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        • 2011 April 15

          Try riding a horse that gets spooked by a plastic bag. Entertaining, to say the least.

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        • 2011 April 15
          Lola permalink

          Mine adores plastic bags – he likes the crinkly sound. What is he afraid of? My keys. He once had them dropped on his head when I was trying to keep him from door-dashing as I left for work, and now all I have to do if he starts following me is jingle the keys. Works like a charm.

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        • 2011 April 15

          I have one cat that plays in/with plastic bags, and one cat that wants to play with them, but is terrified of them. Silly cat.

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        • 2011 April 15
          CapnMac permalink

          Arch, been to that game before.

          Learnt that horses usually have disproportionate names. That a body wants to sign out “nightmare” “terror” “el diablo” in distinct preference to “cream puff” “petunia” “dandy lion” or the like.

          Now, while that can work, the real problem is that, on a big spread, the pack animals tend to have numbers, not names. Thus, you have to ride a couple days out under full overcast to discover that Horse 372 is afraid of shadows–any shadows–and ought be numbered (e^i^i)³ . . .

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        • 2011 April 15

          Indeed, Capn. In my younger, hell-for-leather days, I rode a horse named Lightning and a mule named Rockslide. Nowadays, I ride Sunshine.

          Edit: Yes, I removed the quotation marks. There seemed to be an over-supply on YSaC today, and I didn’t want to add more to the “mix.”

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        • 2011 April 15
          Camille permalink

          My dog is scared of… dogs.

          I only wish I were kidding.

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        • 2011 April 15

          Your dog must hate mirrors.

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  6. 2011 April 15
    mudslicker permalink

    Yes, the “changing images” on the “painting”, depending on when and who is “looking at it”, is called a “reflection”. See, I see the “sun” on that “middle picture”.

    “OKTHX”

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  7. 2011 April 15

    “Sparky” seems a little “vague” on how to “use” “commas” properly.

    Also;

    there have been other images appear that I’d rather not disclose

    That can only mean one thing – Sparky’s been seeing “pecils” in his “artwork” again.

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    • 2011 April 15

      And by “commas” I mean “quotation marks”.

      I blame Friday.

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      I just thought Sparky was seeing his own face and wasn’t willing to disclose it because it’s not too pretty.

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    • 2011 April 15
      CapnMac permalink

      Yeah, well the idea that “water colors” are often used on canvas suggests a great universe of things that confuse Spark’ on a regular basis.

      Like sunrise.
      Clocks.
      Cause-and-effect.
      Pie.
      Pi.

      Yet they persist in one habit that is terribly annoying to the rest of us, breathing.

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    • 2011 April 16
      Addicted Reader permalink

      Reflectoporn! Yay!!!

      Ew.

      Adores: 1
  8. 2011 April 15
    SisterLyle permalink

    They’re coming to take me away, ha-ha!
    They’re coming to take me away!

    Adores: 4
    • 2011 April 15

      To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time?

      Say “Hi!” those nice young men in their clean white coats for me and tell ’em I’ll be back on Tuesday for Meatloaf Night.

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      • 2011 April 15
        mudslicker permalink

        Live!!! At the 40 watt!!!! Meatloaf Night!!

        I can see Paradise by the surfboard light….

        8)

        Adores: 6
  9. 2011 April 15

    [OT]

    Okay, today’s xkcd is both relevant (in a general way) and hilarious, both on its own and because it perfectly illustrates Poe’s Law as applied to Craigslist ads in particular.

    [/OT]

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    • 2011 April 15

      Saw that this morning in my feed. Love it!

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      Thanks for introducing me to that MindField

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      • 2011 April 15

        xkcd is awesome. Don’t forget to hover your mouse over each comic. There’s always an alt-text popup hiding under there.

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      • 2011 April 15

        xkcd is one of my must-read comics.

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    • 2011 April 15
      CapnMac permalink

      Well, and today’s Pearls Before Swine caused me to lament on how long it has been since our favorite Finnish correspondent has commented here.

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  10. 2011 April 15
    Silva Noir permalink

    I see a hawk!

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    • 2011 April 15

      Also…. over $100 for a print and a simple frame with a silver edge (that looks suspiciously like a poster frame)? Either sparky was ripped off or trying to rip us off (or both).

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      • 2011 April 15
        mudslicker permalink

        No, no, no, no Silva. They “purposely” left the frayed edges of the canvas and “framed” it that way so that you can see where the “artist” stopped “painting”*. Pure “genius”!

        *unfortunately you can see the Made in China tag as well

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  11. 2011 April 15
    Camille permalink

    It’s OK, Sparky. We too see things that are not there. We see a “line” that continually seems to be moving away. We see a lounge with an unlikely number of corners. We see “lions” with stripes. We see a freakily-smiling puppy, and another puppy that wants its tummy rubbed. (Don’t rub the puppy’s tummy.) We see pudding, and pie. We see a bottomless flask. We see bees. We see deer carcasses on swingsets. We see genie pigs. We see a ghost cat. We see meat-flavored cocktails. We see magical hawks that teleport from one place to the next, and satanically possessed dolls. It’s a wonder we’re not all batshit crazy, given this onslaught of disturbing images!

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      When you put it that way I think I should call my psychiatrist.

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      • 2013 June 30
        CapnMac permalink

        Wonders just what Lara called her psychiatrist back in 2011–Tim, Ray, Ephrom, (limº)⌠ΣαΦ≈¶§ⁿⁿ⌡(lim ∞) . . . ?

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    • 2011 April 15
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      Camille — All this time I thought we were having Batshit Crazy week to help us all realize that we aren’t that crazy after all.

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  12. 2011 April 15

    Yes this certainly “sounds” like a “great” piece of “art.”

    I’ll be “calling” you “with” a reasonable “offer.”

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  13. 2011 April 15
    Innana permalink

    Aha,the lost Charlotte Perkins Gilman painting!

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lola permalink

      This would go beautifully with Yellow Wallpaper, wouldn’t it?

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  14. 2011 April 15

    [corey]
    I’ve always found it interesting and sad how most people who have a lot of paranormal experiences also exhibit all the warning signs of moderate schizophrenia. But, should you tell one of these people that they need to seek some help, they tend to freak out on you. Schizophrenia is one of those nasty little disorders that way, it convinces the afflicted that everything they are experiencing is entirely real, which generally prevents them from realizing the need for medication.

    No idea why I thought of that today.
    [/corey]

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    • 2011 April 15
      SpaceBug permalink

      I have no idea why you thought of that either, and that goes for you too, TM

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      • 2011 April 15

        Neither I nor myself have any idea as to why y’all* thought of that either.

        *Note carefully that y’all is second person plural.

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  15. 2011 April 15

    Close encounters of a “Different” kind.

    dun
    dun dun dun

    dun

    (Close up of Richard Dreyfus painting some lillies using mashed potatoes and brussels sprouts)

    Richard sobbing, “I guess you’ve noticed something a little strange with Dad, I can’t describe it, this…means something.”

    Kids in unison, “Yes Dad, you forgot your meds again.”

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      I think Richard Dreyfus is always off his meds

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  16. 2011 April 15

    :delivers extra-large barrel of Punctuation Nation™ Quotation Marks to Snark Lounge:

    We’re gonna need these today.

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  17. 2011 April 15
    Lara permalink

    They are, however, “there” sometimes and other times they’re not…

    Kind of like your quotation marks?

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  18. 2011 April 15
    Lara permalink

    I know the difference between staring at clouds in the sky and “seeing” different shapes that your imagination
    can turn into faces, animals, etc.

    I would like to know if the sun was out the last time Sparky did this. Sparky may have said “oooo, a shiny ball in the sky” and now he sees images in lilies.

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  19. 2011 April 15
    Innana permalink

    This sounds like a movie I saw once with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer….
    “The painting has a face in it!”
    “No, darleeng — zare is no face! Show me!”
    “Wh- what— there WAS one! I swear! When the gaslight was dim…”
    “You must stop imagining zis, my dear.” (aside – “heh, heh, heh”)

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      Ok, I have a crush on you now. Gaslight is awesome.

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      • 2011 April 15
        Innana permalink

        Another story comes to mind — a Night Gallery pilot, where Roddy McDowall changes paintings on a wall to make it look like a body is coming from its grave to kill a man, so the viewer died of a heart attack.

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        • 2011 April 16
          Lara permalink

          I saw that one! These similarities are just starting to creep me out.

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lola permalink

      Not only is it awesome, I’ve seen it used as a verb, e.g., so-and-so was gaslighting someone in their relationship.

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      • 2011 April 15
        Lara permalink

        That is fantastic!

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        • 2011 April 15
          Lola permalink

          Someone being gaslighted might beg to differ! 8)

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        • 2011 April 15
          Innana permalink

          Or beg for mercy.

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        • 2011 April 16
          Lara permalink

          I definitely meant using it in a conversation, not actually doing it.

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  20. 2011 April 15

    [kinda corey] It’s been a while since I’ve done any painting, but I don’t think watercolors (or “Water Color”) are used on canvas. Silva or one of the artier folks would probably know for sure. [kinda corey]

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    • 2011 April 15
      Lara permalink

      I was also interested in how it was a print and yet they wanted to show where the artist had stopped painting on the canvas with water colors.

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      • 2011 April 15

        I don’t think Sparky knows the difference between an original painting and a print.

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        • 2011 April 15
          Lara permalink

          Or his ass and a hole in the ground

          Adores: 16
        • 2011 April 15

          The llama-derp is psychic!

          I was thinking the same thing but time ran out before I could add it.

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        • 2011 April 15

          How could he, when both his head and other people’s feet go into both?

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    • 2011 April 15
      SilvaNoir permalink

      Late reply, sorry- but no, Watercolors are not used on canvas. Acrylic and Oils go on canvas, Watercolor goes on papers and boards (and by that I mean thick kinds of paper, not wood).

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    • 2011 April 15
      nonsensicalcat permalink

      Okay, so I am totally abnormal, but I paint with watercolors often, and I do on occasion paint with watercolors on canvas. No, it is not a normal thing to do, and I doubt that you can buy many watercolor-on-canvas paintings.
      But it is possible.

      If you’re nonsensical like me 🙂

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      • 2011 April 15
        SilvaNoir permalink

        I like to paint conch and clam shells with watercolors. It brings out the texture of the shell, much like staining wood instead of painting it.

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        • 2011 April 16
          nonsensicalcat permalink

          I think the real reason I paint with watercolors is that I don’t have patience for oils. I want to just put down a punch of water and a little paint and have my whole area covered.

          Adores: 0
  21. 2011 April 15
    Lara permalink

    I’m getting an ad for an art studio called “The Third Benjamin.” It looks like a Chinese character but its not. It’s not Mr. Moto. He was a racist character.

    Adores: 2
  22. 2011 April 15
    Lara permalink

    Through the years, guests also have seen these “hidden pictures” within the obvious
    main one.

    He got an issue of Highlights magazine

    Adores: 9
  23. 2011 April 15

    Welp. Looks like the threshold for needing a Ghostbuster’s II tag has been crossed. “Viggo!”

    Oh, and I kinda liked the thing this guy did with the counter oriented chevron thing with the wedges, you know, >>>>>
    <<<<<<<<<

    It made me see an avatar-like scene on a military base from an aerial perspective. And I know the difference between your run of the mill seeing things because I drank too much last night and legit things. This is legit. I drank too much last night, but…

    Adores: 3
  24. 2011 April 15
    Windrose permalink

    Late to the party, but still not seeing any– wait, wait! I see a huge undisclosed pecil! Oh, sorry, it was just a “moth.”

    Adores: 1
  25. 2011 April 15
    Bianchi Sound permalink

    Hold on, I can help. I speak [location]-ese. You have to take out all of the extra words. You know, the stuff that’s not in the quotation marks. Let’s see. That leaves:

    DIFFERENT rolled up [place] raw edges raw edges in person images face something something hidden pictures Water Color there change got what creep out seeing different.

    There. That’s better.

    Adores: 7
    • 2011 April 15
      LimeLolly permalink

      Wait… I know the answer to this. Is it The Shroud of Turin ?

      Adores: 1
  26. 2011 April 15

    (Psssst! Windy! In the box! It should say “not to scale”!)

    What? There’s nothing here. Carry on.

    Adores: 2
    • 2011 April 15

      I’ve been travel-sized for the box’s convenience 8)

      Adores: 4
      • 2011 April 15

        Yes, but it currently says “note to scale” :-p

        Adores: 1
        • 2011 April 15

          Maybe Scale doesn’t have e-mail.

          Adores: 5
        • 2011 April 15

          Fixed! I’ll dock Windy’s pay for today. Let’s see — what’s $0 minus $0? Oh right, negative eleventeen.

          Adores: 9
        • 2011 April 15

          Hey, Windy! You owe the Llamanun (BBUH) the llama equivalent of birdseed!

          Adores: 5
        • 2011 April 15
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          I think Windy should pay 3 obo’s. That sounds reasonable for this week anyway.

          Adores: 2
        • 2011 April 15
          Windrose permalink

          Thank you for not shouting at me, ma’am. And not firing me. 8) The hay will be in the mail.

          Adores: 5
        • 2011 April 15

          Note to scale: F major.

          Adores: 6
    • 2011 April 15

      I understood Windy perfectly. Her “keyboard” was “haunted” by “images” so she threw in the extra “e” to ward off the “crazies.”

      Adores: 8
      • 2011 April 15
        Windrose permalink

        Or possibly I was having a musical episode. “Note” to “scale.” 8)

        Adores: 5
        • 2011 April 15

          Why didn’t I read this before replying up there like a moron?

          Adores: 0
        • 2011 April 15

          We get to have a musical episode!?
          Does that mean we all get to sing the theme song?

          Adores: 5
        • 2011 April 15

          Ooh, ooh! I can sing the notes nobody else is singing!

          Adores: 4
  27. 2011 April 15

    No, I’m sorry, this is obviously two shrimp balancing the Eiffel Tower on their heads while two crabs fan them with palm fronds.

    OK, I don’t know if I should be creeped out or inordinately proud. I looked at that picture, and thought to myself, “Huh. That looks like the Eiffel Tower. And some shrimp.” And then I read Llamanun’s commentary, and went like this.

    Adores: 6
    • 2011 April 15
      CapnMac permalink

      Well, to continue the geek, I saw that image and immediately copied to my textures file under wallpapers.

      When rendering thins in AutoCAD you often need a photographer’s “drape.” Such images can be ideal, blown up to ginourmous proportion. Or for dealing with customers you think are likely to run off with your not-quite-paid-for IP . . .

      Adores: 0
    • 2011 April 15

      The only difference is that I thought it was a pair of seahorses kissing, and Little Mermaid-style crabs shading them all romantic-like.

      Adores: 2
      • 2011 April 16
        Addicted Reader permalink

        I saw seahorses too.

        Adores: 0
  28. 2011 April 15
    CoffDrop permalink

    I see by the reflection that he took the pictures of the painting while in the nude. His wife must be a happy woman……..

    Adores: 3
    • 2011 April 15

      I’m not getting reflectoporn from that … are you sure?

      Adores: 1
      • 2011 April 15

        I think he’s seeing one of the haunted images! If that’s the case, this Sparky should really market this painting to lonely women…

        Adores: 3
      • 2011 April 15
        CoffDrop permalink

        Stand a little to the left and squint your right eye just a bit……..

        Adores: 1
        • 2011 April 15
          Innana permalink

          Perhaps eef I turn up ze Gaslight??

          Adores: 3
      • 2011 April 15

        :squints:

        :tilts head:

        :does handstand:

        I can never see the pecil sailboat in these things!

        Adores: 5
      • 2011 April 15
        CoffDrop permalink

        Perhaps y’all are just dehydrated…..

        :passes Llamanun (BBUH) a large antique-looking buckeye
        pottery jug, stoppered by a quarter piece of dried corncob:

        Adores: 0
        • 2011 April 15
          Innana permalink

          So THAT’s what they mean when they toast with “Here’s how!”

          Adores: 1
        • 2011 April 15

          So it’s “Stand to the left, and squint to the right”?

          I’ve been doing the “Timewarp” wrong for years.

          Adores: 2
  29. 2011 April 15

    Where have all the Lilies gone
    By: Pete “Chicago” Seeger


    Where have all the lilies gone?
    LSD I’m guessing
    Where have all the lilies gone?
    25 or 6 to 4

    Where have all the lilies gone?
    Should I try to do some more?
    When will Sparky ever learn?
    When will Sparky ever learn?

    Adores: 8
  30. 2011 April 15
    Ziaheart permalink

    “this print will be one of you favorites!”

    Now I’m torn. Favorite is an awesome last name! But I don’t want that painting to be one of my relatives.

    Adores: 0
    • 2011 April 15

      I don’t think I could make that sort of commitment to a decorative accent.
      Maybe a major appliance or a really good down duvet.

      Adores: 1
  31. 2011 April 15
    Addicted Reader permalink

    I am very “sorry” that I don’t have “time” to read all of the “comments” today. I’ll “see” you guys “over” the weekend.

    Adores: 3
  32. 2011 April 15
    SpaceBug permalink

    >>>>>>>>>>>>A “DIFFERENT” kind of Limerick<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    I'm Sparkles McCraigslist, I'm selling a bit.
    This treasure of mine will become your favorite.
    Staring at clouds.
    Gets you aroused?
    I'll describe it for you, please stay here and sit.

    Brushed silver frame and canvas exposed.
    Pictures appear, that can't be disclosed.
    My wife cannot see.
    These pictures that be.
    But trust me they're there, see how they're posed?

    The reason's a mystery and please don't "creep out".
    Haunted imagery can make some people shout.
    And when they appear.
    You'll see them so clear.
    This print took great talent, of that I've no doubt.

    There are wombats and badgers and shoulder knees.
    And glittery deer feet and trucks full of bees.
    The wombat thus stated.
    Been emasculated.
    They're all right in there, behind those big lillies.

    That there hawk in the corner, he teleports.
    A minty green shell, shiny things of all sorts.
    And just juxtaposed
    Near reflection unclothed
    Bea Arthur is there, but she's wearing quartz.

    This green foliage motif's my favorite vice.
    We keep a clean house and I swear there's no lice.
    A tremendous discount.
    We paid twice this amount.
    I'm big time downsizing and must sacrifice.

    Adores: 7
  33. 2011 April 16
    Windrose permalink

    Ghostcat, note to scale Punchity Punch Punch!

    G’Night, Tucson!

    Adores: 0
  34. 2011 April 16
    Tammy permalink

    “there have been other images appear that I’d rather not disclose”

    Disclose them anyway! I want to know the depth of the craziness your saintly wife is actually dealing with.

    Adores: 3
  35. 2011 April 17
    screamer permalink

    I see it. I see it. It’s a Not.A.Lion!!!!

    Adores: 1
  36. 2013 June 30
    HamCan permalink

    *HAUNTED? – $50

    What a co-inky-dink, all my $50 are haunted too!
    They keep disappearing *POOF?

    Adores: 3
  37. 2013 June 30
    One Moving Violation permalink

    I see what sparky sees. I see a jester in the top picture. I see a kitty cat in the lower picture. I see a ghost in the picture on the right.I’m sure I’m not bat-shit crazy. So if you are insinuating that I’m off my chum for seeing “jester”,”ghost”,”cat”, or the semi existence of this painted print, then I’ll have to ask you to listen to “this”.

    Disclaimer: “This” is no longer available through “this” offer. “This” can be constructed using a standard keyboard and some ectoplasm.

    T”hi”s “this” th”is” t”his” th”i”s

    Adores: 2
    • 2013 June 30

      I’m not sure I can take the word of a homeless person.

      Adores: 2
      • 2013 June 30
        nojazzhere permalink

        Shhh!…Windrose! Don’t say anything to provoke O.M.V. When an “Un-sheltered al fresco citizen” (preferred term) says ” I’m sure I’m not bat-shit crazy”, that’s certain confirmation that they are “bat-shit crazy”!!!!! Just give him whatever change you have in your pocket and slowly step back and away. Every “U-S A.F.C.” I’ve ever encountered has been B-S.C…. O.M.V…can I offer you a jin’nin tahn-i’que to beverage upon? Tomorrow will be a brighter day!!!!!

        Adores: 4
        • 2013 July 1
          One Moving Violation permalink

          I already drank my late night snack, but I can save that for later.

          Adores: 0
      • 2013 July 1
        One Moving Violation permalink

        Yes you can. Take “this”. “This” is for you.

        Adores: 1
        • 2013 July 1

          Thank you. I think. “This” is more than I expected.

          Adores: 0
  38. 2013 July 1

    Lost: One mind. I think it melted. Has feathers all over it.

    Hammy: You were in the box on Sunday. For this comment:

    http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=6503#comment-148014

    Punchity Punch Punch! (Yeah, I have trouble thinking outside the box sometimes.)

    Good Morning, All ye who enter here!

    Adores: 0

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