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Old 04-15-2010, 12:50 PM   #21
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Boston's The Big Picture is fantastic as always.


The Icelandic language is awesome BTW it looks like someone mashed a keyboard.

Eyjafjallajökull volcano and Eyjafjalla glacier.

I would honestly would have no clue as how to come even close to pronouncing that.

FYI, Eyjafjallajökull means "island mountain glacier."

The Icelandic language is also.... sort of literal, in practice.
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Serious: Awesome pics

Not serious: I'm glad Sam and Frodo finally made it to Mount Doom

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jesus christ that's a huge mic. i thought he was interviewing people with a dead cat at first
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Old 04-18-2010, 12:06 PM   #24
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My bro's buddy's helicopter takes up ABC news:

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/helicopter-...ry?id=10404702

But this is the best part, under comments below this article is this idiots comment:

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Something must be done. These are modern times, not the Middle Ages. Our technology can't possibly be at the mercy of volcanic dust. People are inconvenienced, business is disrupted, international relations are compromised, all because of some geologic event? It is amazing that people are just laying down and taking this while our government does absolutely zip. What is the world supposed to do, just wait months, possibly years, until this ends? The whole situation is ludicrous and totally unacceptable.

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But this is the best part, under comments below this article is this idiots comment:

LOL!

Awesome. The Icelandic government should just turn that lava tap off, and shut down the ash factory while re-directing the wind masters to stop blowing the stuff over Europe.

Or blame Bush, or the Illuminati, or the Free Masons...which ever one of em is behind this act of terrorism.
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Old 04-18-2010, 04:00 PM   #26
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Too bad - the video was removed.
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Old 04-18-2010, 05:06 PM   #27
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Too bad - the video was removed.
He has the original one but with music, you can see it here:

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LOL!

Awesome. The Icelandic government should just turn that lava tap off, and shut down the ash factory while re-directing the wind masters to stop blowing the stuff over Europe.

Or blame Bush, or the Illuminati, or the Free Masons...which ever one of em is behind this act of terrorism.
We laugh, but people really are blaming Iceland for this.

And others are taking it in stride. Apparently one joke making the rounds in the UK right now is: "Can't you Icelanders read? We said SEND CASH!"
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The best part of that comment is the person's name: phdinresidence

Whatever school the person is going to should revoke his degree...unless it's a degree in sarcasm.
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Amazing footage Thor. Also, "Can't you Icelanders read? We said SEND CASH!" is bloody hilarious.
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In breaking news, the cloud has crossed the Atlantic and is threatening Nova Scotia.
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I would honestly would have no clue as how to come even close to pronouncing that.
It's worse than I thought.

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In breaking news, the cloud has crossed the Atlantic and is threatening Nova Scotia.
Sounds like an "On The Beach" moment.

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Sounds like an "On The Beach" moment.

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I was kinda thinking about that last night.

One of the best cold war movies ever made.
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Old 04-19-2010, 12:13 PM   #36
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More amazing pictures.



http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...llajokull.html
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This image is insane!

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jesus christ that's a huge mic. i thought he was interviewing people with a dead cat at first
Funny thing is there actually is a windscreen called a dead cat.

http://rodemic.com/accessory.php?product=DeadCat
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I'm currently in Helsinki and scheduled to fly to London tomorrow afternoon. What I just read seems to suggest most of Europe will open up tomorrow, but Finland will remain closed. That sucks for me since I'll probably miss my flight home from the UK on Wednesday.
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How does the CO2 and other crap pumped into the air with this compare to industrial sites such as oilsands. I don't want to turn it into that stupid oilsands are harmless argument, just curious.
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