Showing posts with label Gal-141. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gal-141. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Nope

 

If you saw this slide image and thought "The Colosseum, in Rome."

Nope.

It's Arles Amphitheatre (in Arles, France)

And I think this is the photographer's location.

Bonus - The Pastry A.I. That Learned to Fight Cancer

In Japan, a system designed to distinguish croissants from bear claws has turned out to be capable of a whole lot more

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Quite Armless

 

Tedious, cultural AND punny.

Today's slide is... this.

Only info on the side was "Toulouse". Thanks.

However

Bonus - 

Ah, yes. I recognise...

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

The Haggerty's Cultural Trip to Europe

 

Imagine the scene. The Haggerty family return from their three-week tour of Europe, and invite all their friends and neighbours to see the slides of what they saw.

And there's four hours of .... this. 

Agony.

I'm sure you'll recognise the work of Georges Rouget (1784 1869), and more precisely "Cupid Pleading Venus to Forgive Psyche" (1827).

Bonus - Logan Paul, an American YouTube personality, purchased a rare ‘Bumblebee’ 0N1 Force NFT for $623,000 back in 2021. Today, it’s worth $10.

Thursday, 6 April 2023

Thank You for Choosing To Travel With...


 Diego Garcia's Super Mega-Luxury First Class AutoBus Experience.

The only bus service in Santa Garnita that hasn't been convicted of grave-robbery.

Bonus -  Oh, Nostalgia.

I remember buying this on 7" vinyl from Bruce Millers, on Loch Street, Aberdeen.



Wednesday, 5 April 2023

Statue of some dude.

 

From a monumentally dull set of slides, marked "Cultural Trips To Europe".  And it was full of art, and architecture, and scenery and ... yawn.

Before you start decoding the clues in this sculpture, let me just say "Achilles Innocenzo Ferito Fraccaroli 1805-82 Milan "  was written on the slide.   So that answers the obvious question.

Bonus - sorry. can't be bothered

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

The Young Sophocles

 

The slide was marked "donaghue 1858-1903 chicago", which immediately confirmed my theory that this is The Young Sophocles, by John Talbott Donoghue.

Still pretty tedious.

Bonus - Smokers are 60%-80% more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and also more likely to die from the disease compared with those who have never smoked, study finds.

Bonus 2


Tuesday, 26 January 2021

The Result of "NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY"

 

Many many tourist attractions have signs saying"No Flash Photography", to reduce the amount of annoyance to other visitor, but still some people think that their camera will produce a masterpiece, even in the absence of light.

This slide one the result. Allegedly of Toulouse Cathedral, it could actually be almost anything....anywhere.

Bonus - Willem Dafoe Skewers Method Acting in 'Shadow of the Vampire'

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