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Title: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on August 27, 2021, 10:36:39 AM
This is a copy of the painting that hangs in the Addams Family house.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on August 27, 2021, 10:56:51 AM
This is a copy of the painting that hangs in the Addams Family house.
Gomez approves!

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 04, 2021, 12:56:10 PM
Ok. I admit it. I may have over estimated the number of fellow giraffe-sighting enthusiasts -  the so-called "longnecks" -  present in this forum. We are forever and  always outnumbered by the rednecks, the leathernecks, and the infamous rubberneckers. Such is our lot.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 04, 2021, 01:19:02 PM
Ok. I admit it. I may have over estimated the number of fellow giraffe-sighting enthusiasts -  the so-called "longnecks" -  present in this forum. We are forever and  always outnumbered by the rednecks, the leathernecks, and the infamous rubberneckers. Such is our lot.
Actually I think this is a fantastic thread. I do! For my fourth birthday my mom took all us kids to the Vancouver zoo and that day I knew, I was an unapologetic 'Giraffe Guy/kid'

There was a lady hunter a few years back that thought she was real special when she killed one of these wonderous creatures in Africa. She had her picture with her foot on the dead and fully grounded body. I would have great and unfortunate plans for her should I be given the chance, to..

No, I like giraffes! I'm a giraffe guy.  :)


NOTE: This post may seem a tad, off, given that I am currently a Lion! But know this - I am a nice lion. Look at me.  :)
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: sean92008 on September 04, 2021, 01:30:46 PM
The Good Place...

Lots of giraffes.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: whoozit on September 04, 2021, 01:40:46 PM
I am a huge fan of short-necked giraffes and short-nosed elephants.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: PB on September 04, 2021, 01:46:22 PM
... There was a lady hunter a few years back that thought she was real special when she killed one of these wonderous creatures in Africa. She had her picture with her foot on the dead and fully grounded body. I would have great and unfortunate plans for her should I be given the chance, to...

I remember that.  Sickening.  There is no reason for anyone to be hunting anymore. 
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 04, 2021, 02:21:37 PM
I am a huge fan of short-necked giraffes and short-nosed elephants.
ENOUGH WITH THE JOKES!  Like giraffes or don't but do not bring your Don knotts shtick in here!
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 04, 2021, 02:35:59 PM
There is no reason for anyone to be hunting anymore.
Big game and sport hunting, yes. That was very California of you.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 04, 2021, 03:48:59 PM
My giraffe-like heart beats anew! : :D (As long as that aforementioned huntress doesn't pierce it. :(  )

That was a difficult photo, rivaled by the one of the little girl who had been taken giraffe hunting. They justified the kill  by pointing out how long the meat would feed the locals and that the giraffe had been terrorizing the area.

The selfie by the carcass caused death threats. The adults were stunned. Don't all parents take their little girls giraffe hunting? How is that any different than a deer?

Well. At least I understand their logic regarding it being used as food. The bodies of that little girl and all involved with the "hunt" could feed a lion for days.  And that would be just great. 
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on September 04, 2021, 04:04:56 PM
My giraffe-like heart beats anew! : :D ...The bodies of that little girl and all involved with the "hunt" could feed a lion for days...
Now you‘ve gone and done it.  You’ve got Jorch all excited.

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: PB on September 04, 2021, 06:35:37 PM
Big game and sport hunting, yes. That was very California of you.

Maybe, but I grew up in rural eastern Washington State.  Most families had at least one person who hunted, most of the dogs at least in my neighborhood were hunting dogs (trained to either retrieve ducks or flush pheasants and quail).  If there were dogs that would chase down and kill deer and elk, I'm sure people would have had those too.

It's disgusting.  Moving here did not change my views.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 05, 2021, 09:06:39 PM
Maybe, but I grew up in rural eastern Washington State.  Most families had at least one person who hunted, most of the dogs at least in my neighborhood were hunting dogs (trained to either retrieve ducks or flush pheasants and quail).  If there were dogs that would chase down and kill deer and elk, I'm sure people would have had those too.

It's disgusting.  Moving here did not change my views.
Tiger Lady would approve.


There is an entirely different thread for this discussion but who has the time for that. Soo many other pressing issues that require immediate attention. "After all, we've got a country to save"
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 08, 2021, 12:13:09 PM
This commercial is not on YouTube yet, but can be seen at the tvcommercialad link.

The guy wakes up after dreaming about Crazy Calzony. Associate informs him, "You also said some crazy sfuff about giraffes."

I started this topic because giraffe sightings have been on the increase. I can only rarely turn on the television and not see one. It has become an enjoyable game. Like playing Slug Bug as a kid.  (and IBM Selectrics have apparently gone into hiding.)

But even while amusing, I gotta admit, when I heard the commercial, I did a double take. Or wanted to. It was over so fast I had to find it on the web just to verify what I thought I had heard. And when I did verify it, it felt as if a g______ had walked over my grave.

In The Matrix, Neo was informed to follow the White Rabbit.

Perhaps it is time I follow The Giraffe.

Heh heh.

https://www.tvcommercialad.com/tvc/little-caesars-pizza-crazy-calzony-tv-commercial-ad-2021-keep-dreaming (https://www.tvcommercialad.com/tvc/little-caesars-pizza-crazy-calzony-tv-commercial-ad-2021-keep-dreaming)
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: whoozit on September 08, 2021, 04:30:20 PM
Okapi are known as forest giraffes or as I like to call them, short-necked giraffes.  I will keep my eyes peeled for any references to them.  I will also post a picture of a short-nosed elephant my daughter made for me once I decide to drag my butt back to my work office which I haven’t seen in more than 18 months.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 08, 2021, 04:34:11 PM
What are the rules here in this thread? I have a totally obnoxious Giraffe story but I didn't see it personally.  Does that fit in or not?
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 08, 2021, 04:54:30 PM
What are the rules here in this thread? I have a totally obnoxious Giraffe story but I didn't see it personally.  Does that fit in or not?

The IBM Selectric sightings thread evolved into the subject of typewriters in general.

I'm good with a giraffe story in itself being a  sighting, even if secondhand ( AKA giraffe hearsay ), tattoo sightings, bad day at the zoo sightings... Cloud sightings. A giraffe joke off Bob Newhart...., statues. Shirts. Mugs. Rubber stamps. The son of a guns are everywhere.

A minor jackpot will be if Noory or his guest suddenly talks about giraffes.

( I don't listen to C2C much these nights, so I would appreciate someone posting if that does happen.  I can easily  imagine George.

"How about those giraffes? They have really long necks. I mean, really long. Don't they?" )
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 08, 2021, 06:45:32 PM
The IBM Selectric sightings thread evolved into the subject of typewriters in general.

I'm good with a giraffe story in itself being a  sighting, even if secondhand ( AKA giraffe hearsay ), tattoo sightings, bad day at the zoo sightings... Cloud sightings. A giraffe joke off Bob Newhart...., statues. Shirts. Mugs. Rubber stamps. The son of a guns are everywhere.

A minor jackpot will be if Noory or his guest suddenly talks about giraffes.

( I don't listen to C2C much these nights, so I would appreciate someone posting if that does happen.  I can easily  imagine George.

"How about those giraffes? They have really long necks. I mean, really long. Don't they?" )
Your new rules allow for breathing room.

BEHOLD
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: PB on September 08, 2021, 06:45:38 PM
... ( I don't listen to C2C much these nights, so I would appreciate someone posting if that does happen.  I can easily  imagine George.

"How about those giraffes? They have really long necks. I mean, really long. Don't they?" )

George can't pronounce giraffe.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: PB on September 08, 2021, 06:53:03 PM
Hey, wait a minute.  I once fed giraffes at Marine World (now sadly renamed Six Flags Discovery Kingdom).

From a wooden platform, handing out leaves to deserving giraffes, it may have been the highlight of my zoo-going career.  Just before playing soccer that day with an elephant pup (calf?), but after the butterfly habitat.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on September 08, 2021, 06:58:10 PM
Jorch - “Remember that TV show with that Merlin Parkins guy, Tommee?”

Tommee - “You mean Wild Kingdom?”

Jorch - “That might be it!  I remember it was sponsored by Mutual of Omaha Steaks or sumptheen.   I use to like watching those lions pounce on those giraffes, when I wuz a kid.”

Tommee - “Were you a mean kid, George?”

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 08, 2021, 07:08:12 PM
The IBM Selectric sightings thread evolved into the subject of typewriters in general.

I'm good with a giraffe story in itself being a  sighting, even if secondhand ( AKA giraffe hearsay ), tattoo sightings, bad day at the zoo sightings... Cloud sightings. A giraffe joke off Bob Newhart...., statues. Shirts. Mugs. Rubber stamps. The son of a guns are everywhere.

A minor jackpot will be if Noory or his guest suddenly talks about giraffes.

( I don't listen to C2C much these nights, so I would appreciate someone posting if that does happen.  I can easily  imagine George.

"How about those giraffes? They have really long necks. I mean, really long. Don't they?" )

Well okay then we'll go with it. The Detroit Zoo isn't actually in the City of Detroit, it is in Royal Oak which is about two miles north of Detroit. The pen for the giraffes is rather unique in that it has an Egyptian theme with ancient Egyptian style drawings of animals, hieroglyphics and Pharaohs overlooking the action:
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Years and years ago when I first started working, I had an older co-worker and I got to talking with him. He always seemed like the uptight type and he looked rather like Michael Douglas in Falling Down. White, short sleeved shirt, tie, brush cut - the whole "failure is not a option" kind of 60's NASA vibe. He asked me where I was from and after chatting a bit we established that we were both from the Detroit area. Somehow the conversation came around to which hospital I was born at. After I told him, he said "That was is a nice place. I woke up there after being in a coma for three days once. Tried to jump a couple of Studebakers on my motorcycle and didn't make it". At which point I decided that he was a wild man.

So I explored this a bit in the time to come. Got him talking some more this one time and learned that he used to live about two blocks from the Detroit Zoo as a kid. So of course he knew how to sneak in after closing and he'd cook around the Zoo exploring some. This one time, him and his buddies got into some booze and got hammered. They then snuck into the Zoo and climbed up on that Pharaoh enclosure shown in the picture. They then started whipping lit firecrackers at the giraffes.  As you can imagine, giraffes don't take to kindly to fire crackers exploding around them so they stampeded. Which of course got the guards attention and they got chased but the guy was fat and they were able to leg it over to Rackham Golf Course next door. The cops showed up and were using the spot lights on their cruisers to try an nab them but eventually gave up as the lads had dug into the sand traps and hid themselves pretty well.

About the only giraffe story I have.

Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: TigerLily on September 08, 2021, 10:30:59 PM

The moment I've been waiting for. @Walks_At_Night  and @Camazotz Automat  sharing stories. Giraffes a bonus
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: GravitySucks on September 08, 2021, 11:52:03 PM
These giraffe statues are in Rockville Maryland. They are tucked into a courtyard between two buildings in a research park. They used to be in a more public area somewhere in DC if I understand the story correctly but someone complained about the testicles. So they were relocated here.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 09, 2021, 12:12:23 PM
Well okay then we'll go with it. The Detroit Zoo isn't actually in the City of Detroit, it is in Royal Oak which is about two miles north of Detroit. The pen for the giraffes is rather unique in that it has an Egyptian theme with ancient Egyptian style drawings of animals, hieroglyphics and Pharaohs overlooking the action:
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Years and years ago when I first started working, I had an older co-worker and I got to talking with him. He always seemed like the uptight type and he looked rather like Michael Douglas in Falling Down. White, short sleeved shirt, tie, brush cut - the whole "failure is not a option" kind of 60's NASA vibe. He asked me where I was from and after chatting a bit we established that we were both from the Detroit area. Somehow the conversation came around to which hospital I was born at. After I told him, he said "That was is a nice place. I woke up there after being in a coma for three days once. Tried to jump a couple of Studebakers on my motorcycle and didn't make it". At which point I decided that he was a wild man.

So I explored this a bit in the time to come. Got him talking some more this one time and learned that he used to live about two blocks from the Detroit Zoo as a kid. So of course he knew how to sneak in after closing and he'd cook around the Zoo exploring some. This one time, him and his buddies got into some booze and got hammered. They then snuck into the Zoo and climbed up on that Pharaoh enclosure shown in the picture. They then started whipping lit firecrackers at the giraffes.  As you can imagine, giraffes don't take to kindly to fire crackers exploding around them so they stampeded. Which of course got the guards attention and they got chased but the guy was fat and they were able to leg it over to Rackham Golf Course next door. The cops showed up and were using the spot lights on their cruisers to try an nab them but eventually gave up as the lads had dug into the sand traps and hid themselves pretty well.

About the only giraffe story I have.

Yep. Definitely glad we are now using a more inclusive definition of "giraffe sightings." Hahaha.

The surreal Egyptian factor is worth the price of admission alone.

I will respond to the other posts of giraffe coolness when I am a free man again.

The Tuesday black/new moon has left several residual crisis situations.

I kid. I think.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Jayzelady on September 09, 2021, 12:13:46 PM
Our giraffe story is a sad one. 😢 He was named for LSU’s Joe Burrow.

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https://www.wbrz.com/news/baton-rouge-zoo-announces-death-of-burreaux-the-giraffe
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on September 09, 2021, 12:22:23 PM
Our giraffe story is a sad one. 😢 He was named for LSU’s Joe Burrow.

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https://www.wbrz.com/news/baton-rouge-zoo-announces-death-of-burreaux-the-giraffe
“Zoo staff said the animal had recently developed a cough...”

Gads, struck down by Corona Coof?
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 09, 2021, 12:27:44 PM
“Zoo staff said the animal had recently developed a cough...”

Gads, struck down by Corona Coof?

Not impossible. The Zoos have been jabbing the high dollar critters:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/us/zoo-animal-covid-vaccine-trnd/index.html
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on September 09, 2021, 12:30:33 PM
Not impossible. The Zoos have been jabbing the high dollar critters:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/us/zoo-animal-covid-vaccine-trnd/index.html
This critter looks like he’s having a great time.

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 09, 2021, 01:23:04 PM
This critter looks like he’s having a great time.

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What is that? A weasel? So much for high dollar assets! I was under the impression it for the big dollar guys but I guess not.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on September 09, 2021, 01:32:31 PM
What is that? A weasel? So much for high dollar assets! I was under the impression it for the big dollar guys but I guess not.
Yep, that’s what the caption says.  It’s probably just a D.C. politician that made a wrong turn.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Jayzelady on September 09, 2021, 02:44:46 PM
Not impossible. The Zoos have been jabbing the high dollar critters:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/us/zoo-animal-covid-vaccine-trnd/index.html

Not sure about the zoo critters, but LSU’s mascot, Mike the Tiger, got his shots!
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 09, 2021, 03:29:25 PM
Not sure about the zoo critters, but LSU’s mascot, Mike the Tiger, got his shots!

Poor Mike. Hope he doesn't end up with liver cancer.........
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 10, 2021, 09:09:19 PM
Your new rules allow for breathing room.

BEHOLD


@KSM
Greatness.

I couldn't help but notice that Jerome the  giraffe has a good radio talk show host voice.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 10, 2021, 09:13:46 PM
Julia Roberts has a bit of a giraffe thing goin' on. Kinda..  yeah?  #PrettyGiraffeWoman

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 10, 2021, 09:18:32 PM
@KSM
Greatness.

I couldn't help but notice that Jerome the  giraffe has a good radio talk show host voice.
know what, I never thought of that! But now that you point it out..  yep!
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 13, 2021, 06:09:55 AM
Jorch - “Remember that TV show with that Merlin Parkins guy, Tommee?”

Tommee - “You mean Wild Kingdom?”

Jorch - “That might be it!  I remember it was sponsored by Mutual of Omaha Steaks or sumptheen.   I use to like watching those lions pounce on those giraffes, when I wuz a kid.”

Tommee - “Were you a mean kid, George?”

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@ItsOver

If Norway sported white hair and the right uniform, he could effect a fair imitation of Perkins for Halloween! Heh heh
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: whoozit on September 13, 2021, 06:18:05 AM
I worked for Geoffrey the giraffe back in the day and all I can say is I’m glad he went out of business.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 13, 2021, 06:19:53 AM
I worked for Geoffrey the giraffe back in the day and all I can say is I’m glad he went out of business.

That must have been pure hell............
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: whoozit on September 13, 2021, 06:25:51 AM
That must have been pure hell............
He was a cruel taskmaster.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 13, 2021, 06:27:14 AM
That must have been pure hell............

Hell is other people working for Geoffrey the Giraffe.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on September 13, 2021, 09:26:01 AM
Hell is other people working for Geoffrey the Giraffe.
Heh, heh, heh...

 
   

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 15, 2021, 04:42:14 AM
Heh, heh, heh...

 
     


Heh heh. I would like to see Geoffrey wear a yellow and black suit like Bruce Lee in Game of Death.

What great clean talented vocals Benatar had.


Then I see/hear Billie Eilish and I want to break something with a hammer. Not quite the same level as Jonas Brothers Repulsion, but in the  same non-Amusement Park.

I am determined to spot a giraffe today. I don't care if it is a small statue in the set decoration of a movie, or mentioned in a book, or on the back of a cereal box


Im on a mission.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Robert on September 15, 2021, 07:33:41 PM
Have you noticed the one in the video ad for Dial soap on their YouTube channel?
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 15, 2021, 09:08:23 PM
I am determined to spot a giraffe today. I don't care if it is a small statue in the set decoration of a movie, or mentioned in a book, or on the back of a cereal box


Im on a mission.

...the clock is ticking...
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 15, 2021, 09:39:59 PM
...the clock is ticking...

This is disturbing. At 11:30 PM, I clicked on this topic, to see what you posted.

I have the television's sound down. It is on COMET, an X-Files  episode.

Before I could read your comment, I looked up and a giraffe is on the screen...it is an advertisement tease for the drama series 9-1-1. Some kind of zoo emergency.

I can't believe it.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 16, 2021, 08:59:24 PM
Spotted this one:
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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 16, 2021, 10:51:32 PM
Spotted this one:
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So now we're just doing giraffe searches? C'mon dude - ya' betta' den'dat!


I LIKE UFO'S AND I LOVE GIRAFFES. I WANT TO SEE THEM TOGETHER!  Let's meld
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: PB on September 17, 2021, 12:40:26 AM
Hey, I know her!

Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 17, 2021, 03:45:57 AM
So now we're just doing giraffe searches? C'mon dude - ya' betta' den'dat!


I suppose I should have been more clear - she shows up in my clickacy so I gave her a little click-a-roo:
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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 20, 2021, 05:42:32 PM
OCT issue of Scientific American arrived today and had this full page ad.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on September 20, 2021, 05:54:41 PM
OCT issue of Scientific American arrived today and had this full page ad.
Um, from the looks of that paper giraffe sighting will be on the decline. Bad n' sad news.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Robert on September 29, 2021, 01:30:16 PM
Have you noticed the one in the video ad for Dial soap on their YouTube channel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c75knWrNsO8&t=22s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c75knWrNsO8&t=22s)

I couldn't embed it and get it to start at 22 sec, so I linked it instead.  I could embed it, but it would ignore the start time.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 29, 2021, 01:54:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c75knWrNsO8&t=22s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c75knWrNsO8&t=22s)

I couldn't embed it and get it to start at 22 sec, so I linked it instead.  I could embed it, but it would ignore the start time.

Excellent. I watched the whole thing. I liked that they queued the giraffe when they mentioned different family members.

I did not like the guy scrying the stomach. Too creepy vibed. But that's just me. Hahaha
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 29, 2021, 02:01:30 PM
Um, from the looks of that paper giraffe sighting will be on the decline. Bad n' sad news.
I agree. I didn't know the number was that high. I hope they are over estimating/guessing. But they probably have the correct data.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 29, 2021, 03:09:10 PM
This happened just now. Page 66 of Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.

The fact I was expecting it to happen doesn't make it any less surreal. 

Am I starting to wonder if we are in a lazily written program?

Maybe.

"What a trip," as my freakier friends used to say.

    The chocolate treats continue to come, no two ever the same,
the detail always amazing. The tiny slice of heaven Gwendy devoured
just this morning before school was a giraffe, and she purposely
skipped brushing her teeth afterward. She wanted to savor the
remarkable taste as long as she could .
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 29, 2021, 07:27:38 PM
At just after 8 PM while flipping channels, someone on The Connors was holding a giraffe illustration with a magnetic backing. She stuck it on the fridge and said it was to measure a growing child's height.

I don't watch the show.

I just happened to flip to it at the correct time.

I have free will
I have free will
I have free will
I have giraffes
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on September 29, 2021, 07:46:43 PM
Danger, Will Robinson!  You’re treading dangerously close to Dave Norway country, from which there may be no return.  Before you know it, Tommee will be chauffeuring you everywhere.

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“I see elevens everywhere!”
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 29, 2021, 09:53:54 PM

“I see elevens everywhere!”

Heh heh

My working vacation will reground me.

I depart Friday, but will be tuning into the Friday show while on the road to see how Mr. Anderson handles George.

But will count giraffes nonetheless! Truckstops and tourist traps are crawling with giraffes!
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Robert on October 01, 2021, 10:05:34 AM
The Dial soap ad was OK, but the one I was really looking for was the one for Gulf oil and their trip planning service.  Gulf (and probably other gas station chains) used to do like AAA and plan a driving route for you.  I think this ad was from the 1960s, may have been part of their sponsorship of manned space shot coverage, but it illustrated how they could take special circumstances into account in planning your route, by showing a giraffe ostensibly being transported on a flatbed and not knowing to duck under overpasses, so it needed high clearance.  It included a drawbridge being opened for the giraffe to pass.

I wanted to make sure the Dial soap would start at the giraffe not only for your convenience, but also because otherwise it might've violated a ban here: It opened and closed with a group of children in a mass of suds, to show off soap.

Also in the 1960s (maybe 1950s too) was Giraffe brand bread and its TV commercial.  Search for that, I just get a bunch of videos for making giraffe-appearing bread.  But also this:

Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on October 01, 2021, 10:35:12 AM
Heh heh

My working vacation will reground me.

I depart Friday, but will be tuning into the Friday show while on the road to see how Mr. Anderson handles George.

But will count giraffes nonetheless! Truckstops and tourist traps are crawling with giraffes!
Beware of those overpass clearances.

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: TigerLily on October 07, 2021, 06:47:13 PM
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#Clickacy BohoChic and giraffe all-in-one
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: KSM on October 07, 2021, 07:16:37 PM
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#Clickacy BohoChic and giraffe all-in-one
You don't care about giraffes. You like things that are really long. If this were a cock sighting thread and you'd be in your glory.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: TigerLily on October 07, 2021, 10:17:02 PM
You don't care about giraffes. You like things that are really long. If this were a cock sighting thread and you'd be in your glory.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 05, 2021, 09:19:08 AM
Today's sighting while watching High Anxiety on the MOVIES! network:

Very quick flash commercial for Katherine Heburn and Cary Grant in HOLIDAY.

Showed Kate with this giraffe figure.

Kind of startled me. Heh heh

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on November 05, 2021, 11:15:09 AM
Today's sighting while watching High Anxiety on the MOVIES! network:

Very quick flash commercial for Katherine Heburn and Cary Grant in HOLIDAY.

Showed Kate with this giraffe figure.

Kind of startled me. Heh heh

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Ha!  I just caught the very start of the movie, before I had to leave the estate.  That had to be the most bizarre Cloris Leachman role of all times.  Definitely high anxiety level for any giraffe.

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: GravitySucks on February 09, 2022, 11:38:08 AM
A handicapped giraffe lost its way and ended up lost in the snow covered mountains of Utah.

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on February 09, 2022, 03:29:49 PM
A handicapped giraffe lost its way and ended up lost in the snow covered mountains of Utah.
 

I did an extreme zoom on a segment and found this message.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on February 09, 2022, 03:40:33 PM
I did an extreme zoom on a segment and found this message.
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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: paladin1991 on February 11, 2022, 02:29:10 PM
I read this pathetic thread.  Saw the poll.  Voted.  Found out that me and 4 of my pals came out and called it.  Knobs.  It's all about the knobs.  That translates to 55.6 percent of the vote.  Hmmm.  55.6.  Eerily close to 5.56.  A favorite caliber of mine.  Perhaps I should  go hunting.

For Giraffes.  Them fucking knobs .... know what I'm saying?
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 05, 2022, 08:55:11 PM
Two people feeding a giraffe on an Aetna commercial just now.

Somebody get that giraffe some health  insurance, so that putting a giraffe in the commercial makes at least SOME  sense.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: GravitySucks on March 11, 2022, 05:29:10 PM
Tragic. They didn’t even get a chance to report any giraffe sightings

https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1502416200109805573
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: GravitySucks on March 14, 2022, 03:36:41 PM
OMG! 

See what you started @Camazotz Automat ?

https://twitter.com/mailonline/status/1503400626008596487
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on March 14, 2022, 04:07:00 PM
OMG! 

See what you started @Camazotz Automat ?

https://twitter.com/mailonline/status/1503400626008596487

No worries. It's heat shield popped off and it burned up during re-entry.

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 15, 2022, 06:32:44 AM
OMG! 

See what you started @Camazotz Automat ?

https://twitter.com/mailonline/status/1503400626008596487

@GravitySucks

Is that volume or height or a very dreadful form of severed fearful symmetry?

(Gyraffe gyraffe burning bright....
On your fateful reentry night....)

I'm going to chalk this up to the Dr. Seuss effect.

I've never had green eggs and ham
While drinking milk from a carafe
And sitting on half a giraffe
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: GravitySucks on March 15, 2022, 07:26:50 AM
@GravitySucks

Is that volume or height or a very dreadful form of severed fearful symmetry?

(Gyraffe gyraffe burning bright....
On your fateful reentry night....)

I'm going to chalk this up to the Dr. Seuss effect.

I've never had green eggs and ham
While drinking milk from a carafe
And sitting on half a giraffe


When the stars threw down thy neck
And water'd glaciers with thy spots;
Did they smile their work to see?
Your ass was orbiting the galaxy?


Half gyraffe on ice thy be.
Half gyraffe towards Andromeda.
What immortal hand or eye,
Knew thy was torn apart by gravity?

Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 19, 2022, 09:54:04 AM
I was searching for something else in an Etsy shop this morning, and came across this enamel giraffe keychain.

I think that is either

1) a good luck sign, or

2) an omen that a tactical nuclear weapon will be launched by Russia from the Black Sea.

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: TigerLily on March 19, 2022, 12:41:16 PM
I was searching for something else in an Etsy shop this morning, and came across this enamel giraffe keychain.

I think that is either

1) a good luck sign, or

2) an omen that a tactical nuclear weapon will be launched by Russia from the Black Sea.

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That is actually very beautiful. I vote for 2) an omen that a tactical nuclear weapon will be launched by Russia from the Black Sea. But the nuclear weapon is inert, it's guidance system fails and it turns to Novorossiysk where it drops Ukrainian flags and 8" x 10" glossys of Zelenski signed "From Ukraine with Love" surrounded by the outline of a giraffe figure instead of a heart
So actually 1 and 2" apply

And just what were you browsing for at Etsy? Some new toy for the whips and chains room?
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 20, 2022, 11:56:38 AM

And just what were you browsing for at Etsy? Some new toy for the whips and chains room?


That would be telling.

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: TigerLily on March 20, 2022, 11:33:04 PM

That would be telling.

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And that was an inquiry
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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 21, 2022, 05:32:02 PM
Was watching MST3K episode Girl in Gold Boots just now.

A billboard advertising  Rex Harrison as Dr. Dolittle on a giraffe briefly appears.


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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on March 21, 2022, 05:58:56 PM
Was watching MST3K episode Girl in Gold Boots just now.

A billboard advertising  Rex Harrison as Dr. Dolittle on a giraffe briefly appears.


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“Giraffes.  Why does it always have to be giraffes...”
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 21, 2022, 06:34:32 PM
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“Giraffes.  Why does it always have to be giraffes...”

Hah!

Also, very interesting spirit photograph of Benedict Cumberbatch under Harrison's right armpit if you zoom in.

There are no coincidences.

Selah.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on March 21, 2022, 06:47:42 PM

Hah!

Also, very interesting spirit photograph of Benedict Cumberbatch under Harrison's right armpit if you zoom in.

There are no coincidences.

Selah.
Ah!  Yes!  I can see Benedict clearly now, since you mentioned it.  ;D



Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Walks_At_Night on March 21, 2022, 06:48:51 PM
Was watching MST3K episode Girl in Gold Boots just now.


A good one. That is where we learned how to acknowledge Crow as a sexual being.

Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on March 21, 2022, 07:15:47 PM
A good one. That is where we learned how to acknowledge Crow as a sexual being.


;D Classic MST3K.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 23, 2022, 03:58:19 PM
A good one. That is where we learned how to acknowledge Crow as a sexual being.



It was so wrong, yet I could not look away.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on March 23, 2022, 04:23:00 PM
“That old classroom globe with the indicated
U.S.S.R. borders is about to come back in style.”

Ha!



Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 24, 2022, 09:54:00 PM
Akira Takarada

Japanese actor.

Died on March 14. He was 87. Toho Studios did not release the cause of death; he had been struggling with a chronic illness and in a wheelchair for his most recent fan greeting appearance.

Born in North Korea.

One of the most recognizable men associated with the original Godzilla series. Appeared in six Godzilla movies.

Besides his film career, Takarada stared in stage productions and did voiceover work. He did the Japanese dubbing for the 1967 version of Doctor Doolittle, in which he voiced Rex Harrison’s title character.

(So I'm counting this as a weird giraffe sighting.)

https://deadline.com/2022/03/takarada-akira-dead-godzilla-star-was-87-obituary-1234981795/ (https://deadline.com/2022/03/takarada-akira-dead-godzilla-star-was-87-obituary-1234981795/)






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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: ItsOver on March 25, 2022, 03:56:48 AM
Akira Takarada

Japanese actor.

Died on March 14. He was 87. Toho Studios did not release the cause of death; he had been struggling with a chronic illness and in a wheelchair for his most recent fan greeting appearance.

Born in North Korea.

One of the most recognizable men associated with the original Godzilla series. Appeared in six Godzilla movies.

Besides his film career, Takarada stared in stage productions and did voiceover work. He did the Japanese dubbing for the 1967 version of Doctor Doolittle, in which he voiced Rex Harrison’s title character.

(So I'm counting this as a weird giraffe sighting.)

https://deadline.com/2022/03/takarada-akira-dead-godzilla-star-was-87-obituary-1234981795/ (https://deadline.com/2022/03/takarada-akira-dead-godzilla-star-was-87-obituary-1234981795/)






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“7 seconds in Osaka.”
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: PB on March 28, 2022, 12:26:20 AM
There are some great ancient giraffe petroglyphs

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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: PB on March 28, 2022, 12:28:50 AM
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Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on March 29, 2022, 09:11:45 AM
+1
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on June 04, 2022, 11:33:58 PM
A Viewmaster reel pack on etsy just now.
Title: Re: Giraffe Sightings
Post by: Camazotz Automat on April 04, 2024, 08:47:33 PM
 LOST Season 5, Episode 1- "Because You Left"

One minute, thirty seconds in.