h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A place with this is worried about 'tacky'?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:45intoI-10_2.jpg

And this... http://www.texasfreeway.com/houston/photos/45s/images/bw8_45s_6.jpg

http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ac/21/cf/ac21cf7a7e85d7506b3112a9f8614b93.jpg

http://splash247.com/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/Houston_Ship_Channel-65o0wdvkiqobks0ifhi848u5ad5gmm55q71xm1vouce.jpg

The cowboy boots...

The cowboy boots made me think of Cow Parade. I was in Copenhagen in 2006 when they had a Cow Parade event. We didn't know what was going on, but it looked like fun. Those boots have the same kind of look.

Then you might also enjoy these artistic pelicans that are located in and around the Galveston Bay community of Seabrook.

http://seabrookpelicanpath.com/

I haven't encountered all of these as some are off the beaten path, and some may have been removed (I know at least a couple of the sponsoring businesses are no longer around).

Hubby and I visited a museum near Muscat in Oman a few years ago. They had some ibexes outside done in a style reminiscent of Cow Parade. I took some photos but didn't upload them, so I can't share them with you.

You don't have to. I found them. Scroll down a few screens on this site.

http://www.growemiliacastus.com/oman/

Painted animals (and stuff) seems to have become a global phenomenon.

I've seen cows in Prague (including a truly magnificent Swarovski crystal covered one), bears in Berlin (over and above their city symbol status), pigs in Bath, I'm fairly certain that I saw Rhino's in Reading (but it may have been somewhere else), Wallace and grommet AND buses in London and ducks in Liverpool. I need to get a life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CowParade

PP.

MMF used to collect these (well, he'd photograph them - he didn't take them home)

'Air Dancers' that have escaped their original adertising locations in high winds are often found in incredibly isolated location in the desert.

Humans and kitsch...an inseparable combination...

In the UK celebs were asked to design a theme for Wallace and Grommit statues which were then painted in the design, exhibited in various locations around different cities for the summer, and later auctioned off for charity. It apparently raises quite a lot of money.

http://i3.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/article6058403.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/ARTS-Gromit-152462_679.jpg

I believe there are other statues that have been designed, exhibited and auctioned in this way too, not least Shaun the Sheep figures.

http://shauninthecity.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/hero_1600x900/public/Bristol%20Harbourside%20edited%20website%20banner.jpg?itok=Eo-ultkK

Who was "Roger Wilco"?


Pilots respond affirmatively by saying "Roger", or "Roger Wilco". Before radio communications, pilots communicated with ground personel visually. When they started using radio. They were limited to Morse code. To respond that they received a message, they would simply respond with an R for "Received" (._.). When they began using voice communications, the first Phonetic Alphabet adopted in 1927 used Roger for R. In WWII the phonetic alphabet used by British and US pilots became internationally adopted as the standard, even with non-English speaking pilots. In 1957, the phonetic alphabet was altered and standardised internationally, and Roger was replaced with Romeo, but Roger had become standard lingo for Received.

Wilco is simply short for "will comply".

Apparently milk is heavier than olive oil.

Or denser... I'm not sure. Which is the one that makes it float?

Density.

So, olive oil floats on milk?

Makes sense. Milk is slightly more dense than water, and oils are less dense than water.


Was this learned by observation? Olive oil and milk doesn't sound like an appetizing drink. Or was it an early step in some complicated recipe, like were you trying to travel in time?
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I usually use butter. Recently however I picked up a bottle of olive oil, which I'm probably going to switch to full-time now. I like to combine measuring cups for no particular reason, and just by coincidence I poured the olive oil in first.

BUT! The milk then sank to the bottom of the cup. So now you know.

But did it travel in time? Inquiring minds want to know.

Well technically, yes. After all, everything's always travelling in time.

True!

So that won't work for langolier bait.