Aardvark! posted:

goons please give me numbers between 1 and 3147. That's how many rows are in the county spreadsheet I am keeping

Mozi posted:

420

Aardvark! posted:

also note the mason jar cup in the ham roll up one. that's a perfect way to describe this entire county it seems like, full of lovely, too expensive kitsch, like somehow it's in the south and also trying too hard to appear to be in the south.

Overall I give this county a 2/10.

zedprime posted:

That's the perfect way to describe the suburban south entirely.

Mason jars are in the cup section of department stores. You can get them with the same little screen printed graphics you put on an adult booze sippy cup.

Big Beef City posted:

The next time you go to someone's house that has them (your own, drat) say "Hey can I borrow this?" and when they look confused shout "FOR CANNING, YOU BITCH" and whip it at their loving head and then leave. You won't have to go over there anymore. That's a pro Beefin' Tip of the Day for you.

Aardvark! posted:

goons please give me numbers between 1 and 3147. That's how many rows are in the county spreadsheet I am keeping

Aardvark! posted:

i dont think i could ever see eye to eye with someone that specifically bought mason jars for drinking in their own home. that's just too far gone.

Big Beef City posted:

'I SUCKED HIS DICK BEHIND THOSE ROCKS ON OUR FIRST DATE' in ornate font.

LostCosmonaut posted:

whatever number Butte County Idaho is.

quote:

In town, the most striking physical feature is Number Hill, a rocky hill with numbers painted all over it. Butte County High School has a tradition of each class since 1920 painting its graduation year on the face of hill.

Big Beef City posted:

Arco, ID

*whistles slowly through teeth*

Aardvark! posted:

i can't find any other pictures of whatever's going on here, anybody know?

Aardvark! posted:

568,

Butte County, Idaho - population 2891. The third least-populous county in Idaho.


check out the file name on this:


i can't find any other pictures of whatever's going on here, anybody know?

Aardvark! posted:

Butte County, Idaho - population 2891. The third least-populous county in Idaho.

Barudak posted:

Ganado Cafe: Cogelo!

quote:

Several days later Murray asked me about a tourist attraction known as the most photographed barn in America. We drove 22 miles into the country around Farmington. There were meadows and apple orchards. White fences trailed through the rolling fields. Soon the sign started appearing. THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED BARN IN AMERICA. We counted five signs before we reached the site. There were 40 cars and a tour bus in the makeshift lot. We walked along a cowpath to the slightly elevated spot set aside for viewing and photographing. All the people had cameras; some had tripods, telephoto lenses, filter kits. A man in a booth sold postcards and slides -- pictures of the barn taken from the elevated spot. We stood near a grove of trees and watched the photographers. Murray maintained a prolonged silence, occasionally scrawling some notes in a little book.

"No one sees the barn," he said finally.

A long silence followed.

"Once you've seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn."

He fell silent once more. People with cameras left the elevated site, replaced by others.

"We're not here to capture an image, we're here to maintain one. Every photograph reinforces the aura. Can you feel it, Jack? An accumulation of nameless energies."

There was an extended silence. The man in the booth sold postcards and slides.

"Being here is a kind of spiritual surrender. We see only what the others see. The thousands who were here in the past, those who will come in the future. We've agreed to be part of a collective perception. It literally colors our vision. A religious experience in a way, like all tourism."

Another silence ensued.

"They are taking pictures of taking pictures," he said.

He did not speak for a while. We listened to the incessant clicking of shutter release buttons, the rustling crank of levers that advanced the film.

"What was the barn like before it was photographed?" he said. "What did it look like, how was it different from the other barns, how was it similar to other barns?"

Aardvark! posted:

Waterbed Wendy posted:

Idk guys this pickle man is flirting with me hard

bellows lugosi posted:

southern idaho is one of the worst places on earth. the center, an impassable batholith, is spared because no one lives there

bellows lugosi posted:

nearby is the moulton barn, photograph (not mine) accompanied with a passage from the great book "white noise" by don delilo

Big Beef City posted:

This is why I hate touristy poo poo like Wisconsin Dells, Niagra Falls, that barn, I guess. That guy's got it exact. It's idiots looking at something because they're supposed to look at it, and I've always been told "Oh, but c'mon, it'll be fun, you gotta see <whatever>". Nah. I don't, really.
I'm sure the World's Largest Rubber Band Ball Museum will be there tomorrow.