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Does anything in this image strike anyone else as....odd???
Maybe if I could see it... stupid firewall ~
JM
Why is someone shipping what looks like a giant block of concrete in a shipping container? Is that possibly granite or some other building stone material?
Quote from: erkishhorde on November 13, 2008, 11:12:17 AM
Why is someone shipping what looks like a giant block of concrete in a shipping container? Is that possibly granite or some other building stone material?
marble?
Perhaps the stone wasn't properly secured, some hard braking was involved, and the shipping container was possibly placed on backwards. Then the cab was redesigned to look like the new concept Husqvarna SMQ. [laugh]
Quote from: erkishhorde on November 13, 2008, 11:12:17 AM
Why is someone shipping what looks like a giant block of concrete in a shipping container? Is that possibly granite or some other building stone material?
THAT, is the million dollar question!!! [laugh]
Quote from: Fresh Pants on November 13, 2008, 11:14:03 AM
Perhaps the stone wasn't properly secured, some hard braking was involved, and the shipping container was possibly placed on backwards. Then the cab was redesigned to look like the new concept Husqvarna SMQ. [laugh]
I can see the line of thinking....
"shouldn't we tie this down?"
"pffft, it weighs 100 tons, it wont move you idiot...."
Quote from: Court-Jester on November 13, 2008, 11:17:03 AM
I can see the line of thinking....
"shouldn't we tie this down?"
"pffft, it weighs 100 tons, it wont move you idiot...."
Makes perfect sense to me.
Looks like someone forgot to secure thier load. [bang]
Quote from: Court-Jester on November 13, 2008, 11:17:03 AM
I can see the line of thinking....
"shouldn't we tie this down?"
"pffft, it weighs 100 tons, it wont move you idiot...."
That's exactly what I was thinking too. [laugh]
But even if it were some kind of building material like marble or granite I'd still expect them to slice it before shipping it. Hmmm... Unless maybe it's going from the quarry to the factory but I would expect the factory to be at the quarry to save money on shipping something so ginormous.
Quote from: erkishhorde on November 13, 2008, 11:50:34 AM
That's exactly what I was thinking too. [laugh]
But even if it were some kind of building material like marble or granite I'd still expect them to slice it before shipping it. Hmmm... Unless maybe it's going from the quarry to the factory but I would expect the factory to be at the quarry to save money on shipping something so ginormous.
custom order for artwork or columns I would imagine
that's gonna leave a mark! poor driver.
Quote from: r_ciao on November 13, 2008, 12:00:15 PM
that's gonna leave a mark! poor driver.
Poor driver, my ass. He's responsible for tying down his load. I guess if the container was sealed at Customs, he'd have an out.
Looking at the Chinese writing, I'm lead to believe that it might be a huge block of tofu. [coffee]
Furthermore, if I'm not mistaken, those containers only have doors on one side. So why is the door not in the back? Hmm yes.
Good catch. I also noticed that the driver's side door is closed. Probably jammed shut. Doesn't look like the passenger door is open either. I think the driver had to climb out through the windshield. [roll]
Quote from: OverCaffeinated on November 13, 2008, 12:37:29 PM
Looking at the Chinese writing, I'm lead to believe that it might be a huge block of tofu. [coffee]
Furthermore, if I'm not mistaken, those containers only have doors on one side. So why is the door not in the back? Hmm yes.
The door being in the back would not have stopped it.
I can prove this on an abacus.
Quote from: OverCaffeinated on November 13, 2008, 12:37:29 PM
Furthermore, if I'm not mistaken, those containers only have doors on one side. So why is the door not in the back? Hmm yes.
You are mistaken. Standard shipping containers have doors at both ends.
Quote from: Sinister on November 13, 2008, 01:58:48 PM
You are mistaken. Standard shipping containers have doors at both ends.
Damn. It still looks like tofu though.
Quote from: erkishhorde on November 13, 2008, 11:12:17 AM
Why is someone shipping what looks like a giant block of concrete in a shipping container? Is that possibly granite or some other building stone material?
I did it! I shipped it! I know the driver. He's a pain in my ass! So I thought I fix his wagon! I shipped a 100 ton block of marble packaged in a container filled with a layer of ball bearings set in a layer of temperature sensitive wax that was set to soften and allow the stone to slide when it was in climate. I specifically requested he drive this container.
That'll teach that prick to mistakenly dial my phone number. Wrong number calls! I hate them!
Wait a minute. That's tofu. I shipped marble. Wasn't me.
;)
WTF is right.
Red Duke, you're a genius. I get wrong number calls from a fax machine at 2am. NOW all I have to do is track down the culprit, give them a truck load of marble...hmmm, what ruse shall I use to get them to crash, er, I mean drive it. [evil] [laugh]
at first glance i thought that was one of those soviet trucks those things always had a funny shape to them then i saw the what looked like a huge block of pepper jack cheese sticking out back/front of the container anyone got some [bacon]
I still can't seem to bend my head around how this could have happened...I won't even bother asking why that huge piece of stone is packaged in a freight container....
Quote from: River on November 13, 2008, 02:44:41 PM
what ruse shall I use to get them to crash [evil] [laugh]
That's easy. Take a week or two off from work, hire a crew and a load of heavy equipment (that marble is a pregnant dog to handle), you may need a few round trip air tickets, follow your victim (really no need for this step but it's fun), map out his route, hire actors to dress as nuns and small school children (try to get a few in wheelchairs), wait at a street corner, as the driver approaches your corner push all your actors into the street in front of the on coming truck. [thumbsup]
Quote from: Monster Dave on November 13, 2008, 02:53:03 PM
I still can't seem to bend my head around how this could have happened...I won't even bother asking why that huge piece of stone is packaged in a freight container....
Well, there is friction force...all you have to do is overcome that friction force, and the block will move. The enlightened poster will realize "there is no block," and then it will move. This was all covered in the first 'Matrix' film, man.
Quote from: red duke on November 13, 2008, 03:04:33 PM
That's easy. Take a week or two off from work, hire a crew and a load of heavy equipment (that marble is a pregnant dog to handle), you may need a few round trip air tickets, follow your victim (really no need for this step but it's fun), map out his route, hire actors to dress as nuns and small school children (try to get a few in wheelchairs), wait at a street corner, as the driver approaches your corner push all your actors into the street in front of the on coming truck. [thumbsup]
Wouldn't a scantily clad hot chick flashing the guy work too?
Quote from: Sinister on November 13, 2008, 03:28:24 PM
Well, there is friction force...all you have to do is overcome that friction force, and the block will move. The enlightened poster will realize "there is no block," and then it will move. This was all covered in the first 'Matrix' film, man.
I appreciate the explanation...but I meant more rhetorically how this could happen....
Red Duke & Somebastid, you are both brilliant!
[thumbsup]
Quote from: somebastid on November 13, 2008, 05:23:55 PM
Wouldn't a scantily clad hot chick flashing the guy work too?
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Scantly clad hot chicks cost money. Trust me. I know! They are also flakey and can be manipulated buy a decent line of bullshit and a reasonable amount of alcohol. A nun and a handshake is a sure thing and you can steel a baby carage at any grocery store.
And finally we present to you a number 1 IDIOT ;D