Gauntlet - Art vs Bear - The Story behind the pics

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

12/12/2005 02:07:58 PM · #1

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One day in a far off world, a little mermaid (let's call her "DeLaney") and her crabby companion (we'll call him "Robert"), were enjoying a nice day at the beach. Late in the afternoon, the little mermaid's attention was drawn toward the sea. Something was brewing but she didn't know what it was.

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Suddenly the sky changed to all sorts of other-worldly colors and her old friend, the giant squid (we'll call him "Palmetto") appeared in the surf. He looked injured and frantic and told her he was being hunted. DeLaney told Palmetto that she didn't see anything - "It's probably your paranoid delusions again!" she told him. Palmetto thought she may be right, so he headed back out to sea.

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Palmetto got about a hundred yards out when a boat suddenly appeared. "Yikes!" It was that crazy squid-hunter! Palmetto had been right. The squid-hunter (we'll call him "Art") chased Palmetto in his boat and threw several harpoons at the poor squid. Palmetto managed to pull one out and was screaming for help. DeLaney heard the screams and saw what was happening and she used her special powers to summon "Whitey" the shark.

By now, the scene had attracted a crowd. The little boys from the island came and sat down to watch the action unfold. Whitey came to the rescue, jumped up onto Art's boat and chewed him up into a gurgling mass of blood soaked tissue and bone. DeLaney jumped for joy at the sight of this and all of the sexy mermaid chicks came out to see what was going on. The sexy mer-chicks attracted the attention of a nearby surfer who lived in the castle over the horizon. And lastly, a couple of seals from the local RAF bombing range swam ashore to seek refuge and cheap entertainment. Strangley enough the RAF bombers tracked the seals and dropped a few 500 pound bombs near them - you'd think the seals were the bombing range! And the whole thing was being observed by aliens hovering over the scene in a flying saucer for no particular reason.

And they all lived in fear of harpoons and explosive ordnance ever-after.

THE END.

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Message edited by author 2012-10-21 20:07:18.

LeeD

Canon EOS-30D

12/12/2005 02:10:28 PM · #2

ROFLMAO!!! That was hilarious!!! Great job on the story and the images!

12/12/2005 02:19:58 PM · #3

Hey, my daughter is named Delaney.

12/12/2005 02:21:37 PM · #4

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Hey, my daughter is named Delaney.

Are you serious? That's the name I picked out if my wife has a girl. I didn't know you had a girl with that name.

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/12/2005 02:24:15 PM · #5

This is starting to look as busy as the beach in Rimini (northern Italy) in August - you have to book your beach chair (row 14, seat 41) DAYS in advance.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

12/12/2005 02:24:33 PM · #6

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Hey, my daughter is named Delaney.

Are you serious? That's the name I picked out if my wife has a girl. I didn't know you had a girl with that name.

Better rethink that name choice, eh? Lovely story btw. I had a story-line for my image of the disappearing mermaids too, but I never got to develop that one :-)

Robt.

12/12/2005 02:38:52 PM · #7

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Hey, my daughter is named Delaney.

Are you serious? That's the name I picked out if my wife has a girl. I didn't know you had a girl with that name.

Yep, that's Delaney on the day we went pumpkin-rolling, seven years old & in grade 2 right now. All of the teachers she's had so far have marvelled at her creativity. She's truly a joy! She made up her own meatloaf recipe (add applesauce & apple chunks) and we had it for dinner last night, it was great & she was so proud. I just had a meatloaf sandwich for lunch.

Sorry for my threadjacking tendencies.

We named her Delaney because we wanted something unusual. I guess you live far away enough that it's OK. ;-)
You should definitely use that name if you have a girl. We usually just call her "Laney" or "Lane" for short.

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12/12/2005 02:43:10 PM · #8

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

We named her Delaney because we wanted something unusual.

We think very much alike! LOL

12/12/2005 02:54:17 PM · #9

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
We named her Delaney because we wanted something unusual.

We think very much alike! LOL

Well, get this:

1. My parents looked up the most common name the year I was born, it was John, so they named me John.

2. My parents looked up the most common name the year my brother was born, it was Mike, so they named him Mike.

3. My wife's name is Kathy.

4. Her brother's name is Bob.

I hope you have a girl! :-D My younger daugher's name is Shelby.

12/12/2005 03:01:31 PM · #10

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

so they named me John.

What?? I always thought your real name was Cosmo! ;-P

12/12/2005 03:03:09 PM · #11

12/12/2005 03:22:44 PM · #12

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Slippy - Did ya notice I used your castle in the final round?

12/12/2005 03:34:10 PM · #13

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Slippy - Did ya notice I used your castle in the final round?

Ahaha, I didn't notice, seems like forever since I've been there. Everything is so wondrous & new when you have a memory like mine. :-) I was probably distracted by the hot mermaids.

pidge

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

12/12/2005 05:06:45 PM · #14

Brilliant Art!!

When's the director's edition with 200 extra minutes coming out at twice the price so we all have to and get it again?! :)

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