E-minor7 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Hello blessed members, Boarders, incarnated Forumites, everyone – Remember I posted a thread some time ago where this Board was compared to a village. Some got the image – others were more reluctant. Prepare for an intense visual quiz. A picture and further instruction will emerge here within a few hours or 5 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Okay – here we go. In this Bruegel painting from 1559, the artist miraculously manage to capture the circumstances under which this merry Forum exists and rolls forward. What we see, is a poignant portrait of a community active in many different fields, yet united by a theme and an intention - to make the village work on as many levels as possible. The task : Point out 4 details that stand as direct signs of the mentioned theme. Write them down in row and await the vibrating result during Sunday. Some #'s are more obvious than others, still everyone should be able to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 No idea if I'm doing this right or not, but... This is what I can see (Gibson related): 1. A pic on the roof (top right corner) of a man, that I have to say looks a lot like Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), with a guitar beside him) 2. A J200 on a ledge under the red flag. 3. A guy playing a guitar beside the porch (more or less in the middle of the pic) 4. A guy playing guitar (top right corner of pic near the boat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Very bottom of the pic in the centre, man digging a hole - me talking about womens shoes :D Very bottom left hand corner, woman choking a man - Jerry K at the height of his disgust with me :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Bottom middle, Paul Fox digging his grave, top right ... Buc sailing away into the sunset .. (again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Top right - Moon Burst Under Flag - Sun Burst - J200 or is it dreaded square shoulder J-45? Bottom Middle - Pregnant Woman in Blue Green Cloak - Her waters just Burst Bottom just left of middle - Dead Sheep - Bladder Burst Bruegel is burstin' out all over! Nice one Em7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 guy coming out of door centre picture with a large vat of the mushroom tea that em7 obviously drinks quite a bit of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 prostitute in a red dress in the process of kidnapping or smothering a fat nun - Bottom centre above the hole digger Someone mooning out a small window just above the man waving a fan in complete joy at the relief of just having had a pee in the sea - middle right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 guy coming out of door centre picture with a large vat of the mushroom tea that em7 obviously drinks quite a bit of haha...i love Em7 posts...I reckon some of them make Bruegel look like a minimalist in comparison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Guy paddling his boat under the bridge - probably checking if it's laminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Guy paddling his boat under the bridge - probably checking if it's laminated. Dave I think it's Gotomsdos's great grandfather...hope you've been on the board long enough to get that one :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Dave I think it's Gotomsdos's great grandfather...hope you've been on the board long enough to get that one :) Hey Flatbarogue... ooooh yes, I remember that saga well haha. Haven't seen Gotomsdos in a while though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Bottom right corner... Henry J quality checking fretboards up close and personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 chap bottom left banging his head against a wall....he'd been dropping hints to his wife that he wanted a Ren Ferguson designed custom shop special for his birthday....she bought him a Fender acoustic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmer Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 right bottom corner: a guy with his ear on a wooden shelf, tapping it with his hands, listening if the sound is good enough to make a guitar out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I cant inflate the picture to get a good close look cause my browser is defective...what a work that picture is. My wife read a book that I think was "A World lit only by Fire"..which describes Breugels world. (Vaguely)..the grains were stored but by the end of the season or batch, the grains at the bottom,including the delicious rodent droppings...had fermented to a certain extent that the breads they made resulted in what has been described as "crazy bread". And thats what the people were eating cause thats what there was...and they were hallucinating. Interesting.. ..well out of topic.. In 1993 we were in London..and I was looking through the window admiring a painting like this on an inside wall of a small shoppe. And the lady behind the desk very nicely gestured us to come in & see it. What a painting, just like ones we'd seen in books.... After a little while I remarked to her..it looks just like the original.. And she says, it is the original. I looked to the right at the tag ... £1,000,000. Peter Bruegel. In New York such a thing could never happen..letting a couple of regular people in...here they want to see your credentials,all dressed up & validate you before they give a moments attention. Real base behavior in such a high end field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 And the answers - #1 – The man reaching for the sunburst J-200 (although he already has a bird). #2 – Bob Dylan playing Peter Yarrow's square shouldered Southern Jumbo behind the porch. #3 – Donovan sitting by the bay-side fingerpicking his ceramic saddled silk'n'steel stringed 1964 cherryburst J-45. #4 – None else than Orville Gibson overlooking the whole scene from the upper window in the main building. Which means Hairy Dave comes in as the clear Gold Straight Shooter. Imagine you're used to doing a lot of Where's Waldo with your kids Dave – things like that pay off in the end - ! CONGRATULATIONS ! The same to every other participant, active or spectating. Your replies were hilarious and resulted in small explosions of good healthy laughs in this temple. Hep for the creativity and spirit fellows - Guarantee my next thread will come on a more serious note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merseybeat1963 that bread-story sure explains a lot, , , , guess the loaf here is all these wooden 6-strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Which means Hairy Dave comes in as the clear Gold Straight Shooter. Imagine you're used to doing a lot of Where's Waldo with your kids Dave – things like that pay off in the end! CONGRATULATIONS ! Thanks Em7! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Dave , has Em7 emailed you the pickup information on the first prize yet....The 1964 Tea Burst Hummingbird? ...for some reason the details seem to have disappeared from his original post..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 i heard it was a free restoration from pfox! second prize was two restorations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 i heard it was a free restoration from pfox! second prize was two restorations haha....ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Dave , has Em7 emailed you the pickup information on the first prize yet....The 1964 Tea Burst Hummingbird? ...for some reason the details seem to have disappeared from his original post..... Unfortunately not Flatbaroque... can you recommend a good lawyer in case he tries to back out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 i heard it was a free restoration from pfox! second prize was two restorations BBG, unfortunately PFox doesn't ship internationally so I'm gonna have to pass the prize on to one of our US friends Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 First Place for # of posts - Hairy Dave Second Place - FlatBaroque Honorary Mention - all those who posted fewer than one time and were assumed to be happily playing their Gibson's instead. Footnote - Peter Yarrow played a Martin (D28s I believe), so EM7s #2 is disqualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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