৫ আগস্ট, ২০২০

Life, disrupted.

২৯টি মন্তব্য:

Earnest Prole বলেছেন...

It just goes to show you: It's always something. If it's not one thing, it's another.

Kate বলেছেন...

Forget her, I want to see the photographer. Was he on a steadicam?

Static Ping বলেছেন...

On the plus side, her husband should never forget their anniversary.

Ice Nine বলেছেন...

Evidence that Allah doesn't like trannies, perhaps?

Darrell বলেছেন...

Sure. We don't want to see the bride falling on her ass.

Mr. D বলেছেন...

Dang.

Char Char Binks, Esq. বলেছেন...

It’s like rain on your wedding day, sort of.

mockturtle বলেছেন...

How awful! :-(

madAsHell বলেছেন...

Someone left the cake out in the rain!!

madAsHell বলেছেন...

Judging by the comments, everyone heard the bad news before they felt it.

Iman বলেছেন...

I gotta admit, I was admiring the beautiful bride and uttering my own allahu akbar right before the blast.

Narr বলেছেন...

Allah akbar--it's the all-purpose vocable!

On campus, there were some modest Muslima students with smoking bods. They didn't veil, but covered their smoking bods with the tightest clothes this side of spray-on.

Narr
Allah akbar indeed

Wince বলেছেন...

The fireworks are supposed to be saved for the wedding night.

Roughcoat বলেছেন...

A classic Near Eastern beauty. Women who looked just like her no doubt graced the court of Cyrus the Great, Assurbanipal, Solomon, etc. Timeless.

Original Mike বলেছেন...

It was a mostly peaceful day.

DavidUW বলেছেন...

refer to my previous rankings of Mediterranean women.

JPS বলেছেন...

Poor lady. I'm glad to briefly see her OK when the camera turns back.

Imagine being there, feeling a blast like that, taking shelter. They must surely have thought their city was under attack. Then imagine hearing from your government, No, no, just an accident. See, we confiscated 2700 tons of a stable but powerful explosive six years ago, we stored it all together, then we let someone pile up a bunch of easily flammable material next door. If only someone could have foreseen a problem.

Stephen বলেছেন...

It had the same feel as when I saw Bambi vs. Godzilla in 1970.

eric বলেছেন...

Why does someone say Allah Akbar before the blast?

I've seen lot's of video's as terrorists are about to blow something up say that.

But it doesn't seem like they know the explosion is coming, and yet they say it right before the blast.

William বলেছেন...

On the news tonight, there was a video of some woman in labor when this happened. Both she and the baby survived, but there were certainly complications in the delivery. What a ghastly event, made even more ghastly if it turns out the cause was stupidity rather than malice or corruption.

The Crack Emcee বলেছেন...

I crack up every time I see it:

She thought she was the SHIT.

stevew বলেছেন...

A special day made even more memorable.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Too much makeup.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

If air was a dispersive medium for acoustic waves, we couldn't understand each other but blast waves wouldn't happen. You'd get a loud chirp from an explosion, slower the further away the blast is.

You'd still be able to communicate in morse code.

Mike (MJB Wolf) বলেছেন...

Wow.

Mike (MJB Wolf) বলেছেন...

Great summation Original Mike. Apt as hell.

Leland বলেছেন...

A great example of what happens when your trust corrupt bureaucrats to do their job. Nothing like leaving ammonium nitrate stored next to fireworks and other flammable and explosives for 6 years. The immediate speculation by the world press was some nefarious act by Israel or maybe some other entity. Rather it was government bureaucrats leaving an explosive mix in the heart of a major city.

bwebster বলেছেন...

Perfect metaphor for 2020.

ccscientist বলেছেন...

I have visited an old WWII ammo depot: concrete bunkers set far enough apart that if one blew the others would not. There have been disasters like this in Texas and Halifax and England but people don't seem to learn.

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