September 3 2008: Scary Scouse Spider

monster · 09-03-2008, 07:06 PM

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It was not a good day to be an arachnophobe in Liverpool. As part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations, this scary 50ft mechanical spider was suspended from a building near Lime Street station.

Even worse, La Princess, as the creature is known, is to move around the city at speeds of up to 2mph before it escapes down the Mersey Tunnel on Sunday.

The steel and wood spider has sophisticated hydraulics which allow the dozen engineers strapped to its frame to operate its eyes, legs and abdomen

There's a better AP picture here from the Daily Mail

HungLikeJesus · 09-03-2008, 08:56 PM

I'd like to know more about the dozen engineers strapped to the spider. I can't see them in the picture.

monster · 09-03-2008, 08:58 PM

I think they're not there yet.

classicman · 09-03-2008, 09:10 PM

Is that where tw was hiding?

ZenGum · 09-03-2008, 09:14 PM

I would love to be one of the engineers riding/driving that beast!

Bwahahahaahaaa! Kneel before me, puny human! Hey, wait, don't run so fast! Come back!

Elspode · 09-03-2008, 09:38 PM

This must be the same dudes with the giant fairytale puppets.

Looks really steampunk to me.

monster · 09-03-2008, 09:41 PM

Maybe this is the beast responsible for the world wide web?

footfootfoot · 09-03-2008, 09:53 PM

...pranged his car...

I love that word, prang.

DanaC · 09-03-2008, 10:15 PM

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Maybe this is the beast responsible for the world wide web?

Genius.

newtimer · 09-04-2008, 04:23 AM

Why is the spider's booty sticking up like that? Is there a giant bull in the area?

Sundae · 09-04-2008, 04:59 AM

Aha! I've been getting promo emails for weeks about the arrival of La Machine. Good to know what it actually is. Can't wait to see pictures of it in action.

Of course the hate Mail has to add in the comment from the Taxpayer's Alliance. How we ever get to host the European City of Culture is beyond me.

Shawnee123 · 09-04-2008, 09:29 AM

That effer better stay the hell away from my tuffet!

Um, what's a tuffet?

dar512 · 09-04-2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

That effer better stay the hell away from my tuffet!

Um, what's a tuffet?

A short seat with covered legs - like an ottoman or hassock.

Shawnee123 · 09-04-2008, 10:30 AM

Ahhhh...think we called those "footstools."

Sundae · 09-04-2008, 10:33 AM

I thought it was a tuft of grass..?
Which is why the pictures in nursery rhymes books always have her outside

09-03-2008, 08:56 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I'd like to know more about the dozen engineers strapped to the spider. I can't see them in the picture. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

09-03-2008, 08:58 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I think they're not there yet. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-03-2008, 09:10 PM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Is that where tw was hiding? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-03-2008, 09:14 PM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I would love to be one of the engineers riding/driving that beast! Bwahahahaahaaa! Kneel before me, puny human! Hey, wait, don't run so fast! Come back! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

09-03-2008, 09:38 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	This must be the same dudes with the giant fairytale puppets. Looks really steampunk to me. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-03-2008, 09:41 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Maybe this is the beast responsible for the world wide web? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-03-2008, 09:53 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	...pranged his car... I love that word, prang. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-04-2008, 04:23 AM	#10
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	Why is the spider's booty sticking up like that? Is there a giant bull in the area?

09-04-2008, 04:59 AM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Aha! I've been getting promo emails for weeks about the arrival of La Machine. Good to know what it actually is. Can't wait to see pictures of it in action. Of course the hate Mail has to add in the comment from the Taxpayer's Alliance. How we ever get to host the European City of Culture is beyond me.

09-04-2008, 09:29 AM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That effer better stay the hell away from my tuffet! Um, what's a tuffet? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-04-2008, 10:30 AM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ahhhh...think we called those "footstools." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-04-2008, 10:33 AM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I thought it was a tuft of grass..? Which is why the pictures in nursery rhymes books always have her outside

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