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Something *odd* with this picture on CNN?
Hiro Pendragon
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12-12-2005 15:34
Okay, I know I'm opening myself up for jokes ... but ... anyone else notice something *odd* with the picture from this CNN article about voting in Iraq?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/12/iraq.main/index.html

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Cid Jacobs
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12-12-2005 15:36
:eek:
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12-12-2005 15:39
Looks like he tied a string around his finger to remember something and tied it a little too tight, cutting off the circulation.
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12-12-2005 15:43
His finger is purple because the Iraqis mark their ballots using a finger and purple ink or dye.
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Hiro Pendragon
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12-12-2005 15:51
From: DogSpot Boxer
His finger is purple because the Iraqis mark their ballots using a finger and purple ink or dye.

Well yes. We know this.

But like ... it looks like ... :rolleyes: :eek:
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Paolo Portocarrero
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12-12-2005 15:52
From: DogSpot Boxer
His finger is purple because the Iraqis mark their ballots using a finger and purple ink or dye.

Or, his C-ring is cutting off circulation. :p
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Cid Jacobs
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12-12-2005 16:00
From: Paolo Portocarrero
Or, his C-ring is cutting off circulation. :p

Bahahahaha! :D
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Torley Linden
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12-12-2005 16:34
Brings a new meaning to "vote with your feet"... ummm...
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Piccadilly Metropolitan
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12-12-2005 17:02
And no one else has noticed that he appears to have rounds of ammunition hung round his neck?
Lianne Marten
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12-12-2005 17:06
From: Piccadilly Metropolitan
And no one else has noticed that he appears to have rounds of ammunition hung round his neck?


"An Iraqi soldier in Baghdad shows off the ink-stained finger Monday that indicates he has voted."
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12-12-2005 17:17
yeah it did look like a ...
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12-12-2005 17:34
My God, yes it looks like a mushroom!

hmmm
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Piccadilly Metropolitan
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12-12-2005 17:39
From: Lianne Marten
"An Iraqi soldier in Baghdad shows off the ink-stained finger Monday that indicates he has voted."


Who are you again?
Paolo Portocarrero
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12-12-2005 17:40
From: Piccadilly Metropolitan
And no one else has noticed that he appears to have rounds of ammunition hung round his neck?

Hmpf, that's just immaterial. Get with the program! :p
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Cid Jacobs
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12-12-2005 18:04
From: Piccadilly Metropolitan
Who are you again?

Apparently you failed to notice her post count! :mad:
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Phoenix Psaltery
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12-12-2005 18:31
From: Piccadilly Metropolitan
And no one else has noticed that he appears to have rounds of ammunition hung round his neck?


It's IRAQ. That's de reguier in Baghdad.

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Juro Kothari
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12-12-2005 18:47
From: Hiro Pendragon
Well yes. We know this.

But like ... it looks like ... :rolleyes: :eek:

No way... far too small.

;)
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12-12-2005 18:52
From: Piccadilly Metropolitan
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I am BATMAN.
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Champie Jack
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12-12-2005 19:16
It's Preliminary Voting.

Soldiers, patients, and prisoners are voting today.
Kazuo Murakami
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12-13-2005 02:32
Speaking of odd pictures on websites, or rather, "odd" title decisions in this case... this from the comcast front page the other day...



Interesting way to put it...
ShadowFox Soothsayer
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12-13-2005 09:08
well.... ummmm... er... lol?
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