Blue ball machine (no, not that kind)

November 11, 2005 5:41 AM

Be mesmirised by a very complex .gif involving blue balls in a machine. Then, when you've had enough, check out this rather silly but also tragic accompaniment.
posted by Lotto (21 comments total)

Ahem, that should be mesmerized, or mesmerised, depending on where you're from. Sorry.
posted by Lotto at 5:43 AM on November 11, 2005

I thought this was a true story until I saw that professor's last name.
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 5:44 AM on November 11, 2005

Aaargh, the music!
posted by NinjaPirate at 5:52 AM on November 11, 2005

Also, be mesmerized NSFW
posted by rxrfrx at 5:53 AM on November 11, 2005

Hey, I love that music! Danny Elfman, from "Pee Wee's Big Adventure".
posted by zardoz at 5:53 AM on November 11, 2005

Oh, now I get it! That's how they make microphones.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:07 AM on November 11, 2005

That's a cool gif. And a cool ymtd. The response would only have been funny if there was a "NOOOOOOOO" in there somewhere.
posted by fungible at 6:11 AM on November 11, 2005

Hang it up in the Louvre!
posted by furtive at 6:15 AM on November 11, 2005

FYI, originally created by the goons at Something Awful: The Blue Ball Manipulator, part 2
posted by smackfu at 6:23 AM on November 11, 2005

An ex-girlfriend of mine was a blue ball factory, lemme tell ya.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:35 AM on November 11, 2005

I got 400 points with that one hit. Whoo!
posted by NoMich at 6:39 AM on November 11, 2005

Damnit, Crash, you beat me to it!
posted by mikrophon at 7:04 AM on November 11, 2005

I vote [this is good] only for the second link you provide.
posted by jmccorm at 7:18 AM on November 11, 2005

All three of those ytnmd.com subsites (including the NSFW site mentioned in the comments) are fantastic and made me laugh out loud. Top notch!

Who is ytnmd.com anyway?
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 7:31 AM on November 11, 2005

it's rube goldberg gone .gif!
posted by neko at 7:32 AM on November 11, 2005

You're the man now dog!
posted by Frasermoo at 7:33 AM on November 11, 2005

Who is ytnmd.com anyway?

You're the Man Now, Dog
posted by rxrfrx at 7:54 AM on November 11, 2005

FYI, originally created by the goons at Something Awful: The Blue Ball Manipulator, part 2

Wow, they're good for something other than photoshoppery? That's neat in a visually explosive way.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 8:56 AM on November 11, 2005

Christ, half an hour later ... must ... not ... go ... through ... individual ... images ... in ... thread...
posted by Ogre Lawless at 9:30 AM on November 11, 2005

I love the little guy whose head gets yanked off by a machine then replaced by a blue ball every few seconds. All he's trying to do is operate the controls, but his head keeps being ripped off.
posted by Jawn at 12:06 PM on November 11, 2005

All he's trying to do is operate the controls, but his head keeps being ripped off.

Sounds like a job I had once...
posted by darkstar at 5:41 AM on November 12, 2005