Comments on: Glorious Soyuz Uterus.

Glorious Soyuz Uterus.

squalor — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:16:43 -0800

"This is a regular Russian school biology textbook owned by some Russian school. He has modified some illustrations so now it's hard to say sometimes what was there originally and what has appeared as a result of his imagination."

By: HE Amb. T. S. L. DuVal

HE Amb. T. S. L. DuVal — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:29:42 -0800

At first I thought this was going to pale in comparison to my own marginalia, but I was impressed. I especially liked the trick of making multiple illustrations link to the same body. Russian speakers, what is written at the bottom of Ureter Man's page? It looks like CAHOBAR or CAMOBAR.

By: resurrexit

resurrexit — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:33:38 -0800

That whole site is pretty cool. Thanks. I liked the railcar churches exhibit.

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:36:26 -0800

I just spewed beer all over my keyboard. One hundred pounds of awesome.

By: kickingtheground

kickingtheground — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:50:51 -0800

Russian speakers, what is written at the bottom of Ureter Man's page? It looks like CAHOBAR or CAMOBAR.

Samovar.

By: mattdidthat

mattdidthat — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:09:04 -0800

Do we know when these were drawn? I like the way #3 either foreshadows or pays homage to Goatse as some sort of a worldwide touchstone.

By: rainy

rainy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:36:11 -0800

Well done. I remember that one or a very similar textbook. They were always printed on very rough, almost newspaper-like paper, and illustrations sucked. I remember how we were reading Chernishevsky's "What is to be done?" (One of the favorite books of Lenin) and someone wrote on the title list: "Snimat shtany i begat" (take off pants and run around). I thought it was funny.

By: HE Amb. T. S. L. DuVal

HE Amb. T. S. L. DuVal — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:27:21 -0800

Thanks, kicking. It just got better.

By: Bageena

Bageena — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:54:53 -0800

Hurrah! This is the first artist I've ever seen here on Mefi that I felt I was better than. Even if the guy who made it was probably vastly younger than me, making it probably not really fair, I'm going to take it as a win for me. I need it, you see.

By: 0xdeadc0de

0xdeadc0de — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:47:25 -0800

The womb as rocket ship is sublime.

By: Acey

Acey — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:10:04 -0800

This is fantastic. I always knew I'd wasted school science lessons, but until now, I don't think think I fully understood how much I could have achieved.

By: NoMich

NoMich — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:29:10 -0800

Funny stuff. This is from the same web site. It's a small photo set taken by a Russian pilot on 9/11.

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:33:54 -0800

These drawings remind me of the Terry Gilliam animations from Monty Python.

By: greensweater

greensweater — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:23:40 -0800

I couldn't stop laughing at these. Thanks.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:55:08 -0800

That's a lot of fun, thanks! If you're curious, the head in this one is saying Есть хочу! [Yést' khochú] 'I want to eat!'

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:28:46 -0800

My reaction to this kids drawings was basically 'meh' but the links for the rest of the site are full of gold: Sweet

By: troybob

troybob — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:35:44 -0800

Is there no site left where you don't risk being assaulted by images of some chick's cottage-cheese gut hanging over her jeans? i'm a fan of the non-magazine-cover human body and all, but I would think sites would avoid ads that drive people away.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:49:17 -0800

you are clearly not the target demo of those ads, troybob.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:51:55 -0800

That ad has been all over the net lately. So odd.

By: troybob

troybob — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:03:13 -0800

My longtime hero Aaron Burtch (former Grandaddy) has done some cool stuff like this with old books [few examples: 1, 2, 3]. Yeah, I also like the other linkages on the page...

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:26:06 -0800

Woah! Russian & Ukrainian graduation day pictures! In case you didn't already know, part of the tradition involves dressing up in French maid outfits and playing in public fountains. That is correct. Their country is way, way better than yours.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:50:22 -0800

Anyone have a guess what this is?

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:17:30 -0800

This site is addictive. Filled with awesome pics, thanks.

By: kickingtheground

kickingtheground — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:04:44 -0800

Anyone have a guess what this is?

It's a radar installation.

By: Lou Stuells

Lou Stuells — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:57:33 -0800

Oh, no. I ruptured something laughing at this. I haven't laughed this hard in ages. Thanks!