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Glacier Hug
« on: November 15, 2010, 01:40:09 PM »
Just in time for Christmas..a..the Holidays, we bring you that special gift for the liberal who has everything. 

http://itp.nyu.edu/camp/?p=3273

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This suit explores the avenue of “body” language and non-verbal communication. Intended for awkward introductory glacier encounters, it acts as an “ice breaker”, better enabling a person to lie prone on the surface of the glacier and give it a hug.



I really have to wonder how many environmentalists froze to death or got hypothermia hugging glaciers before the true need for this was realized. 
I guess I need to start looking for money making opportunities selling to liberals. 
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2010, 01:48:00 PM »
I feel I should add that I found this via Michell Malkin's website. 

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/10/14/latest-in-enviro-nu-high-fashion-glacier-hugging-suits/
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2010, 02:04:10 PM »
what the fork?
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2010, 02:44:46 PM »
See, I always thought with glaciers that you skipped right past all the awkward "getting to know you" and emoting stuff and went right to...

Umm...

Never mind...

>:D
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2010, 02:53:47 PM »
Personally, I would rather see them go to that bay up in Alaska and practice Glacier Catching.  I think that would be a more religious experience for them and more fun to watch on Youtube.
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 05:16:08 PM »
Must be a play on the tree hugging thing.  Used to be save the rain forests...now its save the glaciers....Anyone see the commercial for the new Nissan Leaf where the polar bear hugs the guy?  :facepalm:
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 05:22:23 PM »
So, they're attacking the glaciers with their body heat? Are they trying to raise sea levels to prove global warming?
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2010, 07:45:16 PM »
Quote from: Strings on November 15, 2010, 02:44:46 PM
See, I always thought with glaciers that you skipped right past all the awkward "getting to know you" and emoting stuff and went right to...

Umm...

Never mind...

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Quite the contrary: glaciers tend to be really frigid.

You need an icebreaker to get a relationship started.
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2010, 07:53:43 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on November 15, 2010, 07:45:16 PM
Quite the contrary: glaciers tend to be really frigid.

You need an icebreaker to get a relationship started.

They like to move very slowly, too. Even the fastest moving glacier would take two days to get to second base.
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2010, 09:08:36 PM »
Quote from: makattak on November 15, 2010, 07:53:43 PM
They like to move very slowly, too. Even the fastest moving glacier would take two days to get to second base.

I'm not gonna say how much faster that is than I am; it's just way faster.
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2010, 09:44:48 PM »
What caliber for glacier?
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2010, 09:54:04 PM »
Quote from: zahc on November 15, 2010, 09:44:48 PM
What caliber for glacier?

Detcord...hey somebody had to say it.

I hope that when they lay down, they become so relaxed and one with the glacier that they lose consciousness and freeze to death.
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2010, 11:12:08 PM »
Nah; detcord would just create surface wounds.  For a glacier, you really need a thermonuclear device.  It's the only way to be sure.
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2010, 11:26:03 PM »
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2010, 11:41:15 PM »
Quote from: sanglant on November 15, 2010, 11:26:03 PM


No, that would be what caliber for cruise liner, the answer to which is obviously "iceberg."
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2010, 07:58:29 AM »
Quote from: makattak on November 15, 2010, 07:53:43 PM
They like to move very slowly, too. Even the fastest moving glacier would take two days to get to second base.
I think that would be more like years or decades, not days.
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Re: Glacier Hug
« Reply #16 on: November 16, 2010, 08:47:11 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on November 16, 2010, 07:58:29 AM
I think that would be more like years or decades, not days.

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/jakobshavn.html

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By 2000, the glacier had sped up to 9400 meters (5.84 miles) per year, topping out with the last measurement in spring 2003 at 12,600 meters (7.83 miles) per year.


Most are decades. Fastest moving glacier is a good deal faster, though.
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