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Selfie attempt sets off domino effect at L.A. gallery and causes $200,000 in damage
L A Times ^ | 07/14/2017 | Veronica Rocha

Posted on 07/14/2017 5:14:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin

TThe quest for the perfect selfie at a pop-up gallery in Los Angeles known for its Instagram-friendly art took a disastrous turn recently, and it came with a steep price.

The calamitous scene unfolded when an unidentified woman crouched for a selfie in front of a row of crowns displayed individually on pedestals and fell backward, triggering an unstoppable domino effect in a room described by the gallery as “a serene space.”

A video, posted on YouTube Thursday, captured the mishap at the 14th Factory as each pedestal fell onto the next.

Simon Birch, a British-born, Hong Kong-based artist who conceived the art installation, told the New York Times that the selfie fail occurred two weeks ago and caused about $200,000 in damage.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: damage; domino; gallery; selfie
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To: TChad

Lol! Clever to have found that.

There are free programs on the Web that allow you to make longer gifs from YouTubes than that one I posted of the cat. The whole YouTube clip was just 31 secs.


41 posted on 07/14/2017 8:10:46 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: ETL

Re post # 29—why is it that almost every person leaning on a domino is very overweight? LOL


42 posted on 07/14/2017 8:16:52 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: TChad
gifs website
43 posted on 07/14/2017 8:30:23 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: BenLurkin
gifs website
44 posted on 07/14/2017 8:35:13 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: FatherofFive

Insurance fraud.


45 posted on 07/14/2017 9:49:05 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: BenLurkin

46 posted on 07/15/2017 6:08:32 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: BenLurkin

Publicity stunt.


47 posted on 07/15/2017 6:11:42 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Enchante

If she did apologize, I’ll bet it lacked sincerity. Plenty of reason to not give her the benefit of the doubt. Time to cut this crap out of our culture! Desperate times call for desperate measures. Let her go before a judge.


48 posted on 07/15/2017 6:32:30 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Enchante

Is it just me or?...Has the overuse of the words “insane” and “insanely” gone out of control? It has run it’s course...Give us a break and put the brakes on it, hang it up for good, etc.


49 posted on 07/15/2017 6:41:29 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: equaviator

It’s just you.... ha


50 posted on 07/15/2017 6:46:42 AM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: BenLurkin
an unidentified woman crouched for a selfie in front of a row of crowns displayed individually on pedestals

Here is the only row of crowns worth having:

Are there selfies in heaven? I think not.

51 posted on 07/15/2017 7:34:17 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Enchante

No bandwagon here...I don’t like those kinds of bands. Their wagons are far too easy for jumping onto because of what’s driving it.


52 posted on 07/15/2017 8:44:55 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: ETL

53 posted on 07/15/2017 8:51:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

From whence do they derive that $200,000 value? Has anyone actually PAID that for a similar quantity of the damaged goods, or is that an asking price?

Until someone is willing to pay for an item, its cash value is zero. Asking prices are meaningless until someone pays them.


54 posted on 07/15/2017 9:03:07 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: ETL

Fat-people-on-mattress dominoes?


55 posted on 07/15/2017 9:04:46 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: dfwgator
Image result for stonehenge dominos gif
56 posted on 07/15/2017 9:09:27 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: Hatteras

Lol! Now that’s some *real* dominoes!


57 posted on 07/15/2017 9:12:17 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: SaveFerris

Don’t want to discuss it
I think it’s time for a change

You may get disgusted
Start thinkin’ that I’m strange

In that case I’ll go underground
Get some heavy rest

Never have to worry
About what is worst and what is best (get it)

Oh, oh Domino (all right)
Roll me over Romeo

There you go
Lord have mercy

I said oh oh Domino
Roll me over Romeo

There you go
Say it again
I said oh oh Domino
I said oh oh Domino, dig it

There’s no need for argument
There’s no argument at all

And if you never hear from him
That just means he didn’t call or vice versa
That depends on wherever you’re at

Or and if you never hear from me
That just means I would rather not

Oh oh Domino
Roll me over Romeo...
_____

Domino
by Van Morrison


58 posted on 07/15/2017 9:16:51 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: dfwgator
Image result for stonehenge dominos gif
59 posted on 07/15/2017 9:19:43 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: dfwgator; ETL

There it is!

That Van Morrison song was on my....Superstars of the 70’s

8-TRACK (2 tape set)


60 posted on 07/15/2017 11:34:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ....)
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