The Onion reference or an original joke?

Maybe it's the remains of ancient credit card debtors.

(This joke currently only funny (if that) to Blockbuster employees who rented "Maxed Out" pre-street, or to the seven people that saw the documentary in theaters.)

/obscure
//explained

Aaa! Someone is trying to immanentize the eschaton!

fark, Digby. I'm trying to eat, dude.

"A drought that has bared parts of the bed of Florida's largest lake has exposed human bone fragments, pottery and even boats ....... However, the boats uncovered are relatively intact. They include a steam-powered dredge ... the remnants of a steam ship... a wooden, motorized canoe...."

these are OBVIOUSLY highly intelligent skeleton people! i for one welcome our new skeleton overlords! (maybe theyre related to the ice skeleton overlords!!)

Even He-man thought that Skelator was gay, and He-Man puts Ace and Gary to shame.

Oh, I think we'll be O.K.

The lake is known locally as 'Borat's Well'.

soosh [TotalFark] 2007-06-05 04:33:26 AM
the second-largest freshwater lake in the continental U.S., behind Lake Michigan

bzzzt. Lake Superior is now in what, Angola?


Well Superior is Mostly in Canada.

Imagine: At one time, the entire area was filled with spooky, bony, walking skeletons.

Hmm, how did they get there from Egypt?

Wow, I read that "Drought uncovers evidence of ancient rape of skeleton people at the bottom of a lake"

Try fathoming that one.

The state has alerted the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes of the bones, but no decision has been made on their fate.

Huh ... huh huh huh

Sucky

Who'da thought Atlantis was in a swamp in farkin Florida?

Several of the ancient skeletal remains had what appeared to be cement overshoes and many had bullet fragments embedded in their skulls leading scientists to believe ancient Native American tribes may have been much more technologically advanced than they had once thought.

One tribal member was actually entombed in, what appears to be, a bullet-ridden 1972 Plymouth Duster, but scientists are unsure of how the tribes had mastered such an advanced state of metallurgy and believe aliens may have played a part in the scientific advancement of early Native American tribes.

Woohoo_02
Hmm, how did they get there from Egypt?

They walked across the ocean bottom.

I saw it in a documentary about a race of skeleton people in the Caribbean.

/duh

I read about this in the local paper this morning. Interesting stuff... some of these relics may be as much as 2,000 years old.

There's also evidence that looters are digging around out there, too.

Man, I sure wouldn't want to be mucking around out there with all of the heat and the skeeters.

"...until the water level rises again."

Awww, it's cute how they think that's going to happen.

Its rainy season
Better hurry
The water she will be a risin,

Why are collectors considered legitimate when they collect massive amounts of artifacts then hide them in boxes in the basements of dusty museums and universities but, considered (as the article infers) "thieves" when collecting to display and enjoy?

So when this lake is "full" it's only 12-14 feet deep? That's not a lake, it's a big puddle.

FTFA - "I'm hoping that the rains come back," he said. "Once it's covered, it's protected.

What kind of sense is this especially since they have no plans to recover any of it? So that no one may see this stuff and have it destroyed by nature itself?

andyb2260
So when this lake is "full" it's only 12-14 feet deep? That's not a lake, it's a big puddle.

It's weird that's for sure, especially when you look at the size of the lake...
Lake Okeechobee is the 2nd largest freshwater lake wholly contained in US borders. It's approximately 730 sq miles.
Here's the numbers according to the South Florida Water Management District

Tabs at the top are kinda interesting trivia and stats.

Well Superior is Mostly in Canada.

Just to clarify, Lake Superior is mostly in the US... 28,749 km^2 in Canada to 53,351 km^2 in the US. Michigan comes in at 58,016 km^2 all in the US, giving it a slight edge for having the most American surface area.

The article says "even boats" like they would be the last thing you'd expect at the bottom of a lake.

/pif

Anybody have that Onion link? It was one of the funniest articles I ever saw on there.

omega-x

Here you go.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30832 (pops)

phlegmato

Well played, sir.

real shaman
Why are collectors considered legitimate when they collect massive amounts of artifacts then hide them in boxes in the basements of dusty museums and universities but, considered (as the article infers) "thieves" when collecting to display and enjoy?

Kinda ironic you asking this considering your handle, but here it goes. Your first set of "collectors" are archaeologists with knowledge of not only the cultures whose artifacts they are removing, but are trained in keeping detailed notes so that the context of those artifacts are not lost. They study the artifacts and learn from them, sharing that knowledge with the public. Also, in this case, the tribes that these remains and artifacts could belong to were notified so they can come take great-grandpa home, as per the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act.

Your second set of "collectors" are amateurs who often rip artifacts and remains out of context, thus removing 90% of what they can tell a researcher. They then either sell said object on the black market or put it in their own cardboard box for their grandkids to stumble across after their death. The grossed out grandkids then donated the artifacts and remains to a museum to sit in the museum's basement for the next 20 yrs because without those detailed records of context the artifacts are essentially worthless to them too and a great deal of work because now they have to figure out who those bits of people really belong to.

/Used to work in a lab sorting and identifying human remains from collections. Most of them were turned over by private collectors with only sketchy "this is about where I found it" type notes.

felidstar

Just call it "provenance".

Another difference is that collecting is legal (professional or otherwise) with permission from the landowner. Looters, by definition, tend not to ask first.

Speaking of skeletons, I'd really like to take the Snorg tees girl for a ride on the bone rollercoaster.

Yeah, Lake Okeechobee is the fourth largest lake completely in the U.S. not the second.

"My god, according to these x-rays, you swallowed an entire skelton!"

Probably the same bone fragments you'd find if you could drain the Hudson river..."sleeping with the fishes."

There is in the land of Mnar a vast still lake that is fed by no stream, and out of which no stream flows. Ten thousands years ago there stood by its shore the mighty city of Sarnath, but Sarnath stands there no more.

/quite obscure

There is in the land of Mnar a vast still lake that is fed by no stream, and out of which no stream flows. Ten thousands years ago there stood by its shore the mighty city of Sarnath, but Sarnath stands there no more.

/quite obscure

Lovecraft obscure? Not around here, my friend. And if half of those bodies in Okeechobee aren't old bootleggers or other ne'er-do-wells from Florida's past, I'll be shocked. South Florida has some crazy, crazy criminal history. Check out "Killing Mr. Watson" some time for a good read.

H. P. Lovecraft is not obscure at all. Many FARKers attend Miskatonic U.

Nicole Ritchie, Olsen Twins - not available for comment.

Ancient indians had a mafia too?