Oct 18 2009Beautiful Tragedy: Burning City Firescreens
This is a firescreen that makes it appear as though London is burning in your fireplace. There's one of Rome too, after the jump. BURN!!
It's been a long time since fire ravaged London and Rome in 1666 and 64 AD respectively--which must be why we can feel okay about making cool firescreens based on these tragic incidents today.
Very clever. Of course, I want a custom one with a bunch of mangled robot corpses in the back and me riding a dino in the foreground. Just like how it happens in the future. Don't believe me? Then where did this passage come from:
And on the seventh day, while God was resting, man foolishly invented robots. Man, being the idiot moron that he is, said, "be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it", and they did. Then God woke up and saw the metallic shitstorm down below and sent the Geekologie Writer to whip their robotic monkey asses atop his wicked dino-mount. Plus laserbeams.
This is the word of the Geekologie Writer. Amen Pew pew.
Hit the jump for Rome burning.
Burning Cities Firescreens Make Horrible Tragedies Downright Cozy [gizmodo]
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Reader Comments
1. Nelly - October 18, 2009 5:17 PM
Looks like you got your cities mixed up there.
2. PinkFrost - October 18, 2009 5:26 PM
Look, kids.. Big Ben, Parliament..
3. _me - October 18, 2009 5:27 PM
'London "in" burning?'
Maybe a quickie rewrite is in order too.
4. ~☻,_∫∫ ∕∕-][ Ỵ ([¦¦ ([]) ][-¦¦ ☻~ - October 18, 2009 5:27 PM
sigh not as cool as storm troopers 911
5. asian sensation - October 18, 2009 5:27 PM
first !!!!
theres one of rome then a pic of london after the jump*
6. Zidel333 - October 18, 2009 5:28 PM
I demand a refund! There is no fiddle playing in the background!!!
7. becci - October 18, 2009 5:35 PM
im pretty sure your cities are backwards. awesome nonetheless.
8. A Comment Reader - October 18, 2009 5:39 PM
Shut up you with all the symbols in your name. Stormtooper 9/11 isn't that funny. Just let it go and stop commenting about it on every article. Oh no, something you sent in wasn't posted, whatever shall you do? I've got an idea. SHUT UP. Find something actually funny and send that in. I've sent a few things in, and none of them have been posted. Do I whine about it? Of course not, because it's not the end of the world.
Oh, and just because you learned alt codes last week in your junior high keyboarding class doesn't mean you have to use them
9. austin - October 18, 2009 5:45 PM
Hehee,
Rome is the First Picture. ( it has the coliseum)
London is the Seccond Picture ( it has Big Ben)
10. asdadasd - October 18, 2009 5:56 PM
I think you got the cities mixed up somehow: first is Fresno, second is Lansing
11. J - October 18, 2009 5:58 PM
I want one shaped like a butt that fits over the gas burner on my stove top to remind me of the last time i had a dodgy vindaloo......
12. V - October 18, 2009 6:00 PM
AHAHAHAHA MODERATELY FUNNY FAILS THAT ANYONE CAN MAKE BUT I STILL CARE TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION!
13. Curses - October 18, 2009 6:03 PM
I want Chicago! Or LA; it could either be post-riot or summer wildfire.
14. Topher - October 18, 2009 6:17 PM
I can safely say I would have sex with these, despite the searing metal. I call them love blisters.
15. ~☻,_∫∫ ∕∕-][ Ỵ ([¦¦ ([]) ][-¦¦ ☻~ - October 18, 2009 6:23 PM
@ 8 read the first line of your comment take the rest and shove it up your ass storm troopers 911 kicks the shit out of this crap
16. zakkmiester - October 18, 2009 7:01 PM
METHINKS THOU HAST SCREWED UP.
No offense
(say you did it on purpose)
17. J - October 18, 2009 7:18 PM
What is storm trooper 911 anyway??? Besides, if its SO much better, why are you constantly on here? And i dont get your 'name', does that say OJAYCOK??? You dont drive a white bronco do you???
18. bribios - October 18, 2009 7:21 PM
Storm troopers 911 is the worst thing to ever happen to the internet. I've known three people who have seen it, and they ended up fisting their beloved family dogs to death, because of how not funny it is.
19. ~☻,_∫∫ ∕∕-][ Ỵ ([¦¦ ([]) ][-¦¦ ☻~ - October 18, 2009 8:00 PM
cause im paralyzed and have terminal lung cancer and have nothing better to do i haven't been able to jerk off for 5 YEARS i'm not kidding
20. Closet Nerd - October 18, 2009 8:11 PM
I imagine that is what it looked like to Nero as he burned Rome in order to build his giant playground. Although, not that I think of it, I think the Coliseum was built over Nero's former playground which he obtained by burning down about 50% of what was Rome at the time.
Gotta love the History Channel (and the Discovery Channel)
21. Closet Nerd - October 18, 2009 8:27 PM
Stormtroopers 9/11 wasn't that great. Funny concept, and well pulled off, but not that great.
22. J - October 18, 2009 8:32 PM
ojaycock, you'd think someone paralysed wouldnt use 247 keystrokes just to write their 'name'. Empty your dribble cup
23. Bob - October 18, 2009 8:42 PM
FIRSIT!!1
24. Joe - October 18, 2009 8:43 PM
@Bob lol, loser.
25. Fred - October 18, 2009 8:44 PM
@Joe I kno rite?
26. Bob - October 18, 2009 9:31 PM
woa guyz stop bein meen to me guyz its hrtn mah feelins
27. td - October 18, 2009 9:35 PM
i tried to duplicate this effect with cardboard.
Didnt work.... :(
What am I missing?
28. pewter - October 18, 2009 10:08 PM
shut up all of you. combined you probably all have a 1 inch cock. SHUT UP (except you storm chaser)
29. Zombot - October 18, 2009 10:30 PM
IT BURNS IT BURNS..
THE ROOF IS ON FIRE...
WE GO IN, WE KEEELL
30. Great White Pygmy - October 18, 2009 10:35 PM
Makes me want to FIDDLE!
31. Great White Pygmy - October 18, 2009 10:36 PM
And where is Chicago?
32. scurl - October 18, 2009 11:32 PM
this reminds me of another great fire hazard i know of. it's called "giant holes in your fire screen" maybe you've heard of it. nice concept though, i'd just put some screen behind all the scenery to make it.....functional.
33. Nick Sydney - October 18, 2009 11:45 PM
first thing that came to mind after seeing this
"London's Burning" by The Clash
34. ThinkingCog - October 19, 2009 12:03 AM
Gosh darn it, if the GW says that Rome is London and vice versa, then it is so!!! Quick someone change the geography textbooks and make this happen.
35. asian sensation - October 19, 2009 1:18 AM
@23 i was first
@~☻,_∫∫ ∕∕-][ Ỵ ([¦¦ ([]) ][-¦¦ ☻~ strom troopers 9/11 wasnt funny
36. bendizle - October 19, 2009 2:19 AM
@2 hahahah I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!!!!!
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38. Anthony - October 19, 2009 6:50 AM
@27 I'm pretty sure you did it right, it's all these other morons who did it wrong.
Oh and yeah, a few other people have noticed, but that's definitely the coliseum to the left of the first one. I think that makes it Rome, not London. But who am I kidding, I don't know anything.
39. tarantula - October 19, 2009 7:47 AM
40th
40. Ciao - October 19, 2009 8:18 AM
I wonder if they make them into a grouping of zombies and/or robots?
urrrrrgggg.....arrrgggg....grrrr.....beep!
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43. Ciao - October 19, 2009 8:25 AM
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44. Jaded Icon - October 19, 2009 8:53 AM
If they attached a screen behind the design it would be a little more practical. Of course if they did then my point is moot. It's just from the pics it doesn't look like it at all...
45. sticksnleaves - October 19, 2009 9:05 AM
Too soon!
46. LSDiesel - October 19, 2009 10:43 AM
Goodness. This is what happens on weekends when the children are left to fill the comments? Pathetic. This is why I don't comment on weekends, because of the smell.
Clean yourselves up and then get ready for some classic week-day posting.
47. Freddy K - October 19, 2009 1:06 PM
LSDiesel
My thoughts exactly.
48. naas - October 19, 2009 1:06 PM
@47 no shit brother, I was skipping through comments too & after reading a handful of them I feel a little dumber than I previously was
49. bob - October 19, 2009 7:18 PM
I would buy it if it were Chicago
I suppose alternatively, I could always just burn Chicago to the ground again...
Nope, way to lazy
50. The Newologist - October 20, 2009 4:43 AM
This blog has me in tears sometimes lmao
pew pew