Architecture
The Ultimate
Authorities say a body found encased in concrete next to a home in San Diego’s North Park area is believed to be that of an 80-year-old Hemet man who disappeared in May.Police say three roommates found the body Friday while demolishing a large egg-shaped concrete form left in the yard.
We must stop what ever it is we are doing and examine this amazing story. It contains the ultimate shape: the egg; the ultimate substance: concrete; and a core that is the ultimate truth: a dead man.
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Albany, NY is happy to find it's landmark Egg on display in The Stranger.
Posted by dwight moody | September 10, 2008 1:06 PMWhy is concrete the ultimate substance?
Posted by A | September 10, 2008 1:14 PMWhy is an egg the ultimate shape? why not an n-dimensional cube?
Posted by Super Jesse | September 10, 2008 1:27 PMOr a p dimensional brane for that matter?
Posted by COMTE | September 10, 2008 1:31 PMI'll have one of whatever Charles is drinking.
Posted by sqwanderer | September 10, 2008 1:40 PMHoly yoke cadaver, Batman.
It could only be the work of...
http://caradonnaweb.com/photogallery/200px-Egghead_batman.jpg
Posted by John Bailo | September 10, 2008 1:48 PMWhat came first, the cadaver or the egg?
Posted by Mahtli69 | September 10, 2008 1:52 PM@7 - Sorry
Posted by Mahtli69 | September 10, 2008 1:54 PMI suspect this might have been a concrete form, i.e., something you pour concrete into to fabricate a particular object, rather than an actual solid concrete object. The article is not too clear. A photo would be nice.
Posted by Jaymz | September 10, 2008 2:00 PMI read the article again, and it does say "encased in concrete" but I sitll would like to see a photo....
Posted by Jaymz | September 10, 2008 2:05 PMEggman? Check!
Walrus? ...
Posted by RonK, Seattle | September 10, 2008 2:30 PMWhat's it all mean, maaaan?
Posted by Doobie | September 10, 2008 5:05 PM@3 Jesse, the egg is the ultimate shape for a couple reasons.
Posted by treacle | September 10, 2008 5:35 PMOne: it is the most common shape in the universe. Describing the shapes of cells, seeds, eggs, droplets, orbits, planets, suns, galaxies, and more, far more accurately than a perfect circle (which is incredibly rare in nature).
And Two: it is a universal metaphor for Life, and the beginning of life.
@1 A, concrete is the ultimate substance because it is a rock that can be formed into anything Man wants. It is both a liquid and a solid. It represents our ability to shape our world to our desires. It represents the whims of Money and Power to build and create. It is, in short, our future. Building a concrete future.
Posted by treacle | September 10, 2008 5:39 PMSeriously, don't you people read books any more?
Posted by treacle | September 10, 2008 6:03 PMTreacle wins!
Posted by treacle wins | September 10, 2008 8:45 PMComments Closed
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