LOLRUS RIP

"The seal soon mastered a variety of comical feats, including a popular stunt in which he held a bucket with one flipper while sticking out his tongue."

Outstanding.

I thought it died like 2 years ago? I remember someone mentioned it on another thread about those pics.

he could have revived itv's flagging fortunes with a routine like that.

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Also, I remember someone saying on that thread that it's not the same animal in those two pics, not even the same species.

Goddamnit. Idiot friends forwarding me six-month old stories.

http://www.importantrecords.com/releases/imprec097_release_page.htm

lol I was just thinking how it was illustrative of the sad, overloaded world we live in that everybody knows about the lolrus but nobody realizes he died years ago or that merzbow made an album dedicated to the thing or even that he was actually famous for being huge and japanese, not just for looking desperate about a bucket.

tuomas if those aren't the same animal in those two pictures then I suppose the japanese must have been keeping a spare huge fuckoff walrus around just in case.

yes ledge it sucks when you are behind the times but that's why they invented the rest of the internet, so you can tell your friends and coworkers how fucking slow their shit is and to get the fuck with the program.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/MerzbowMinazoVol1CDCover.jpeg

^^^^ want poster for framing

everybody knows about the lolrus but nobody realizes he died years ago or that merzbow made an album dedicated to the thing

Truth, this is the first I realised that the seal on the Merzbow album and the bucket one were one and the same :(

other symptoms of overloaded world include people posting to message boards at 6am

According to Wikipedia:

One of the most famous southern elephant seals is Minazo, who lived from when he was a half-year old until his death in 2005 in Japan's Enoshima Aquarium.[2] Minazo became popular for his signature bucket holding, tongue-lolling pose. In 2006, Minazo was memorialized by the Japanese noise musician Masami Akita, AKA Merzbow, in a two volume album (vol. 1, vol. 2) with artwork by Jenny Akita showing Minazo holding his beloved bucket. In 2007, Minazo became the subject of an image macro similar to lolcat called lolrus. In his liner notes, Masami Akita suggests that Minazo's frequent and demanding performances left him exhausted, contributing ultimately to his death. Akita's intention in celebrating Minazo was to highlight the plight of captive animals used for performance before public audiences.[3]

tongue-lolling

lol

ILX compilation vol 4 should be titled : "You can't take a bucket when you go"

I don't know what I think that many many times more people are going to know I HAS A BUCKET than the Merzbow thing. Maybe I don't need to have an opinion

Whether he died years ago or yesterday he deserves a RIP thread.
RIP giant walrus dude.

I don't know what I think that many many times more people are going to know I HAS A BUCKET than the Merzbow thing. Maybe I don't need to have an opinion

-- DJ Mencap, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 12:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

i only heard about the merzbow thing from reading this thread. don't even know who merzbow is tbqf.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/50/263370.jpg

RIP giant walrus dude.

Pour one out... into a bucket lol!

http://www.strangetravel.com/images/content/121975.jpg

Ah Mr. Creosote.

Hope that much fish doesn't aggravate his diabeetus.

poor LOURAWLS.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qvVMi7FUBm0/TLsqeHEmazI/AAAAAAAAJ24/X1vHgeybDeY/s400/Walrus-Jamie-mythbusters-1727709-336-367.jpg