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  • wardawg31, on 06/03/2008, -23/+277Hold stone for 10 min. - Man made climate change, deposit $5 tax.
    • dbzer0, on 06/04/2008, -10/+5How does Global Waming denial come into this again?
      • DiogenesJr, on 06/04/2008, -6/+6Because global warming is a hilarious farce just like this weather stone. These connections can be difficult, but if you work through them, you'll be rewarded.
        • dbzer0, on 06/04/2008, -2/+3Just because you say so, does not make it true. But stick to your unsupported denials if it makes you sleep better until you are forced to flee your former habitable location
        • betheturtle, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2Luckily stones are invulnerable to the planet being destroyed.
    • Terrasquiggle, on 06/04/2008, -9/+3RON PAUL
    • ShaoKahn, on 06/04/2008, -3/+3Don't say it to loud or MANBEARPIG will come for you to rip your legs off and murder your family.
  • Angelix, on 06/03/2008, -16/+365That stone is better than the weatherman on television.
    • PathDaemon, on 06/04/2008, -1/+20*Obligatory gripe about the definition of "forecasting"*
    • ksong12, on 06/04/2008, -8/+1The one in Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Jackson, NJ is even better:

      If stone is wet, it is raining.
      If stone is white, it is snowing.
      If stone is dry, it is sunny.

      etc.etc.etc.
      • drakenlot, on 06/04/2008, -1/+3This used to be a Newfie joke until it become a normal joke gift.

        I have my own infront of my porch
    • Krissam, on 06/04/2008, -0/+5except your "weatherman" does actually forecast, and not just tell what weather it is currently
    • zeromancer, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7S'gonna rain!
      • sarixe, on 06/05/2008, -0/+2"how's the weather up there?"
        "is rainin' sidewaaaays!"
        "where's your umbrella?"
        "two miles that way!"
  • kuyamon, on 06/03/2008, -39/+297I fail to see how an earthquake is part of the weather.
    • coldfusion1970, on 06/03/2008, -4/+33Well it gives you warning to run like hell.
      • xXIrsotehkewlXx, on 06/04/2008, -0/+79I fail to see how running like hell would help in an earthquake.
      • dfsjdkflasjk, on 06/04/2008, -2/+36Where the hell are you going to run to?
        • Vodd9, on 06/04/2008, -0/+29Somewhere where you can't be killed by things falling on you?
        • jamdogg, on 06/04/2008, -1/+1Right into the gaping chasm.
        • synyster, on 06/04/2008, -1/+1somewhere inside a tall building
      • raysaagar, on 06/04/2008, -0/+23well obviously, he's Flash.
        • TheConman, on 06/04/2008, -7/+2"Flash........ haaaa ahhhhhhhh........... he's unbelievable!"
      • shondell, on 06/04/2008, -1/+22Just roll around all crazy like a panda bear.
    • freezerburn819, on 06/04/2008, -8/+20no, you simply fail.
    • wondertwins, on 06/04/2008, -11/+2its: If stone is on the ground, earthquake
      • Kennerk, on 06/04/2008, -8/+2**********GRAMMAR NAZI************
        It should be it's in /YOUR/ sentence since it's is a contraction of it is
        • MD1000, on 06/04/2008, -4/+1I hate you.
          I am seriously tired of people correcting others grammar.
          who the ***** cares?
          srsly. i think you try to make yourself feel smart, cause you troll the internets comments to find miss spellings and wrong grammer.
          find something better to do with your time.
        • Kennerk, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1i dont troll, if you look at my comments, out of the almost 200, only like 3 are grammatical corrections.
    • kponto, on 06/04/2008, -0/+5If you live in Southern California, you know what "earthquake weather" feels like. It's weird.
    • ShellShock11, on 06/04/2008, -0/+29Gary says the earthquake is a type of weather, so the earthquake is a type of weather...
    • manaf, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2My father is in the met office. They do monitor that.
    • reenie217, on 06/04/2008, -0/+3I think you need to lighten up-it was a joke-you know-lol
    • silverbulletky, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2I fail to see how you have a sense of humor
  • babychen, on 06/03/2008, -40/+4Stone in flight, in the direction of Gary - EPIC FAIL!
    • Spuy767, on 06/04/2008, -0/+6Looks eerily similar to the "Weather Forcasting Rock" I gave to my grandfather as a gag gift in '94.
  • coldfusion1970, on 06/03/2008, -15/+17Why the hell do we waste millions on super computers for the MET office?
    • LavosPhoenix, on 06/04/2008, -17/+7So people in the path of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes have advance warning to take shelter so they don't die like hundreds did in the 50's and 60's in the Midwest? DURR HURR HURR.
    • cowsgonemadd3, on 06/04/2008, -8/+1Why do you cuss?
  • gravityPersists, on 06/03/2008, -9/+382I'm going to steal the stone and watch those people all freak and drag their children into shelters.
    • LavosPhoenix, on 06/04/2008, -18/+2Go ahead, I hope you get arrested.
      • kygeographer, on 06/04/2008, -9/+2Fail.
        • hixxy, on 06/04/2008, -0/+12You could've said almost anything, but instead you insist on using a an old and retired meme that has lost it's luster and appeal. You sir, get nothing.
        • drakenlot, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7while you, hixxy, get an electronic high-five
    • JustusUnlimited, on 06/04/2008, -16/+1Lmao that's funnier than the ***** comment.
    • bovester, on 06/04/2008, -0/+6In case anyone didn't know, basically every Boy Scout camp in the country has a much larger version of this.

      And yes, we stole it one year and threw it in the lake :-D

      I guess the rock thought there was a flood...?
  • db0255, on 06/03/2008, -2/+30How much is one for my place?
    • mikem94590, on 06/03/2008, -9/+4Free; ask a homeless person for cardboard and marker to make the sign, cut somebody's cable or phone line for the string, and ask a burglar for a rock.
      • flmumb, on 06/04/2008, -0/+15Why would a burglar have a rock?
        • AxeMAYHEM, on 06/04/2008, -0/+21Cause thieves and burglars steal weather rocks.
        • mrspurs16, on 06/04/2008, -1/+12To smash windows, dummy!
    • Jashobeam5, on 06/04/2008, -0/+15These are actually sold in gift shops in some rural areas. I've seen them since at least the late 1980s.
      • BevansDesign, on 06/04/2008, -0/+11Yea, every cheesy midwestern gift shop sells a little kit.
      • Detengo, on 06/04/2008, -2/+1I really hope that's sarcasm, or else I might have to lower my loss of faith in America that much lower.
        I'm basically digging myself a hole to the Beijing Olympics.
        • Jashobeam5, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1You don't have joke gifts in your country? Must be a sad, sad place. Have fun in China.
  • JeffreyLloyd, on 06/03/2008, -56/+1http://digg.com/television/The_Office_Music_107_So ...

    Help me get some diggs! Everyone loves the office!
    • DeskFlyer, on 06/04/2008, -0/+16FYI, I visited every thread you've been spamming your submission in just to bury and report you (all nine of them so far today). Have fun trying to log in tomorrow, idiot.
    • raysaagar, on 06/04/2008, -0/+9he's now an "Oops, what you're looking for isn't here!" error.
    • H1tchh1k3r, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7HAY GUISE CHECK OUT MY AWSUUUUUUUM STORY

      http://internetisseriousbusiness.com/
      DO IT CAUSE EVERYBODY LUVS IT.
  • DeskFlyer, on 06/03/2008, -2/+424Wouldn't this be considered a nowcast?
    • TheConman, on 06/04/2008, -10/+3Yeah... if you're in the future.
    • kgunning, on 06/04/2008, -1/+51I think it's called a threecast. One before the forecast.
    • diadem2, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2It's still a forecast, though it's generally only accurate for ten to sixty minutes, depending on circumstances. In the morning of a sunny day it's been known to be accurate for up to 8 hours into the future.
  • joshhero123, on 06/03/2008, -6/+72Why are Americans surprised to see this, this is how we always forecast weather in Australia.
    • freezerburn819, on 06/04/2008, -4/+31but you have a WAY bigger rock.. and it's red.
    • da1e, on 06/04/2008, -8/+0agree, not funny anymore.
    • BossKey, on 06/04/2008, -8/+2Which means you have no forecasts, since this stupid mislabeled rock doesn't tell you anything about future weather.
      • colonelxc, on 06/04/2008, -1/+2WOOSH!
      • synyster, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1to be fair it does tell you about the future weather. if you see the stone is swinging you might realized that big storm will coming
    • JacksonYaya, on 06/04/2008, -1/+10Does your rock predict killer kangaroo stampedes?
      • joshhero123, on 06/04/2008, -0/+13No, there's not such thing. We have Kangaroos as pets. Its the Koala stampedes you have to be careful of.
      • johnsmith3210, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2Rock soaked in blood = killer kangaroo stampede.
    • Vodd9, on 06/04/2008, -0/+20But...
      You're all upside down....
      That's too complicated.
    • clinko, on 06/04/2008, -0/+19Only on digg can a picture of a rock be turned into an anti-american statement.
      • joshhero123, on 06/04/2008, -0/+4I actually just laugh out loud at work.
  • minnymoo, on 06/03/2008, -7/+1So who's pimpin' the rock?
  • MtheoryX, on 06/03/2008, -17/+10Wow, I've never heard this old joke.
    • ZiggyPlayedG, on 06/04/2008, -3/+21Then how do you know it's old, you liar.
    • tribecom, on 06/04/2008, -1/+4Quick somebody remove the post. MtheoryX has seen it before and we all know the internet starts and ends with what MtheoryX has seen.
  • Deodrus, on 06/04/2008, -14/+2OWWWW !!! I have a bad muscle spasm in my neck. Just made it worse from laughing too hard.
    • KnifeOrSpoon, on 06/04/2008, -0/+6I bet that is the last time you put a mirror next to your monitor huh?
    • Deodrus, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1okay, I totally did not get your joke.

      I have a neck-muscle which has been hurting for 7 days straight, and when I laughed hard my head jerked forward and I had sharp pains in the neck.

      Someone care to explain the joke ? I'm lost.
  • faceless323, on 06/04/2008, -4/+15the companion to the pet rock...
    • xXIrsotehkewlXx, on 06/04/2008, -1/+9Like its retarded cousin?
      • Cruelapollo, on 06/04/2008, -0/+10No, this one has the education of a weatherman.

        Wait, you're right.
        • BTraina, on 06/04/2008, -3/+2u'd be surprised the education that meteorologist have to go through.

          surprisingly difficult.
        • ParanoydAndroid, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2Meteorologists have a difficult education. Weatherman do not. Weatherman have nice hair and that sexy but non-threatening to your husband look about them, that's all the qualifications they need.
    • Melun91, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1...that had a hole cut in its neck and was hung by metal noose.
  • noahhoward, on 06/04/2008, -10/+3They stole that technology from Kentucky!! They've been using weather wood for as long as man has had morning wood!
  • deathfix, on 06/04/2008, -10/+4Where can I get this contraption? I'll take three!
  • UknowWho97, on 06/04/2008, -16/+31I'm pretty sure Forecasting means to predict something BEFORE it happens. However, the rock is funny as hell.
    • ilikemonkeys1, on 06/04/2008, -2/+36Way to ruin the entire joke.
      • hatchetj, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7It wasn't his fault. leave him alone!
  • eltardo, on 06/04/2008, -10/+4somebody hung the pet rock! YOU BASTARDS!
  • ilikemonkeys1, on 06/04/2008, -4/+10They got a lot of these in the garden centers in my area.
  • cizzop, on 06/04/2008, -5/+5Hah, so who's been to Camp Ware before? They have this same crazy weather device except its much larger.
  • raysaagar, on 06/04/2008, -8/+1Forecasting for dummies.
  • aserer511, on 06/04/2008, -13/+6Stone wet and FEMA present-epic fail
  • LavosPhoenix, on 06/04/2008, -9/+3So where is this particular attraction located at?
    • Rally603, on 06/04/2008, -2/+1Do you really plan on going out of your way to check out the sweet weather rock?

      Things like this are cool if you happen upon them unexpectedly, but I wouldn't exactly put it in the 'attraction' basket.

      • LavosPhoenix, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2Well, it appears it may be near an airport or airstrip, that may or may not be private.
      • JacksonYaya, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1Just down the road from the world's biggest ball of yarn. A must see!
  • Xoti, on 06/04/2008, -2/+33What about thunderstorms?
    • moocow1452, on 06/04/2008, -2/+55String burned, rock on ground.
    • Aikidi, on 06/04/2008, -1/+2thats covered by "stone wet" combined with "stone moving"

      we used to make these all the time at camp. For some reason. I think we just liked tying stuff to other stuff.
  • oldcrows40, on 06/04/2008, -2/+15Haha, we had a weather rock at my boy scout camp and it was missing the next day.
    Now I understand why it was gone
    • UCFartstudntJON, on 06/04/2008, -12/+3a tornado blew it into your *****?
    • fcukthisgame, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7Camp Powhatan in Virginia used to have one. It also said If glowing, there is nuclear fallout. As a twelve year old, I got a kick out of it.
  • PhrosTT, on 06/04/2008, -24/+5SO OLD. SO GAY. DIGG SO BROKEN.
    • historyfool24, on 06/04/2008, -3/+1but....did you chuckle? cause I did and I have seen this a hundred times.
    • JohnsonGotOwned, on 06/04/2008, -0/+3PhrosTT- SO UNNECESSARY, SO POINTLESS. CAPS LOCK KEY SO BROKEN.
    • RickyBennett, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1no i thank its getting better now i like the new things that have been added

      like 4 min edit button and bury and digg retracted
  • aphexcoil, on 06/04/2008, -5/+58Two stones? You're stoned.
  • Elliottx, on 06/04/2008, -6/+1Stone lodged in forehead of Gary - Very strong Tornado.
  • mhunter2, on 06/04/2008, -15/+10*****'s weak - they used to sell those as "gag gifts" at my Boy Scout summer camp.

    Not funny then...still not funny now.
    • Chairboy, on 06/04/2008, -3/+15I wish we could all have your sophisticated sense of humor. Maybe you could set your chardonnay down for a moment and share your favorite pithy Bertrand Russell saying for us to savor so we can learn how to laugh at the proper moment instead of when our simpleton minds tell us.
    • Sliperyfish, on 06/04/2008, -2/+1You being a scout is funnier than the actual thread.
  • pbaker, on 06/04/2008, -6/+4ah was beat to it, was just about to say that every boy scout camp had one of those.
  • kylere, on 06/04/2008, -3/+105Look Mom, Digg is becoming Readers Digest for the internet!
    • airmann90, on 06/04/2008, -0/+9Wow... I can't look at digg the same now, lol.
    • bwdd, on 06/04/2008, -0/+13Oh, it's been that way for a while, honey.
    • franklymister, on 06/04/2008, -0/+11I can't wait for the Humor in Uniform category to get added.
    • bumblefoot, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2hi, im pleased to say that you've been nominated for our free Digg prize draw...
    • philostrato, on 06/04/2008, -0/+3well put. thanks.
    • NaziHatinChimp, on 06/04/2008, -2/+4This is old *****. I looked around so I could digg up the comment that pointed this out for what it is. It saddened me the first 20 people didn't get how old and lame this is.
      However I was thinking more like Cracker Barrel.
    • kinggimped, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1I think this is just about the 5th or 6th timeI've seen this on Digg (one of the previous ones may have been a alternate angle, but same stone and sign), and each time it has made it to the Top 10.

      Maybe Digg needs a 'Top 10 Archived Submissions' section or something, so these things can reach 50,000 diggs and then die, rather than somehow popping up on the front page once every three weeks, even though the majority of users seem to recognise that it's been posted fifty times before.

      Or maybe we should just gloss over these and carry on with our daily Digging.
  • Xoti, on 06/04/2008, -15/+3Hey look its white on top....
    ...
    ....
    .......
    ..........
    ...............
    ......................
    ............................
    ..................................

    Thats not snow!
  • Signa91, on 06/04/2008, -8/+2wouldn't that be called postcasting?
  • DeathRay2K, on 06/04/2008, -8/+1A stone-fetishist convention took place near the forecasting stone and I thought it was snowing. :(
  • edrainkona, on 06/04/2008, -6/+1WHAT NOW WEATHERMAN?!?!
  • SturmB, on 06/04/2008, -7/+1Hehehe... Our sign company made one of these recently for a customer. In fact, if this photo was taken in Kentucky, then it's probably the same one!
  • zakymosh, on 06/04/2008, -5/+0I saw something like this being sold as a novelty up in Virginia City the other day, looked to be of Jeff Foxworthy brand of redneck swag. Instead of a stone it was a rope and they called it the redneck's weather guide.
  • WickEd101, on 06/04/2008, -5/+1Makes sense to me. Run for the hills!
  • boomerang42, on 06/04/2008, -11/+3-sigh-

    THIS IS NOT 4CHAN.
    • ligyron, on 06/04/2008, -0/+8You make that comment a lot. Perhaps you should stop making the mistake of coming to Digg when you're meant to be at 4chan
    • Acglaphotis, on 06/04/2008, -2/+2It's Diggchan, actually.
    • arcooke, on 06/04/2008, -2/+5As much as I agree Digg is being infested with 4chan morons, this picture was around way before that ***** website.
  • digjam, on 06/04/2008, -7/+33OOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD
  • mooseofshadows, on 06/04/2008, -1/+14Weather rocks are an age-old tradition.
  • cosmicr, on 06/04/2008, -6/+1how about
    if its summer, it might be hot
    if its autumn, it might be windy
    if its winter, it might rain
    if its spring, its probably nice outside.
    • drakenlot, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1Since when does it rain in Winter? I thought it was called snow.
      • cosmicr, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1its never snowed in winter for me. ever. get your head out of the sand and realise not everyone lives in america.
  • monsterette, on 06/04/2008, -5/+2....have to admit, this is a unique way to predict weather....
    • clickwir, on 06/04/2008, -1/+1It's not predicting anything. It's telling you what it is currently doing. That's not a prediction.
  • Merrick178, on 06/04/2008, -24/+93if the last one said "*****" it would be way funnier.
    • michael43, on 06/04/2008, -7/+89you might be a racist, but anyone that says they didn't laugh is a damn liar, or black......
      • Hraes, on 06/04/2008, -4/+5Not so sure about the latter, actually.
      • spacewhale1, on 06/04/2008, -1/+1black people on the internet??!
        bah
    • JustusUnlimited, on 06/04/2008, -4/+9If it said ***** I doubt it'd be dugg so much.
    • McGeeZy, on 06/04/2008, -1/+3wow!
    • vickers500, on 06/04/2008, -2/+5Am I missing some cultural reference here? Or is it opposite day, where buried comments digg themselves instead?
      • Diderotten, on 06/04/2008, -0/+24chan racism. When will people get over that stupid site?
    • fishgraves, on 06/04/2008, -2/+46http://i25.tinypic.com/256xlph.jpg
    • wunch, on 06/04/2008, -11/+7Just wow. We've got our first serious black candidate for president, and people are digging up this guy for blatantly perpetuating racial stereotypes. I'm speechless...
      • Hraes, on 06/04/2008, -0/+17I also tell white people jokes. Wanna hear some?
      • leb0wski, on 06/04/2008, -4/+3You're obviously not speechless since you just left a comment. Honestly, if you're "speechless" you should just STFU, grow a sense of humor and relax. Black jokes are funny, so are white jokes, hispanic jokes, asian jokes, canadian jokes, priest/rabbi jokes, etc. More people in this world need to learn how to relax, stop pointing the finger at everyone else who might say/do something even slightly offensive, start laughing more and enjoy your life as much as you can.
    • SifuMoKung, on 06/04/2008, -7/+2***** aren't a weather phenomenon.
      • J3EBS, on 06/04/2008, -2/+2Yes they are. It means drought and low amount of cloud cover.
      • Hraes, on 06/04/2008, -2/+2Neither are earthquakes.
    • zeromancer, on 06/04/2008, -7/+1To me, '*****' stopped being a racist term a long time ago. I think of it more as a term to describe lazy people that are generally rude and have a detrimental effect on society. Just sayin.
    • dustko, on 06/04/2008, -4/+6***** you racists.
    • IVIrMP3, on 06/04/2008, -1/+5Why plural?
  • D3koy, on 06/04/2008, -3/+13When did Digg become a scout camp?
    • jcaino, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1hell yea - it was all about lashing together a tripod to hold up the biggest rock you could pick up. fun times!
  • evilmonkey0013, on 06/04/2008, -9/+4I saw this about... 2-3 years ago?
    NEWS plz
    • franklymister, on 06/04/2008, -0/+5Then you saw it about 30 years after most people.
    • zeromancer, on 06/04/2008, -0/+2"NEWS plz"

      Slashdot ---->
  • buky125, on 06/04/2008, -3/+1What happens in the event of a flood? or even if it is just partly cloudy?
  • edud, on 06/04/2008, -4/+10How do this lame joke made it to the first page?
    Every country store in U.S. has a variant of this.
    This is older than walking on foot.
  • oNIGHTMAREo, on 06/04/2008, -9/+16You guys have seriously never seen something like this before?

    Buried
    • asus2000, on 06/30/2008, -2/+2I'm with you on that.. Seen this dozens of times in repeat hobby emailers that send me all their crap...
    • chrisreynolds, on 06/04/2008, -2/+1I'm just as surprised so many people haven't seen this before.
      I read the category as old stuff instead of odd stuff on accident and thought that would be an appropriate category for digg. Users could vote stories in and out of the old stuff category and people who get annoyed by it can filter it or take their aggression out on the "mark as old" button.
  • SLockhart, on 06/04/2008, -1/+12Lol. I remember listening to the radio at work one day and the the weather guy said there was a 100% chance of rain.. it was already pouring outside.
    • Jashobeam5, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1I can beat that. I was listening to the news and they said there was NOT a 100% chance of rain, but it was raining at the time.
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