Meanwhile In Istanbul....

Oct 12, 2021 12:10 PM

dolphinyaso

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*chairstantinople

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Fallout 4 when you got bored with the game

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The one time that "take a seat" might kill you.

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Meanwhile in Kurdistan.. ???

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Let's see someone fix that with ramen and epoxy

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Museum of Contemporary art in Nice, France

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wow, this is art

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Every school store room in the world

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Extreme Jenga

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There's a museum in Nice, France that had an installation similar to this.

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nice

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Standing room only

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v

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So, it's standing room only?

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This is no one's business but the Turks.

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Dang it, you beat me to it.

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Meanwhile, behind the facade of this innocent looking chair pile…

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Chairnobyl

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Not "Sitstabul", but "Istandbul"

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What do you mean take care, I thought you said TAKE CHAIR...

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's a new program . Need a chair ,take a chair. Have a chair ,leave a chair.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No more sitting!

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'Chairish' is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have hiding here . . .

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Geraldo Rivera must have recently hosted a talk show there.

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The tradition here in Istanbul started a hundred years ago after a man couldn't order the food he wanted and threw his chair in anger.

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What else happened there about 100 years ago?

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Stopped being Constantinople.

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*Flips table

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Way to take a stand for what he believes in.

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Are you saying I can steal antique furniture from here?

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Good luck getting the exact chair you want out of that crow's nest.

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I'll just partially disassemble it as necessary - there are absolutely no practical or economic flaws in my brilliant plan!

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They said before the chairvalanche happened.

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https://publicdelivery.org/doris-salcedo-chairs/ for those wanting to know more

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Thank you!

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I think Deus Ex: Human Revolution had a reference to this piece, but it was air conditioning units.

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Good catch! The wires make me think it’s definitely intentional.

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Thank you. I had many questions.

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“The idea behind the 1,550 chairs was to create something she described as a topography of war.” I’m not sure I’m getting that from this.

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I think she was trying to suggest something about the duality of man ...

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The what?

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The duality of man

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Whose side are you on, son?

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Must be the headquarters of a chairity.

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It’s where the chairman lives

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Chairtainly.

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Chairing is caring

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charing is charing….it was right there

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This was about a chairity, then you cannot take all chairs! I served you a chair instead:)

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v

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v

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Or the chairmen of the board?

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Located in I*stand*bul

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Thanks for chairing

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Damn...

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Why don't you have a seat, and we'll talk about that pun.

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Chairish your time in the spotlight

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Their projects are always finished over many sittings

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HA +1

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Congrats on that dope comment.

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May your toes find everything in the dark...

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Constantinople

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Great Residents song

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I only know the Primus cover but I like it!

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Istanbul

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Byzantium

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Byzation, Romani ite domum!

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That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.

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@BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch

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More like "have to stand nople " amirite???

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Dis nuts

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Puttin on the ritz

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I'll be damned if I'm going to recognize Missoura!

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Myklagard

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You mean Byzantium?

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Havetostandtinople because all the damn chairs are there

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Mehmed the Second conquered it fair & square. It’s Istanbul now & forever.

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Nope-el

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@evenstarwashere

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Now it’s Istanbul not Constantinople

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Istanbul comes from greek εἰς τὴν πόλιν (eis tḕn pólin) - into the city, thats how the local greeks called it.

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Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam

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Huh... Wonder why they changed it...

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That’s nobodies business but the Turks m8

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Maybe people liked it better that way

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Nobody’s business but the Turks’

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Been a long time gone, Constantinople

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Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

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Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul not Constantinople

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Why'd they change it?

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Truth is, they didn't. That's the way they pronounced Constantinople. And it morphed.

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I guess people just liked it better that way.

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Istanbul comes from greek εἰς τὴν πόλιν (eis tḕn pólin) - into the city, thats how the local greeks called it.

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I can't say.

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v

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It’s when the Turks captured the city from what was left of the Byzantin empire 1453 they renamed the city and made it their capital

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While factually accurate, that’s not the next line in the song.

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Song?

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Istanbul by They Might Be Giants

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