What’s the Story Behind this Pic?
Wed, Aug 27, 2008
As part of our ongoing WTF? Wednesday series we present you with this uncanny image of two men holding out a surging hoard, but why? And where is it taken?
If you guess correctly, or give us a good enough/entertaining answer, our friends over at Neatorama will give you a free T-Shirt of your choice from their online shop and we’ll give you a ‘big up’ next WTF? Wednesday.
All you have to do is drop a guess in the comments section below, along with your name and email. We’ll then contact you if you win (emails addresses will not be published). Enjoy! .
PS. A teensy weensy clue is: August 31st, 2008
Last WTF? Winner
Congrats to Ben who guessed correctly that the last WTF? image of a toilet within a tree was a powder-room pit-stop in a Baobab tree, Zambia; a sight which is pretty common around certain parts of Africa.
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August 27th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
let me guess? the last ever bob marley concert? but they 4got 2 tell evri1 hes like…
dead .. sniff :(
lol :p
August 27th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
The door swings open to the crowd. The door is being held shut BY THE CROWD. The two men are trying to OPEN the door, not “holding out a surging hoard.”
August 27th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
They all pre-ordered the Canon 50D and just heard about the Nikon D90 and are trying to revolt at the Canon factory?? :)
August 27th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
No, no, no. Clearly what is happening in the scene is this:
The two men on the right were the first men in Kenya to sell contraceptives to women. But…because the only object within the mens’ facility is sand and themselves, they didn’t have anything to test their product on. And as you can clearly see, the product was defective.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Bush and Cheney hold back a surging hoard of democrats.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
The picture is of a UN facility during the Rwandan Civil War as hundreds of Tutsi flee from persecution.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
in Darfur Sudan, people storming the gate to get food.
August 28th, 2008 at 9:05 am
this picture is harsh… a picture by Omar Vega. a look at everyday life in Niger. starving hungry people with almost no way out…
good post for awareness
August 28th, 2008 at 10:47 am
I’m guessing this is a women or children clinic or registration center in Sudan with some kind of deadline on 31/08/08.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
To be specific:
“Two members of the Africa Muslim Agency attempt to brace the front gate as thousands of mothers carrying their malnourished children try to push into the therapeutic feeding center in Maradi, Niger.”
How frickin horrible. To make things worse apparently a truck hit n killed one of the moms and her kid, starting a stampede. Click on my name for more info.
August 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Somewhere in Sudan, David’s Bridal One Day Sale is officially about to begin.
August 28th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
[caption] Two Republican lawyers engage in ‘poll monitoring’ drills in anticipation of November’s election
August 29th, 2008 at 5:18 am
why was my comment deleted?
August 29th, 2008 at 10:52 am
@ DJ
Hi, yes it very well could have been. We’ve been having some problems with comments disappearing after they’ve been approved so please do post your comment again.
Cheers.
L
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 am
the last starbucks is about to close down in their village and they need their morning coffee-anyone who’s seen the colbert report might know what im talking about.