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  1. June 08, 2007, 03:11 AM #1
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    Default Diamond encrusted skull

    Thought this was pretty cool, thought I'd share it.
    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...ull/article.do

    Propped behind reinforced glass in a darkened room in the White Cube gallery in East London, the skull is covered with 8,601 flawless diamonds - three times the number on the crown the Queen wears on state occasions.

    Even the eye sockets and the holes for the nose have been filled with hundreds of jewels. A 52-carat pear-shaped stone is set into the forehead, surrounded by 14 diamonds.

    "And I have felt the sudden blow of a nameless wind's cold breath,
    And watched the grisly pilgrims go that walk the roads of Death,
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    And I have fought the deathless Ape that guards the Doors of Doom."
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  2. June 08, 2007, 03:15 AM #2
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    I wonder who the poor guy was who volunteered for the job?
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  3. June 08, 2007, 03:33 AM #3
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    Bling bling.
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  4. June 08, 2007, 05:17 AM #4
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    Well that is one big rock.
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  5. June 08, 2007, 05:41 AM #5
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    Every Mayans Fantasy come true!
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  6. June 08, 2007, 06:44 AM #6
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    Perverse!
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  7. June 08, 2007, 10:08 AM #7
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    Default Re: Diamond encrusted skull

    Shame about the teeth though...

    The skull is a platinum replica but the teeth are real. People must of had small heads in the 18th Century?.
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  8. June 08, 2007, 10:27 AM #8
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    Default Re: Diamond encrusted skull

    one question

    Why?
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  9. June 08, 2007, 10:36 AM #9
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    this is hauntingly disturbing

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  10. June 08, 2007, 12:21 PM #10
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    And yet so cool in a way....

    Id like to make a cup out of that and drink coffie in it everyday!
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  11. June 08, 2007, 12:24 PM #11
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    Default Re: Diamond encrusted skull

    Its the work of some crazy british artist who became a millionaire after creating some equally stupid piece of modern art crap. It would be funny if someone nicked it
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    I wish when I die my bones have something cool to do.
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    Default Re: Diamond encrusted skull

    Quote Originally Posted by Darkragnar View Post
    And yet so cool in a way....

    Id like to make a cup out of that and drink coffie in it everyday! :capn arg:
    Hell yeah! I'd make a soup bowl though, with a finger bone handled spoon

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    And watched the grisly pilgrims go that walk the roads of Death,
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    That is the tackiest, cheesiest piece of crap I've ever seen. And that's the work of Briton's finest modern artist. Why these degenerate **** stains aren't simply shot is beyond me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drexxus Maximus View Post
    Thought this was pretty cool, thought I'd share it.
    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...ull/article.do


    God Diamonds are so ugly. As are skulls. So, why combine two incredibly ugly things together like that? Because we're rich! Thats why!

    Next they'll probably crystallize a pig or something.
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    i would like to see a crystalized pig
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  17. June 08, 2007, 07:16 PM #17
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    Is it me or does the Skull look.........Happy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zodiac View Post
    Is it me or does the Skull look.........Happy.
    It sure does, what a shameful waste of money.
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    typical english teeth
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    For some reason this just seems wrong. Can't quite put my finger on it.

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