Cool Pictures 14: no , it wasn't me who painted Mona Lisa

[Samson]

Monarchism and (ostentatious opulence in general) is disgusting, but gold and black is almost always a winning combination

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Malaysia crowns Sultan Ibrahim Iskander as new king – in pictures

The 17th king of Malaysia is crowned at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur

www.theguardian.com

Is the colour coordination a fashion thing, or is the architecture the only way to make the King camouflaged while in full official regalia?

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Is the colour coordination a fashion thing, or is the architecture the only way to make the King camouflaged while in full official regalia?

I'm guessing black and gold are traditional colours for Malaysian royalty, so that's why everything is so themed.

The thing about Malaysia is that they have seven sultanates, and one of them is elected the Sultan of the Federation every five years. Is black and gold the theme for every sultanate? Or just for the particular sultanate Ibrahim Iskandar is from? Or just for Kuala Lumpur? I can't tell.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

That color scheme is nightmarish.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

That second pic would look better if there were a neutral colour in the background instead of those horrible curtains

 

[Samson]

The National Assembly celebrates the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games with an exhibition featuring 6 transformed Venus de Milo statues by the visual artist Laurent Perbos

 

[Valka D'Ur]

And the 100% electric Coke truck is coincidental?

 

[Kyriakos]

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Artist unknown

 

[Kyriakos]

Snoop Δογγ.

 

[r16]

can't talk against the guy , still very much hating drugs stuff .

 

[EgonSpengler]

Brazilian Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina propelled into the air by a wave, Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Photograph by Jérôme Brouillet of Agence France-Presse, 29 July. Medina was awarded a 9.9 out of 10 by the judges, the highest score of the tournament so far.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Courtesy of the Heinlein Society group on FB:

If you watched Firefly or Serenity, this will mean something. If not, it's just a fancy pie that looks delicious.

 

[Samson]

Botched Spanish church makeover leaves cherubim looking startled

Spoiler Before and after :

 

[Valka D'Ur]

If you want to scare or annoy your neighbors, or make them paranoid that they're being watched, this is one way to do it:

 

[Samson]

Banksy has done an animal series on London:

 

[Samson]

And this one got robbed

 

[Kyriakos]

 

[Samson]

From a series of images taken around the street markets of Dakar in Senegal. Photograph: Adam Hinton

 

[Narz]

Human and gorilla skeletons.

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Damn that's a big pelvis!

Yemenis at a rally

And here I thought tinfoil hats weren't a real thing

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Can anyone suggest a TV show, movie, or book that would fulfill all three genres at the same time?

Here's my choice:

Spoiler :

Firefly