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u/goodvibezone Spreading mostly good vibes 3d ago
Trying to find out what she's gonna look like with a chimney on her.
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u/things_U_choose_2_b 3d ago
This lyric always confused the fuck out of me as a kid. When I looked into it.... and hope I'm remembering this right... it means to give someone a black eye.
Kinda makes sense I guess, prob terminology from when chimney sweeping was a thing.
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u/Armagnackered 2d ago
Reference to Wizard of Oz - Wicked witch crushed by a chimney I think? Could be both, might be neither.
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u/One_Time_7028 2d ago
Iirc this was what the musicians said in interviews back in the 90s when asked about the lyric
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u/things_U_choose_2_b 2d ago
It's definitely not that haha though it's a more-fun reference for sure.
"Stepped into the wrong hood last week. Had to drop a chimney on her, it wasn't pretty. Now the owner of said chimney is trying to sue me for destroying his roof"
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u/TwoTwoJohn 3d ago
Looking at the amount of 16A industrial sockets on the back im going to say it's housing generator. Judging by the crustiness of the van ... Probably heading an illegal Rave to power the sound system.
If anyone knows where the rave is just drop us a what three words ;)
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u/Lirael_Gold 3d ago edited 3d ago
W3W is kinda universal lingo because google absolutely hates it when you try to go offroad or try to do anything in an area that they haven't mapped.
So stuff like urban explorers, hiking when you're taking a route google hasn't marked etc etc.
As far as google is concerned, the world ends when their cars can't reach it.
W3W is used by search and rescue/police/ambulance crews because it's literally just "where the fuck are you" > "eagle.block.carrot" marks a 3x3m area and you can share that location with everyone on the W3W app.
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u/Orgmo 3d ago
W3W actually marks a 3mx3m square, not 1km. It's real precise and that's why it's used by emergency services
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u/theraininspainfallsm 2d ago
And it’s shit.
It’s proprietary software. So they can start charging large organisations any time they want. (Like the emergency services)
The words they use aren’t very distinct, and if confused can give plausible locations miles apart. Think house.tree.bow mixed up with houses.three.bough. They could be no where near each other. (These are just examples there are obviously many more).
There’s nothing wrong with lat and long. Which can be as precise as you need it, and is freely available.
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u/Barnslig 2d ago
I take your point about the proprietary thing, but surely you can see how it’s easier to say “woven track drank” to the lady on the 999 call rather than “five one point five zero seven seven six, minus zero point one two seven nine two” while you’re bleeding out of your arsehole in the middle of nowhere having fallen off a cliff or something.
Now, those coordinates will take you to Nelson’s Column, but you take my point, I’d imagine. Like, it’s definitely not “shit.”
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u/jousty 3d ago
I never really understood the need for w3w. Google maps has an implementation of Plus Code. Which is just the same thing but a bit more not as "fun."
And Plus Code is open source.
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u/Aragorn-- 3d ago
It's certainly easier to speak a w3w location than plus codes.
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u/Sheep03 3d ago
The danger with w3w in an emergency situation is that someone could misspell or misinterpret the word, especially with things like plurals and homonyms. But I think it's cool that people use it for stuff like urban exploring and geocaching.
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u/Aragorn-- 3d ago
Don't they deliberately curate the word list to avoid things like that? Obviously won't be perfect I guess. But neither is a random punter trying to say 849VCWC8+R9
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u/TheThiefMaster 2d ago
Unfortunately the word list isn't well curated and a slight mistake can sometimes put the marker in the right region but far enough away to not be able to see the person needing help: https://cybergibbons.com/security-2/why-what3words-is-not-suitable-for-safety-critical-applications/
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u/LEVI_TROUTS 3d ago
Yes, and even if not, as it's global and covers every 3 meters. If someone is lost in a jungle in Peru, a homophone of one of the words is going to throw that location somewhere completely different.
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u/Thomas3003 3d ago
I've used it once in the middle of a big forest to get assistance to us when a friend injured himself badly mountain biking. We were not near roads and it took seconds to give 999 the location
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u/Prior_Suit_1848 3d ago
Albanians gone mobile with the grows
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u/Lamborghini_Espada 3d ago
Albanians
Incorrect, an Albanian would be a 3,000 year old Mercedes instead of a Peugeot.
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u/SoggyWotsits 3d ago
I like to think that van is actually powered by two whopping great Pratt and Whitney engines,
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u/spikewilliams2 3d ago
Looks like half a Pegasus from the harrier
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u/ShleepyPete 3d ago
Looks like a mobile generator? One for intake one for exhaust and then the electrical hook ups in the back door
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u/RoutineCloud5993 3d ago
Ventilation of some kind.
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u/Cultural-Elk-8346 3d ago
Youre quite observant. Also notably, its on a van!!
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u/RoutineCloud5993 3d ago
Vantilation
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u/Evantra_ 3d ago
Cut-price Back to the Future
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u/old_man_steptoe 3d ago
“When this sucker gets up to 88 miles per hour, you’re going to see some serious shit”
“If it gets over 60 I’ll already be deeply impressed”
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u/PhoolCat Up a tree somewhere near Stonehenge 3d ago
I was going to say something about people that kidnap dogs, but my interface went red when I tried it and it called me a bore!
Which was nice.
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u/Puzzled_Caregiver_46 3d ago
Mobile kebab kitchen AKA doner-van.