Here's a starter for 10 points. Anyone have any other good uses for a (dead!) ammonite?


No.1. Sylish hair for space princesses

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=456&stc=1

A fake Cinnabon prop?

isnt that the same as Phil's idea? :)

I'm not sure, but I don't think so, my idea is it's supposed to look like an actual Cinnabon, not resemble it, I guess there really aren't that many uses for an ammonite shell.

No. 3 (after cinnibun replacement): Drunk-guy happy-maker
One use is to leave it on your mantle, then meet a drunk guy in a bar who really likes ammonites, invite him to your home, then tell him he can keep it, and watch him drag it home while avoiding the bobbies.

Alternatively, you can use it like this...

No. 4: Buggy wheels

http://www.tonmo.com/images/buggy.jpg

/makings of a great thread!

No. 5: Spiral Staircase

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2728

One use is to leave it on your mantle, then meet a drunk guy in a bar who really likes ammonites, invite him to your home, then tell him he can keep it, and watch him drag it home while avoiding the bobbies.

Bah! The copper look utterly baffled. He exchanged a look of 'Oh a nutter' with his colleague and drove on. My luck.

No.6. Alien mothership

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=457&stc=1

No. 7: Bling-bling

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2731

How about the blunt hurling object du jour?

No. 8: Canadian Ice Curling

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2732

:canada:

No.9 Elegant Transportation for Victorian Gentlemen.

The original 'boneshaker'?

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=458&stc=1

No.9 Elegant Transportation for Victorian Gentlemen.
:lol:

No.10 Jazz Ensemble

(The Cephalopods 1928-36) (Contained a few nautiloids but who's counting?)

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Jazz_1.jpg

No. 11: Impromptu Clothing Repairs


http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Malfunction.jpg

No. 12: X-Ray Specs

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Spex.jpg

No. 13: Water Canteen

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2737

/MS paint hack-job...

time for bed :sleeping:

No. 14: Engine for a C-5 Galaxy


http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/RollsRoyceAmmonite.jpg

No 15: Prosthetic Nose

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2739

/second Jackson family entry :)

LOL I love this site!!!!

Carol :mrgreen:

No. 16: Bicep Implants for Bodybuilders

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/arnold.jpg

Man, this stuff is hilarious!

Hi DurMan!

No.17 The Olympic Discus Event.

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/discus1.JPG

No.18 Political Party Emblem for Dubious Politicians:

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Blair.JPG

No.18b The Only Fitting End to Such a Party:

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Rally2.JPG

No.19 Paleo-Pacman

(poor effort)

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Pacman.JPG


(Can't I think of anything better to do?)

I got a pretty funny pic, but does anyone know how to make a .bmp pic into a .jpg or any other type of allowed format?

Sure, you can put it in Microsoft Paint and do a "save as", and there should be a drop-down option to change the file type -- choose jpg/jpeg.

Assuming you're using Microsoft XP or some such, just use the Start menu, then All Programs | Accessories | Paint.

No. 20: Um.... Baseball Tarp

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2746

Thanks Tony, now here's mine!

No. 21 Conversation Piece for the Coherently Challenged!


http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2747

Edit by OV: :roll: Great, now anyone know how to get it open and shown under the title?

[edit by tonmo -- I did it for you! After you post, you have to click to see the picture and grab the URL of the image link. Then go back and edit your post, and insert the URL around the img tags].

Edit by OV: :roll: Where would I be without you guys?

[Edit by tonmo: doing something more productive, I hope! :D]

No 22: New McDonald's Value Meal, the Gritty McAmmonite

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2748

No. 23: Hair Curlers

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2749

No. 24: Time Machine

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/TimeMachine.jpg

Those Victorians sure love those Ammonites...

No. 25: Decoration for War Birds

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/me-109.jpg

Man, I gotta learn how to work faster.

No. 26: Ammonite Burrito

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/big_bell.jpg

Taco Bell comes to its senses, and substitutes the 'beans' with something a little fresher (i.e. preserved from a more recent geologic period) and a heckuva lot easier to digest.

No. 27: Enormous Set of Kinetic Ammonites

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2753

:lol: Worth the wait um...

No.28 My Precious.....

One Dactylioceras to rule them all......

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Frodo.JPG

No. 29: Extraterrestrial Destination

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2755

(Groovy, I just learned how to put an image into a post :heee: )

No. 30 Mortgage Broker

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Mortgage_Broker.jpg
No Probalo!

Yeah, yeah, another Homestar edit, I know.

No. 31: Hurricane

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2757

Pistols shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
Cries out "My God they killed them all"
Here comes the story of the Ammonite
The man the authorities came to... er-fight
For something that he never done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Nothin' like some good Dylan.

No. 32: Referee's Whistle

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2758

/height of absurdity

No. 33: Beer Cap

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/beercap.jpg

Ah, Sammy Adams, the Beer of Beers! And when finished, the Weapon of Weapons!

No.34 Belemnite Flute.

....er....

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Flute.JPG

:roflmao:

...as much as I want to photoshop a box of "honey nut ammonites", I gotta go to bed... Time to cut my losses... :mrgreen: but will be back to help finish the job, unless you all beat me to it!

<-- exceeded laugh quota for the day

No.35 Turkish Slippers

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=459&stc=1

No. 36: Long-Term Diva Storage (or: A Place To Play 'Hide-And-Don't-Seek' With A Tinnitus-Inducing Abomination)

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/goneiatite.jpg

Because Nevada just isn't far enough away.

No. 37: Archaic Punctuation

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2763

No. 38: Ammodonna?

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2764

CURLYCEPHTASTIC pixel pickers ! :lol:

No. 39: Rims


http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/rims.jpg

No. 40: Unforgettable Mind-Altering Children's Literature

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/eggs_hammonite.jpg

No. 41: Ridiculously Posh Conveyance For Paralarval Humans (or midgets)

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/prammonite.jpg

:baby:

No.42 London Eye

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=470&stc=1

No.43 The Ammonite News Magazine Online

The best site on the web!

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/TANMO.JPG

:shock:
:roflmao:

Treason, separatist group, splinter faction, dissention and dissidence in the ranks!!!

oh that I could join in that my mind was not so dull !
The wise um... is surpassing himself with images of pure genius & I prostate myself in his presence :wink:

No.44 Illegal Entrants/Asylum Seekers

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=460&stc=1

:lol: only 57 varieties to go !
my go, my go this had better get a better reception than my recreati0on in wool or it's the last time I waste 6 hours of company time kiddiwinks :lol:
No.45 Regoniceras Dwighterii

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/tonmo-greatest_hits.jpg

yes I know you antipodean types would prefer Dame Edna but her own spectacles are a nightmare to edit out so ya got Reg so like it or lump it :yelling:

:heee: Encasedinrocket Man

No. 46: Archaic Musical Notation

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/ammonotes.jpg

:headphon:

No. 47: Potato Chips

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/chips.jpg

No. 48: Ammusical Instrumenite

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2784

:boohoo:

... But seriously, if I ever commission a custom bass, this does seem like a pretty cool idea...

No.49 Ceph-Fleet Command

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=461&stc=1

... But seriously, if I ever commission a custom bass, this does seem like a pretty cool idea...
Geeez...first O's ND then Tintenfisch's bass...to say nothing of Matt's musak...:P
Nevermind the "Monde du Silence" as some old (and dead) red-hat-wearing French dude would put it. Aaah for the quiet embrace of the deep (as long as we can keep the damn mammals silent... :x )

TPOTH
--working on some lame photoshop pics too :D

No. 50: Google Homepage Art

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2786

Google does that sometimes, you know... :indiffer:

No. 51: Chic Coffee Table

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2787

Un p'ti café avant d'y aller?

TPOTH

No 52: Film Projector

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/projector.jpg

No. 53: Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2789

Cuz let's be honest...not much of that going on around here...better look elsewhere ;)

TPOTH

No. 54: DIY: relentless evolution

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2791
I'd like to thank my sponsor: Carbtip. Thanks for everything :D

TPOTH

No.55 Belemnites of Mass Destruction

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=462&stc=1

Geeez...first O's ND then Tintenfisch's bass...to say nothing of Matt's musak...:P

Go and have a look at: www.somethingawful.com Check out the Photoshop Phriday section.

Oh, and TPOTH, Rammstein is not the gamut of music. Still, you must forgive him, he's foreign. :P

My current vote, goes for the new Cure album.

No.56 Jetsetters Sammonite Loogarge

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/sammonite_luggage.jpg

No. 57: Party Blow Out

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2798
One word: Paaar-tay!! (ok, that's nearly two words...maybe even three ;))

TPOTH

Geeez...first O's ND then Tintenfisch's bass...to say nothing of Matt's musak...:P

Go and have a look at: www.somethingawful.com Check out the Photoshop Phriday section.
Cool. :lol: Some real gems over there...

Oh, and TPOTH, Rammstein is not the gamut of music.
Never said it was ;) I'm the first one to say it's only violent noise, that's all, that's just what my brain (or what's left of it) needs to get going :bonk:
Still, you must forgive him, he's foreign. :P
as opposed to what exactly? I believe on this marvellous site you're as foreign as me :P Now you could have said: "forgive him, he's French" and there that's fair enough ;) Although I doubt many people are willing to forgive after that soort of revelation :D

TPOTH

Quote:

Still, you must forgive him, he's foreign.

as opposed to what exactly? I believe on this marvellous site you're as foreign as me Now you could have said: "forgive him, he's French" and there that's fair enough Although I doubt many people are willing to forgive after that sort of revelation

Fair point actually, me being Welsh. Well I could have said "He's from Barcelona" a la 'Fawlty Towers' But you're not from there.
:wink:

you could have said: "forgive him, he's French" and there that's fair enough ;) Although I doubt many people are willing to forgive after that soort of revelation :D

don't be so hard on yourself, my new neighbours are French & are super, apparently.

I lost interest in Rammstein after " Mutti, Vati ich habe Winkelschmerzen"
& "Wieviel ist das Hund ins das Fenster ?"

No 58: Hat Pin for the Stylishly Challenged

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/badhat.jpg

Never realized my Great White poster was that creased.... :cry:

:shock: OMG... was that WK... smiling in a photo?!?!

No. 59: Part of Greek mythology

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2819
Then of course, times came that ammonites were not PC anymore and the stone got all the credit :cry:

TPOTH

No. 60: Greek mythology, part II

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2827
I'm telling you! It's a conspiracy! "they" are really after each and everyone of us!! Gimme tin foil to stop the mind reading rays from outer space!!!
*foams at the mouth*

TPOTH

No. 61: Something for me to free from it's limestone sarcophagus

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Jurassic_dust_a_gogo.jpg

with my brand new, dusttastic, soon to arrive, pneumatic, preparamic, redundancy celebratory, rags to riches, ooh that itches, airpen & compressor. (table, chair & specimen not incl.)
:thumbsup: <-- high ones :mrgreen:

:ammonite: :ammonite: :ammonite: :ammonite: :ammonite: :ammonite: :ammonite: :ammonite: :ammonite:

it's here, I've tried it & it's limestonefragtastic !

creative... juices... waning... 40...more... to go....

WE CAN DO IT! (i'll be back this weekend)

No.62 No-budget British 70's Sci-Fi Villains

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=463&stc=1

Inspirational laxatives anyone ?
I peaked too early, ooh ooh I feel rumblings :shock: here comes some more perhaps !

No.63 "I triple guarantee you, there are no Ammonites in Baghdad."

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=464&stc=1

No.64 "Filter media for trickle tower 'Ceph2000' "



http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2834

No.65 "Transportation device to ease dogs with hip dysplasia."


http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2835

Colin, interesting !
I've always preferred brushes in the 1st filter stage for silt/sediment separation but are not the 1st chambers of ammonites generally filled with the same ?
REVOLUTIONARY ! :notworth:

No.66: Guido Fawkes' commemorative pyrotechnics

Whilst on the subject of revolutions, I thought it appropriate to insert no.66,
whilst also saving Tony (our gracious & benevolent leader :notworth: ) a few cents off his web hosting bill.

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Revolution.jpg

Pack enough solid propellent & iron filings into a Cleoniceras Besairei, drill out the centre with your Dremel (mine's a Draper as I'm of low caste). Nail to a suitable post nearby, light the blue touch paper & celebrate the barbaric death of Guido Fawkes & his chums who dared to attempt what most Brits are thinking !!

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/Guido_pre-rack.gif

Here we see the diminutive Guido being presented to King James I prior to his extensive interrogation on the rack whereby he achieved a reasonably normal stature.
This lead to the 1st reported use of the phrase "growing pains" also known in the 17th century as "Fawkes' ache" which was also used as a toast by those who supported the cause after poor Guido's demise.

Apparently, the Wright brothers assisted in the gunpowder plot but I'm afraid that suggestion is quite preposterous !

main reason for using the ammonites is actually to keep the calcium levels at a high level and dirt is removed by the sponge on the drip tray... I filter all my tanks this way :lol:

No.67 "Universally recognised emblem of cephalopod road safety"



http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2836

Colin, there was a glitch in the matrix !
your sign is 67 though it ruins any Route 66 reference.

Dirt from my early pond filters was removed by using a mop & bucket on the floor as I had a few design flaws. Carbon canisters work well for adsorbing (not ab) impurities & (don't tell phil) make red diesel not red !! thereby saving owners of diesel vehicles plenty dollar :D

Colin, there was a glitch in the matrix !
your sign is 67... The red pill fixes it automatically


cool, red pill it is then

Caution Colin, the red pill has side effects
here's my passport photo before & after the red pill :
http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/nut.gif
http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/megadork.jpg

LOLOL i'll need to get to work on that one :)

No.68 "Great Practical Jokes of the Fossil Hunting Community"





http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2841

No.69 "Anti-gravity Devices Suitable for an Invading Clone Army"




last for today... I promise :bugout: :bugout: :bugout: :bugout:

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2842

Special Agent Phil Mouldy-Skull knows more than he's letting on.
I can't claim a Brucie bonus as the uses are covered but watch out, there's a spook about !

remind yourselves of no.55 Belemnites of mass destruction & behold what I just snapped thro' the cottaging hole of Saddam Hussein's toilet in his Al-Salami palace:
http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/ICBM.jpg
Inter Continental Belemnite Missiles ?

Also, having been rumbled in the gents', I made my escape with a well aimed Mars bar to the head only to snap this well concealed fossil being made off with.
http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/President_big_head.jpg

Colin excuse the expression but no.69 is scary !

between us & Phil we can be proud to have taken some of the pressure off Tony & getting to 101,
a good days work !! :thumbsup: & :cheers:

Special Agent Phil Mouldy-Skull knows more than he's letting on.

I wouldn't put money on that!

Love the costume, Spartacus. At least I hope it's just a costume....

No.70: Classic Album covers



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No.71 The Heteromorph of the Baskervilles

"The case of the giant ammonite of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared. It was a three pipe problem, Watson. ".

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=466&stc=1

(At last! Managed to get a heteromorph ammonite in!)

:lol:

We should change this to 1001 uses of ammonites,

You guys are just getting warmed up :notworth:

No.72 Device Used to Prop Up Leg of Faulty Sacrificial Altar



http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2849

Oh boy, I'm really sorry about this, butt...

No. 73: Badonkadonk

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=2850