Top Ten Fabulously Quirky Flickr Groups

In Pop Culture by Heidi Nyburg on Sunday, May 18, 2008

Forget poignant shots of the green flash at sunset or uber macro shots of winged bugs perched on flowers, let’s talk about photos of crap that only very specific groups of people want to see. You know, photos of doll heads strapped to the grills of semi trucks or stuffed animals dining in restaurants- which by the way, totally attracts boat loads of customers. Who knows what your particular photo fetish is, maybe you’ll finally find a group of photogs who will appreciate your artistic series entitled “Gnomes at Concerts.” Or perhaps you’re just looking for a group of pals who appreciate tin foil hats as much as you do. Whatever your fancy, you are certain to find a group that suits your quirky method of photographic expression in our list of Top Ten Fabulously Quirky Flickr Groups alternately titled “See, You’re Not That Weird After All.” On with the list!

#10- Tin Foil Hats: You loved ‘em when you were 3 and now you’ve got the $1800 digital SLR to prove it! Get out the Reynolds Wrap and fashion a fancy foil fedora for yourself or for your cat. Ok, now work it!

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#9 Pizza Upskirts: How naughty is number nine? Sexy, saucy Pizza Upskirts

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. Forget that whole Marilyn Monroe standing over the subway grates, the upskirts of pizza slices are so much hotter. Right? We feel so dirty.

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#8 Stuffed Animals on Truck Grills: Saddest. Group. Ever. If you’re even the slightest bit sentimental, consider this a warning. This Flickr pool might bring you to tears. We are totally strong and unaffected by images of sad, lonely, lost and deeply missed stuffed animals out in the world, alone. The sight of a beloved toy strapped to a truck grill and being driven around dark and lonely highways all over the world with no regard for its feelings did not bring us to tears. However, you might not be as strong as we are so be warned. Sniff. Sniff.
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#7- The Sugar Frosted Cereal Museum: If you’ve been reading Layercake for any length of time, like longer than a day, then you know that we make no secret of our adoring love for all things CEREAL. So when we randomly stumbled upon hit the gold mine after searching for hours our new favorite Flickr group, the cereal lovers dream that is The Sugar Frosted Cereal Museum. Crrrrunch! ???? ?????

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#6 What’s in Your Fridge: Remember the first time you caught a glimpse into one of the refrigerators from an episode of MTV Cribs? Suddenly your own refrigerator contents, not to mention your sucky non-entourage having lifestyle, came into question. What would your fans think if they saw your half eaten Subway sandwich, spray butter and serious lack of Clicquot magnums? And we shudder to think of the wrath of judgment that would hail down upon your non-existent collection of individually packaged beverages. Will the MTV camera crew be forced to drink tap water? If these thoughts keep you up at night then this is the Flickr group for you! Now scoot, scoot off to the nearest Whole Foods to work on your refrigerator’s new image.

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#5 Hotel Room Keys: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Unless it involves room keys. Who doesn’t love a good souvenir especially when it serves as a reminder to all of the stuff that took place in your room away from home. This Flickr group is a photographic love letter to the room key. From credit card keys to old school metal these photos are certain to enrage hotel desk clerks around the world! Unlock your creativity!

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#4 Simpsons Tattoos: This group may be small but they’ve got heart! And absolutely zero issues with commitment. At least not when it comes to their love of The Simpsons. Imagine loving a cartoon character so much that you have it tattooed onto your body forever and ever. And ever. Well, imagine no more, this Flickr group’s done all the hard work for you. And in honor of the group we have done something a little less permanent, we present you with this image taken from the very first episode of The Simpsons, the one where Bart gets his tattoo removed at the laser tattoo removal clinic. Ouch.

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#3 Airline Food and #2 Room Service ?????a???? ????? ????? ????? , it’s a tie! While the Airline Food pool has 587 of photos the Room Service pool is trailing behind with just fifty-two. How can that be? Those tiny little ketchup bottles and miniature jam jars deserve some digital appreciation. We love room service almost as much as we love a good underdog story so, get out your cameras and post some photos of those $18 grilled cheese sandwiches and $15 bagels. Let’s put Room Service in a head to head battle with Airline Food! Capturing your room service meal on film and posting it on Flickr might even make you feel like you got your money’s worth.

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#1 Traveling Toys: We chose Travelling Toys for the number one slot on our list because, well because it’s our list. And c’mon the whole juxtaposition of a serious monument being visited by a toy is frankly, hilarious. It just is. Seriously you should try it some time. You will laugh. push download HD ????????? ????

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53 Comments »

Comment by Jeremy

May 19, 2008 @ 7:12 pm

You find the oddest stuff, Heidi. I like it.

Comment by Gillian

May 20, 2008 @ 2:32 pm

This is the first time I wanted to Digg something. And this is the first time I cant find the Digg button. That Murphy’s Law is such a nuisance sometimes ;)

Comment by Heidi Nyburg

May 20, 2008 @ 5:05 pm

Hey Gillian, Thanks for the Digg-sire. The Digg button on our site is visible when you click the “Share This” link.

Jeremy, Glad you like it:)

Comment by Paul

May 20, 2008 @ 9:27 pm

Lol nice.

Comment by zohai

May 22, 2008 @ 12:19 am

Hahaha! I enjoyed it too. Flickr always have the funniest pics. =D I rely on Digg to find me the nicest one. Cheers and thanks for the post.

Comment by Marc Klein

May 30, 2008 @ 11:43 pm

I enjoyed the photographs a lot. They were different and really amazing. This time I want to digg it and post your link my blog too do that other people can also see it..

Comment by Barb

May 31, 2008 @ 9:40 am

Great pictures. Lots of fun.
Barb.

Comment by Heidi Nyburg

June 1, 2008 @ 8:25 am

Thanks Marc and Barb, glad you liked it. And thanks for the diggage. Who doesn’t love a little Digg?

Comment by Tabitha Castro

June 2, 2008 @ 5:35 pm

This is a great collection! I really enjoyed the photos. Great job, keep it coming! I’ll definitely be coming back soon! =)

Comment by Peter

June 3, 2008 @ 11:46 am

I love the pictures! Thanks.

Comment by Columbus

June 11, 2008 @ 2:21 pm

Breakfast is just not the same now that I can’t just eat as much Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries as I want anymore. Growing old ain’t so bad…but that’s one I really miss. ;-)

Comment by Richard

June 15, 2008 @ 5:49 am

Weird groups, really…

Comment by Nonch

June 16, 2008 @ 2:23 pm

Airline Food image group is my favorite now. Interesting to learn new things.

Comment by Salman

June 19, 2008 @ 3:12 pm

lol

great article…

you left me gaping

Comment by Jenna

June 20, 2008 @ 6:14 am

haha — fun stuff : ]

thanks for sharing!

Comment by Hakan Se

June 29, 2008 @ 6:14 am

:) very nice thanks

Comment by LT

July 8, 2008 @ 8:33 pm

thanks for mentioning the Simpsons episode about Bart and the tattoo removal clinic. i hadn’t seen that episode yet and i’m writing a book on laser tattoo removal and this will be great to mention in the section about tattoo removal in popular culture. thanks!

Comment by Mikael

July 10, 2008 @ 2:01 pm

This is certainly a very intriguing post. Would you consider guest posting on my blog some time?

Mikael

Comment by Michelle

July 14, 2008 @ 11:42 am

Love the photo’s so much! Thank’s for sharing such a nice article.

Comment by Mariah

July 14, 2008 @ 2:55 pm

haha i like the picture of the truck with the stuffed animals on the grill the best :D
-Mariah

Comment by Bmb

July 15, 2008 @ 10:45 am

I love them all! Except the stuffed animals on truck grills and tin foil hats, Ewww. I think I’ll start collecting hotel room keys…

Comment by KP

July 18, 2008 @ 9:07 am

I had my own personal collection of keys. I had the actual keys and the swiper cards. they were always fun.

Comment by JM

July 21, 2008 @ 8:04 am

All I have in my fridge is some jelly and a carton of milk haha I’m very very basic.

Comment by kit

July 22, 2008 @ 2:25 pm

EWWWWWW airline food is nasty! especially that picture you posted *HURL* … but fun post!

Comment by Mark

July 30, 2008 @ 10:20 am

I like the pic.especially the stuffed animal. So funny!

Comment by paul

July 31, 2008 @ 1:17 pm

What’s in your fridge is one of my favs. Nice to see it on the list.

Comment by bhaskoro

August 3, 2008 @ 7:14 pm

The first one is best

Comment by kawaiichick

August 11, 2008 @ 10:50 am

Great collection of photos . Enjoyed it very much ., Thanks !

Comment by Eco

August 12, 2008 @ 7:16 am

#7 is my fave! Retro cereal rocks… if only I could still eat it and it wouldn’t be stale. :)

Comment by Tech

August 12, 2008 @ 5:18 pm

Wow….those are some weird….yet VERY entertaining photos….except for the Hotel Door Knob photo. Lol

Comment by Seattle

August 13, 2008 @ 8:31 am

Very funny stuff and a great example of why flickr is a world of its own – and it works. :)

Comment by Katie

August 14, 2008 @ 7:27 pm

hahaha, great pics. Captain America’s eyebrows are on his hat lols.

Comment by Henry

August 16, 2008 @ 12:37 pm

I read in the newspaper today about a gnome that went missing from a womans garden. It appeared 3 months later with a pack of photos of it’s travels all around the world!

Comment by FTalpes

August 21, 2008 @ 1:46 pm

Wonderful selection!

I’m obsessed with food pictures, and #3 reminded me that there’s a whole website dedicated to airline meals, that has lots and LOTS of pictures (and descriptions) of airline meals from all over the world:
http://www.airlinemeals.net/

Comment by shema

August 30, 2008 @ 8:21 am

Nice article. Love the picture, comments, information and the writing style. in short every thing is wonderful. Great work :)

Comment by NaranjaDude

September 3, 2008 @ 2:34 pm

i wanna join the simpsons group i got mr. burns on my neck

Comment by Jesse

September 9, 2008 @ 8:09 pm

first, i really loved your blog and second i think your blog is unique as you have some of the rarest and oddest kind of stuff on your blog which i really like.
Keep up the good work.

Comment by MOin

September 11, 2008 @ 1:31 pm

#8 Stuffed Animals on Truck Grills: and #6 What’s in Your Fridge: my favorites you really putted many great communities together am joining them all :D

Comment by BK

September 17, 2008 @ 7:40 pm

Capt Crunch put a smile on my face. My brother and I would beg my Mom to buy it. In fact its sugar content wasn’t enough for my younger sibling. He always poured on a ton of table sugar. I’ll definitely have to check out the flickr group.

Comment by kouji

October 3, 2008 @ 6:40 am

the first 3 are hilarious. :D made me think a little there. after all, what trucker would be caught dead with a grille without even one stuffed toy? :D

Comment by Ralph McKelvie

October 17, 2008 @ 3:15 am

Wow, I never knew the Airline Food pool has 587 of photos the Room Service pool is trailing behind with just fifty-two. That’s pretty interesting…

Comment by Robbo

October 26, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

lol, there are some rather interesting groups there.
I quite like the foil hats group, although i can’t say i own any myself lol.

Comment by 24 Guy

October 28, 2008 @ 4:33 am

Classic. I’m sad to say I just joined some :D .

Comment by Tony Phillips

November 14, 2008 @ 2:44 am

I love Capt Crunch very much. I pref ford the first choice to that only. I love your blog very much. I was watching the blog so many times.

Comment by Joseph Walker

November 24, 2008 @ 9:13 am

Haha! I like it! This stuf is a bit.. how do i put it.. un-conventional :D

Comment by Niallos

December 15, 2008 @ 1:44 am

Pizza upskirts!? wtf

Comment by Ernie Small

December 17, 2008 @ 3:54 pm

pizza upskirts is killing me! who would ever think of such a thing. i mean, i love pizza as much as the next guy, but….

and, not kissing up, but travelling toys is a good one too. i never could understand why people would want to take pictures of themselves in front of monuments as if their friends wouldn’t believe they were actually there if they didn’t and the travelling toys concept is a perfect parody of that phenomenon.
great post.

Comment by Tony Phillips

December 18, 2008 @ 3:55 am

I like with food pictures, and #3 reminded me that there’s a whole website dedicated to airline meals, that has lots and LOTS of pictures.

Comment by Diana W

December 18, 2008 @ 4:02 am

I totally agree I love the little jars of jam and ketchup and stuff you get with room service..love the blog :-)

Comment by Jack Cust

December 27, 2008 @ 7:03 pm

Oh my god that airline food looks disgusting. I fly United and it is not even that bad.

Comment by Oli

January 4, 2009 @ 4:41 pm

Haha, love some of those groups, have to admit some of the pictures grossed me out a little bit though, i prefer vegan recipes over the airline food any day!

Comment by Peter

February 5, 2009 @ 7:41 am

hehehehe I really hate traveler toys! but I love #5 I always want to keep hotel room keys! I think that is the most ordinary thing you can do but I love those specially the old-fashioned! Great post really

Comment by kurs

October 22, 2009 @ 12:14 am

and, not kissing up, but travelling toys is a good one too. i never could understand why people would want to take pictures of themselves in front of monuments as if their friends wouldn’t believe they were actually there

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