Friday, September 18, 2009

Flint Photos: ?


So you think you're an expert on all things Flint? Okay, I challenge you to identify the location of this photo.

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  1. grumkinSeptember 18, 2009 at 4:24 AM

    Is it the bathroom at the Torch?

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2009 at 5:38 AM

    Men's room at the Torch. I've taken a similar pic.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2009 at 5:48 AM

    The Flint YMCA.

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  4. RightTime KiDSSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:02 AM

    Bathroom at the Torch.

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  5. Ms. RachelSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:29 AM

    My guess is the bathroom at the Capital Theatre

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  6. Sable PeltSeptember 18, 2009 at 8:02 AM

    The powder room at county lockup?

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  7. JWillySeptember 18, 2009 at 8:17 AM

    Are those Pewabic tiles, or just strangely multicolored from age?

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  8. grumkinSeptember 18, 2009 at 8:58 AM

    I'm pretty sure they aren't pewabic, but my memory, the lighting and beer goggles might not serve me well.

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  9. Gordon YoungSeptember 18, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    Grumkin, what were you doing in the men's room?

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  10. Gordon YoungSeptember 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    Man, that obviously wasn't the riddle I'd hoped for.

    Yes, it's the men's room at The Torch.

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  11. Cooley's DictumSeptember 18, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    Glad to find out it's The Torch. Looked remarkably like our master bath. Mrs. Cooley (and you, Gordo) would've had a lot of explaining to do.

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  12. WillSeptember 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    Hmmm... Though I'm a semi-regular patron of that august establishment, I've never noticed the colorful nature of the tiling in that particular restroom. I wonder why I've been so imperceptive?

    *ahem*

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  13. grumkinSeptember 18, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    For those who weren't aware, the Women's bathroom looks the same. :)

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2009 at 6:21 AM

    That stare is a bit scary, Gordo. It immediately reminded me of Robert DeNiro in "Taxi Driver", trying on his guns in the mirror: "You lookin' at me? You lookin' at me? Well, who the ---- else ya lookin' at?"

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  15. Gordon YoungSeptember 19, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    I do look pretty creepy. Good thing no one else came in while I was taking the photo.

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  16. JWillySeptember 19, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    Yeah, I can see how standing around in a public bathroom with a camera might be considered to be, ummm, unusual.

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2009 at 7:07 PM

    Totally...the bathroom at the Torch

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    longfellow, civic park, anderson, central high, whittier, cook, cummings, cody, if you went to any of these schools, they have all been closed in recent years.

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  19. bobjgumbySeptember 22, 2009 at 6:08 AM

    I've never noticed the tiles either. It is probably because I am too busy reading the hilarious grafitti on the walls.

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    Bathroom at the Club Triangle?

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