Do you have a .........

• Favorite floaty?
• Strangest floaty?
• Cleverest floaty?

Coca Cola, Atlanta 1996
Six-pack bottle of Coke floats by logo
(voted by Robbie B)
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Navy Pier, Chicago
Carousel on the pier
(voted by Miranda W)
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White Sands Nat'l Monument, New Mexico
Stationary lizard; white sand floats about
(voted by Cheryl V)
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Heinz Ketchup - Clicker style
Heinz ketchup pours over fries
(voted by Damon Z)
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Felix the Cat
That "wonderful, wonderful cat" surfs the waves
(voted by Ruby K)
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Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Five scoops of ice cream floats towards cone
(voted by Andy B)
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Chicago - The Windy City
Man holding umbrella, blown inside out
(voted by Damon Z and Nancy G)
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Portland, Oregon - City of Roses
Roses
(voted by Miranda W )
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University of California Press, Poles Apart
Polar bear on iceberg floats by penguins
(voted by Beverly B)
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Felix the Cat
Felix rides a hot-air balloon past apartment windows
(voted by Edna C)
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Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Boston, Massachusetts
Paul Revere on horseback, rides through the night
(voted by Nancy K)
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University of California Press, Wood Duck & Mandarin:
Northern Wood Ducks by Lawton Shurtleff and Christopher Savage
Ducklings swim behind mother duck
(voted by Nancy G)
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Philadelphia Zoo
Naked mole rats
(voted by Linda H)
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Voted as a favorite, as well as "tasteless":
Slow Speed Chase, Los Angeles, CA North 405
Al's white Ford Bronco floats down 405 freeway as observers cheer on
(voted by Linda H)
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Lucy the Margate Elephant / Built 1881/ A National Historic Landmark
Lucy, a bigger-than-life size elephant with howdah, floats along the New Jersey beach
(voted by Lian F)
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Ye Olde Curiousity Shop, Sylvester the Desert Mummy, Seattle
Sylvester, the mummy, floats across desert
(voted by Nikki O)
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Las Vegas
Gold coins falling down on lucky, slot-playing redhead
(voted by Nikki O)
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Chicken Boy, Too Tall to Live, Too Weird to Die
Chicken Boy blasts off above palm trees, clutching bucket of chicken
(voted by Amy W)
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Looney Tunes
Sylvester's face slides by Tweety's cage
(voted by Carol S)
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Ruby Montana's, Seattle, WA
Spam Carving Contest; Cowgirl rides a rate, chasing can of Spam
(voted by Alison VW)
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Yosemite
The rapeller comes down the face of El Capitan
(voted by Bill B)
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Blue Whale skeleton floats past museum
(voted by Karen S)
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Virgina City, Nevada
Set in a western town, a fully clothed cowboy floats down into
the arms of a showgirl, and is left only with his boxer shorts and cowboy hat on
(voted by Jilda T)
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Badlands of South Dakota
Wall Drugs - Jackalope Country
The mythical jackalope floats
(voted by Kate K)
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Lake Placid, New York
Skier with a retro look
(voted by Kelly F)
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Amish Acres, Nappanee, Indiana
Amish buggy floats
Considering the Amish's way of life, portrayed in a floaty, this is an oxymoron.
(voted by Damon Z)
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Hang Loose, Hawaii
An amputated hand, signaling "hang loose", floats across the beach
(voted by Beverly B)
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Big Apple, New York
A big, red apple floats; Empire State Bldg in background
Why is there a humongous, red apple falling from the sky,
right in front of the Empire State Building?
(voted by Edna C)
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Snoqualmie Falls
Waterfall (v)
The falls look like lard!
(voted by Nancy K)
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Voted as "Strange" as well as "Dumb":

I Love New York!
A taxicab drives down a typical Manhattan street
The background includes a Wax Museum, however, there is not,
nor has there been a wax museum in NYC. A blooper!
(voted by Lian F )
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Another "Dumb" one......

National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum / Cooperstown, NY
The runner is sliding down from first base to home plate!
These guys ought to know better!
(voted by Lian F )
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California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park
Fish float thru an aquarium but for some reason,
they are behind black bars, as if they were in zoo!
(voted by Nikki O)
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Not so strange, as it is quirky....

Buffalo, NY
Buffalos move across cityscape.......
of Manhattan, New York!
(voted by Carol S )
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The Ascension
Jesus floats up to God's pointing finger
(voted by Kate K)
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Cleverest   Floaties
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White Sands Nat'l Monument, New Mexico
Stationary lizard; white sands float about
(voted by Cheryl V)
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San Franciso, Crookedest Street in the World
Cars manuever down Lombard Street
(voted by Ron L)
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Downsizing
Heavy person enters gym; thin person exits
(voted by Amy W)
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Keep In Touch
Michelangelo-type painting
depicts two fingers coming together to touch
(voted by Carol S)
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Space Needle, Seattle
Tiny, little elevator floats up & down
---clever but effective!
(voted by Nikki O )
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Heinz Ketchup
Ketchup pours out over french fries
It really looks as if the ketchup is pouring out of the bottle!
(voted by Lian F )
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San Francisco, Foggy Day at the Bay
Fog cloud rolls in past the Golden Gate Bridge
The opaque fog cloud cleverly surrounds the bridge...a "true story"!
(voted by Beverly B)
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