Keep in touch... or else...

As Ferris Bueller once said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Lucky for you guys I have time on my hands to piss away hours on the Internet, so I can show you the stuff you might not catch.

Or maybe you're not so lucky.

Yahoo loves to put quirky stuff on its email login page. Some of it's funny or just plain weird. But recently they've stepped over that line into Creepy territory. Behold:



At first glance it seems to be a normal suburban scene - an all-American boy complete with baseball cap and faithful dog. The boy is tapping away on a computer, presumably sending a silly video to his buddies or perhaps writing to grandma on that new-fangled email. The pastoral setting of his neighborhood frames the scene. Very nice, very nice.

But look to the left:



The centered picture is apparently an alternate universe set up by the parents. Because here it appears that the boy and dog are now underground tugging at a giant ball of twine. A tunnel from the house above is clearly seen, as is another tunnel to his right that leads further down into the ground. Is he being punished? Was our boy actually surfing porn instead of emailing grandma like he was supposed to, and now must communicate using only tin cans and string (which, I guess, he's building underground)? Or maybe he'll use the line to repel down the tunnel - a possibility if his dog has told him that Timmy fell in the well.

But this isn't the worst. Look to the right of the login box:



What the hell is this? We seem to have roots spelling "I miss you" (no trees, mind you, just roots) under another lovely neighborhood home. And a subterranean lair - apparently with no exit or entrance - containing what appears to be a turkey reading a book in the most depressing kitchen that ever existed. I especially like the window on the right hand side. It gives a great view of the dirt.

Is this my future if I don't keep in touch with my loved ones? Sheesh...