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Blanche
Hi fellow geek. I love Dilbert and the Far Side. Talk about zany - NOW I know where I get it from
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 22, 2006 at 8:54 AM
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JohnMcnab, Far Side was done by a local cartoonist here in the NW, in
Portland, Oregon, so I could relate in more ways than one. I also like Dilbert by Scott Adams, call me not only a kettle, but a geek! I don't mind, I've been called worse!
posted by
Blanche.
on November 21, 2006 at 4:16 PM
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TAPS
That sounds perfect, TAPS - just perfect.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 21, 2006 at 3:57 PM
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Blanche
LOL, Blanche. Hi, Pot, just call me kettle. That is twice you've used that word anthro...morvpu.... let's just say morphed and be done with it. I remember that cartoon, but if it has been done before, I'll just leave it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 21, 2006 at 3:55 PM
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Oh. OK, Johnmacnab. How about crockpot? Would that do it up right?
posted by
TAPS.
on November 21, 2006 at 3:54 PM
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TAPS
Relax, Taps. Remember it was DAY-glo, not NIGHT-glo. I was speaking to a deer hunter yesterday and he was telling me that venison (why do we change the names of some meats once we've killed them? Pig becomes pork; Cow becomes beef?) used to be a horrible meat to eat.
According to him, you ate it because you were supposed to eat it, but it was full of fat and gristle and the best way to eat it was in a stew - that had been simmering for about a day. Nowadays, he said, because the deer are eating the corn from the farmers' fields, the meat is delicious. So enjoy the gift from son # 3, TAPS.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 21, 2006 at 3:51 PM
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ginnie
I knew what I
thought, ginnie. I just didn't know how to put it into words.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 21, 2006 at 3:45 PM
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JohnMcnab, I think it's a workable idea, just clean it up for clarity
Maybe change the last sentence about deer. I love the Far Side cartoons, with Gary Larsen's hunters strapped to the front of the truck, driven by the moose, and other anthropomorphized animals.
I think if you did that, it would be really funny. And as for me telling you to write more logically, that would be more than a little ironic. It'd be like, "Hello, pot, yes, it's kettle on the line, can you take this call?" '
posted by
Blanche.
on November 21, 2006 at 11:07 AM
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Johnmacnab, Now you've got me all concerned. I just inherited a large package of meat marked
venison roast wrapped in white paper from Son #3 who helped his hunter friend skin and process his deer for half the meat. Do I dare open the package? What if it glows in the dark?
posted by
TAPS.
on November 21, 2006 at 10:47 AM
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LOL Mac!
I knew what you meant! Or did I?
posted by
ginnieb
on November 21, 2006 at 10:18 AM
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jacenta
'I must learn to write concisely and accurately.' 'I must learn to write concisely and accurately.' 'I must.......
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 21, 2006 at 6:21 AM
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johnmacnab...
Hi John. Now I get it!
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jacentaOld
on November 21, 2006 at 4:32 AM
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mneme
They weren't wearing vest, mneme, they had mutated so that they had day-glo skin. Ah, well, when I began to laugh that morning going to church, and Ell asked me what was funny, I told her, and she just groaned.
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johnmacnab
on November 21, 2006 at 4:23 AM
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Blanche
The idea, badly explained, was that the deer mutated to survive, and the only way they could do that was to morph into a colour that the hunters wouldn't shoot. Hence the herds of day-glo deer.
I need to attend a course on writing logically....Nah, forget that.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 21, 2006 at 4:21 AM
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Blanche & Mneme
Oh dear, Now I know what happens when I don't take the meds. Not only do I confuse my self, but I also disorientate everybody else.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 21, 2006 at 4:17 AM
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Johnmacnab
would they be more, or less, likely to be shot in their little day-glo vests? Just wondered.. I think I was with you, more or less..
posted by
mneme
on November 21, 2006 at 3:39 AM
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JohnMcnab, I love when there are signs that can mean more than one thing
BrightIrish had a list of those today and some made me chuckle. Picture a weary seagull, sighing heavily and looking for a place to perch, only to be disappointeed. Life is cruel.
You lost me on the herds of day glo deer though? I was right there with you, thinking of Gary Larsen's Far Side and animals anthropomorphized into hunters, but then I lost the image, wondering where did that day-glo deer come from?
posted by
Blanche.
on November 19, 2006 at 8:31 PM
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