They're going on a bicycle trip with a B.O.B. trailer behind their bike?illiad wrote:ahhhh... well, girlswithslingshots is doing a current theme like that....
Bento 2017-01-10
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Puts me to mind of a quote from an ENglish comedy I once saw:lake_wrangler wrote:They're going on a bicycle trip with a B.O.B. trailer behind their bike?illiad wrote:ahhhh... well, girlswithslingshots is doing a current theme like that....
"You know, the next size up of that has a strimmer (string trimmer) attachment you can get for it."
"The Empire was founded on cups of tea, mate, and if you think I am going to war without one you are sadly mistaken."
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(Dave cringes)
Of all the devices ever invented, which could Go Badly Wrong in use... that one is very high on the list.
Of all the devices ever invented, which could Go Badly Wrong in use... that one is very high on the list.
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Has Danielle resumed GWS, or is this reprints?illiad wrote:ahhhh... well, girlswithslingshots is doing a current theme like that....
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GWS: Still reprints, but the image tags are current comments.
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Gives all new meaning to a Brazilian whacks...{owwwwwwwww}Dave wrote:(Dave cringes)
Of all the devices ever invented, which could Go Badly Wrong in use... that one is very high on the list.
"The Empire was founded on cups of tea, mate, and if you think I am going to war without one you are sadly mistaken."
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The strips are from 10 years ago, with color added, and a link to the old strip!AmriloJim wrote:GWS: Still reprints, but the image tags are current comments.
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'Good Vibrations' Look it up. (I spent a little time in and around the founders; not that they would have noticed...)Dave wrote:I expected you would.Just Old Al wrote:I saw that......Dave wrote: Well, you know how some people are prone to personify their cars, or their firearms? (Yes, some of them even hang out around here).
Oh, definitely. The human race has a long-standing tradition of personifying all sorts of inanimate objects (living and unliving), and ascribing thoughts, personalities, and motivations to them. Weapons, specifically, often were ascribed such characters (often martial, sometimes evil or chaotic) - not surprising considering how important a role they played in survival, and how strongly they'd often be "tied" to their owner or creator.More the point, anthromorphism of weapons is as old as Man itself. Not seeing the battleships thing personally (though gotta say I consider much anime a bit creepy) but it's entirely understandable.
Apparently, the whole idea of personification-of-the-nonhuman was rather getting out of hand in 18th-century poetry, which was full of such imagery as part of the poets' way of tugging on the heart-strings of the reader. Flowers and trees were common subjects for this sort of treatment; leaves whispered, trees wept... that sort of thing. They were being used in a style of persuasion known classically as "pathos" (eliciting emotions from within the readers' experience).
In later years, excessive use of this was criticized as the "pathetic fallacy". I suppose it's like a lot of spices and flavorings - appealing in small doses, but it becomes unpleasant when you ladle it on in huge quantities.
And, in the modern era, there's the tendency of some women to personify their sex toys. I'm sure you can figure out the technical term for that.
(grins, ducks, runs like hell... dropping into the Pun Jar, in passing, a gift certificate for a certain store in Girls with Slingshots).
btw- The Wikipedia entry for the'Fleet Girls'. esp the 'keep it i n house' IP Restrictive, Only For the Home Crowd..... it smacks of a re-martialization of the ol' Empire Based Nippon. .. ... never mind. I wasn't here, I didn't say nutt'n.
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Actually, I think that by personifying their vibrators, they're indulging in the "pathetic phallacy".TazManiac wrote:'Good Vibrations' Look it up. (I spent a little time in and around the founders; not that they would have noticed...)Dave wrote:In later years, excessive use of this was criticized as the "pathetic fallacy". I suppose it's like a lot of spices and flavorings - appealing in small doses, but it becomes unpleasant when you ladle it on in huge quantities.
And, in the modern era, there's the tendency of some women to personify their sex toys. I'm sure you can figure out the technical term for that.
(grins, ducks, runs like hell... dropping into the Pun Jar, in passing, a gift certificate for a certain store in Girls with Slingshots).
Why do you think I paid the Pun Jar?
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<-- It's not the best link to remain germain, but it hits it's stride @ 1 min in; "L'amour, L'amour ..."
btw- all those who haven't yet seen 'the Women', get a copy...
btw- all those who haven't yet seen 'the Women', get a copy...
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but to get back on topic.... maybe she can learn how to 'morph' a big pair for herself!!!Catawampus wrote:And if she does learn a lesson from this, will it be one of the right lessons to learn?oldmanmickey wrote:Its gonna be mighty interesting to see how she reacts to this.