tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post3105542796488493409..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: Quirk Strangeness and CharmHamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-73035767511892799232015-04-20T05:09:58.213-07:002015-04-20T05:09:58.213-07:00...and what about quirks (of Muster Mark) of other......and what about quirks (of Muster Mark) of other flavours, hmm? What about top and bottom? What about up, down, turnaround, and truth (you little beauty!)? Not to mention quantum chromodynamics ...antigreenish Hugh?rhwombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965197378050915417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-80594996077677432602015-04-20T04:37:53.383-07:002015-04-20T04:37:53.383-07:00Never mind the little Ledaphant etchings - this is...Never mind the little Ledaphant etchings - <a href="https://archive.org/stream/b21781059#page/n83/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">this</a> is just satyrical.rhwombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965197378050915417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-87573236309253092922015-04-20T04:30:18.570-07:002015-04-20T04:30:18.570-07:00B4: Yes - Tales from Herpetographic Oceans.B4: Yes - Tales from Herpetographic Oceans.rhwombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965197378050915417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-80395176890217651522015-04-19T23:57:13.065-07:002015-04-19T23:57:13.065-07:00Woodcut, a very good one.
The fine shading on th...<i>Woodcut, a very good one. </i><br /><br />The fine shading on the elephants' heads and some of the ladies' dresses and hair is extremely impressive.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-54779142334163444652015-04-19T23:18:03.491-07:002015-04-19T23:18:03.491-07:00I wondered why I assumed the swan (goose?) was fem...<i>I wondered why I assumed the swan (goose?) was female</i><br />According to the Font of All Knowledge <i>[<b>not Comic Sans</b>]</i>, the main difference between a cob and a pen is that the cob has bigger feet. Which is no help at all.<br /><br /><i>And it seems to be a drawing rather than a woodcut, anyway.</i><br />Woodcut, a very good one.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-74704118685666215412015-04-19T23:01:38.344-07:002015-04-19T23:01:38.344-07:00And it seems to be a drawing rather than a woodcut...And it seems to be a <b>drawing</b> rather than a woodcut, anyway. Which reminds me that I need to get back to my pen-and-ink proclivities sometime soon.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-27491740253918798902015-04-19T22:57:07.388-07:002015-04-19T22:57:07.388-07:00I was going to say that there seemed to be a jolly...I was going to say that there seemed to be a jolly lesbian Leda-and-the-swan thing going on in the above-linked woodcut, but then I wondered why I assumed the swan (goose?) was female. Prob'ly because I am a lousy <b>prevert</b>.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-76780293340675825892015-04-19T20:46:52.698-07:002015-04-19T20:46:52.698-07:00Cloven-footed elephants clad in fish-net stockings...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Os6aUImRi8I/SxOi03MqxCI/AAAAAAAAAEA/lj7Tb3av52U/s1600/2nd_triumph.jpg" rel="nofollow">Cloven-footed elephants clad in fish-net stockings</a>.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-56262712923173724192015-04-19T20:20:39.060-07:002015-04-19T20:20:39.060-07:00anchored eagle interrupting asp perversions
Sound...<i> anchored eagle interrupting asp perversions</i><br /><br />Sounds like a prog rock album title!Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-74218536347195456462015-04-19T19:22:36.236-07:002015-04-19T19:22:36.236-07:00Thanks for the pointer to the Hypnerotomachia Poli...Thanks for the pointer to the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili woodcuts. I particularly liked the <a href="https://archive.org/stream/b21781059#page/n105/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">anchored eagle interrupting asp perversions</a>.rhwombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965197378050915417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-24376521154937872272015-04-19T14:32:48.477-07:002015-04-19T14:32:48.477-07:00As far as Francesco Colonna's work goes: have ...As far as Francesco Colonna's work goes: have you never had trouble getting <i> both </i> halves of an elephant down your anthole?rhwombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965197378050915417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-23327026458877188002015-04-19T14:13:39.561-07:002015-04-19T14:13:39.561-07:00Fuel cells and photovoltaics? I thought Sen Butchm...<i>Fuel cells and photovoltaics</i>? I thought Sen Butchmeup ran on fule sells and "clean coal"?rhwombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965197378050915417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-29461215572140463802015-04-19T10:44:30.679-07:002015-04-19T10:44:30.679-07:00Some refuse to say America took a wrong direction...Some refuse to say America took a wrong direction when the <i>Boîte du Bois</i> program under the aegis of NASA and the Atlanta board of tourism implanted fuel cells and photovoltaic imaging systems in the not quite cold corpse of Vivian Leigh, who promptly decamped for South Carolina and recast herself as Lindsey Graham.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-88552260749783684112015-04-19T10:08:34.884-07:002015-04-19T10:08:34.884-07:00although I happen to think that the resulting vers...<i>although I happen to think that the resulting version of America was more fun than the one we have now.</i><br /><br />Hear! Hear!<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-47093348441837950702015-04-19T07:14:12.410-07:002015-04-19T07:14:12.410-07:00I'm in love with that cover illo- the circuit ...I'm in love with that cover illo- the circuit diagrams on the Jinxman's vestments are an inspired touch.<br /><br />For the record, "The Miracle Workers" may be my favorite Jack Vance work, even though it is fairly uncharacteristic in its paucity of baroque prose.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-3303840963145902852015-04-19T07:04:55.284-07:002015-04-19T07:04:55.284-07:00Tomorrow, I shall cast a prodigious hoodoo on the ...Tomorrow, I shall cast a prodigious hoodoo on the autochthonous population.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.com