Friday Ephemera (671)
Rust of some significance. || The French being French. || The atmosphere of the Sun. || When you want to be at an angle. || Incoming. || Incoming 2. And yes, they survived. || One for the bargain hunters. || Our betters being better than us. || Washing instructions should always be read carefully. || Nesting materials. || At last, a dance music genre quiz. Can you sort the dubstep and glitch hop from the darkstep and post-dubstep? || It’s nice to be appreciated. || The progressive retail experience, parts 460 and 461. The second of which is pleasingly interrupted. || The pulp magazine archive. || A project for the weekend. || I’m guessing it’s not a good sign when the wheel comes off. || Mug retrieval of note. || “Zarkov invents a machine that makes Flash invisible.” || And finally, I think I’ll call him Chompers.
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Fireplace tools are collectively, (in the UK at least. No idea what they’re called in forn parts), Companion Sets. Individually, tongs, poker, dustpan, brush.
My point was that I was puzzled that you objected to that emphasis.
The old Hollywood code, in which the good guy may never shoot first, may never shoot a villain in the back, and so on.
Unclear whether you can get an oil change or tires rotated while you get your pipes cleaned.
Unless someone drove from the UK – checkmate – unless they will be required to back in, which is a whole other set of jokes.
The Hollywood code requires the good guy to be shot in the arm 99% of the time.
On the rare occasions when he takes a bullet to a leg he will quickly improvise a splint and limp to victory. Similarly a shot hand will be miraculously cured by wrapping a handkerchief round it.
it’s true. I’ve seen it.
Except when Han shot first. And then he didn’t.
Han Solo was post-code, of course. George Lucas, on the other hand, may be post-menopause.
Doris: Yes, “companion sets”. That’s what I was thinking of. Thank-you. That’s a weight off my mind. (The little tiny 1oz. one that always gets lost from the set.)
And in art news.
Beginning to have doubts. Beginning. Doubts.
Edit: Doh! Wrong thread? Or maybe a better fit on the thread for tomorrow’s ephemera?