YSaC, Vol. 885: Hungry like Virginia Woolf in sheep’s clothing.

2010 December 21
by dan

Wolf coat hanger – $10


Nice wolf coat hanger. We also have other wolf collection as well if you are a wolf collector.

The level of semantic ambiguity here is amazing. I don’t think I could come up with a more ambiguous ad if I was trying.

Is this…
A coat hanger to be owned by a wolf who is nice?
A nice coat hanger for hanging a coat made of wolf fur?
A coat hanger for hanging a nice coat made of wolf fur?
A nice coat hanger MADE of wolf fur?
A coat hanger made of NICE wolf fur?

Also, is it aimed at collectors who ARE wolves, or who COLLECT wolves?

Thanks for the myriad possibilities, Amy!

143 Responses leave one →
  1. 2010 December 21

    Ahh, the fearsome “wolf coat hanger”. I’ve heard about, but never seen, them. I believe Master Juan (no lie, that’s his name) teaches a class in the fine art of wielding one of these treasures.

    It’s really good for fending off crazed medicine men, and when you’re done it makes a lovely hanger for your bedazzled hooves.

    Adores: 6
  2. 2010 December 21
    LimeLolly permalink

    It’s a mounted wolf head posed in a head up, “howl-at-the-moon” pose. Why anyone would want to hang their coat on it, is beyond me. But then, I’ve seen mounted deer head with their antlers draped in mardis gras beads, and hooves bedazzled, and stools made out of elk. Well, this turned into [corey] real fast.

    I’m off to find some stronger coffee.

    Adores: 8
    • 2010 December 21
      mudslicker permalink

      Unfortunately, I only collect coyote hangers. However, my collection of nice giraffe fishing poles is pretty banging.

      Adores: 10
    • 2010 December 21
      Yancy permalink

      If I had a wolf head mounted in such a position, I’d drape anything over it so I wouldn’t feel like it was watching me. Which is interesting, because as a hunter I hope to someday bag a trophy elk whose head I can take to the taxidermist and hang on my wall so I can brag about what I shot. Probably the difference comes from me being the only hunter of which I am aware that believes wolves do indeed belong in the woods and not on a list of recently-extinct animals. I would have no problem at all reporting a hunting partner for poaching a wolf. I’m gonna step off the soap box before I really get going about hunting wolves specifically and not-generally-eaten animals in general.

      Adores: 10
      • 2010 December 21
        Moira permalink

        Elk make better coat hangers, anyway. Many more places to hang stuff.

        Adores: 7
        • 2010 December 21

          So, would you say that the Elk is “well hung”?

          Adores: 3
  3. 2010 December 21
    sarajean80 permalink

    Why is my mind immediately assuming it has something to do with furries? I guess since it’s on the internet the probability that the ad is somehow furry-related is probably some ridiculously high number I’m too tired to manufacture right now.

    Adores: 5
    • 2010 December 21
      Lola permalink

      Your mind assumed it’s furry-related because the internet has infernally and irrevocably tainted us all, sarajean.

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 December 21

        Not to mention furries have been “Freak of the month” for about 5 years now. Talk about from going from obscurity to stardom and then holding onto it!

        Now, who has my squirrel costume?

        Adores: 6
        • 2010 December 21
          Yancy permalink

          If you lent out your furry squirrel costume, I highly recommend you have the borrower drop it off at the best dry cleaner in town before you reclaim it. Unless you completely trust said person. Otherwise, you might get something resembling the recently-offered “DNA sample” t-shirt.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21
          Lola permalink

          Yeah, if you haven’t taken it to the cleaners, don’t let it near a black light either …

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21

          Naw, I think I’ve only lent it to HHNF and Gramps. I really doubt that…

          Hmm, I seem to have misplaced the number for that emergency dry cleaning service.

          Adores: 4
    • 2010 December 21
      NotMyName permalink

      I know a guy who does furry art. It’s not that big of a deal, you know.

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21

        [putting it out there corey]
        I’ve never had any real issue with furries. As somebody who’s been considered a freak for parts of my life, I can sympathize with their position. I may think that dressing up as animals is weird (sexual or non-sexual as the purpose may be for the individual), but I will defend their right to do so. If it isn’t hurting anyone, then it should be allowed. As far as furryism goes, I can’t see that it’s causing any harm, so as much as I poke fun at them, I don’t think it should be prevented or ridiculed on a deep level.

        That said though, I still reserve the right to poke fun at them, just as if they want to poke fun at me for whatever it is I do that they find strange, they are allowed to do so.

        As far as “Furry” or “Anthro” art. I will say that I never really associate the two except that the furry community has largely adopted anthropomorphic art as their own, but really furryism may more be a derivation of the art rather than the other way around. I’ve always rather enjoyed anthropomorphic comics and cartoons (Ducktails and Rescue Rangers being huge favorites), and I’ve even drawn antrho art myself (as they’re generally easier than humans… and I suck at drawing). I like the style both because I was raised on Disney and Warner brothers, whose use of anthropomorphics pretty much started the genre; and because I think that in a mature setting the use of antrhomophics can be used to address racial and social issues more directly than the use of true racial characters would allow (Ala “Ozy and Millie” or “2Kinds”).

        That said, the squirrel/chipmunk costume gag has been “my thing” for a while now and I’m keeping it.
        [/corey]

        Adores: 5
        • 2010 December 21
          mudslicker permalink

          I believe that warranted [matt] tags in lieu of the [corey].

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21

          It wasn’t really righteous indignation, though. More of a “Hey now. I’m poking fun, not being a judgemental ass, here.”

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 December 21
          mudslicker permalink

          But since it was based more on TacOpinion rather than TacoFact, I went with the [matt] feel to the whole rant-esque post. I guess it’s just a matter of taste.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21

          Hmm, that’s true. Perhaps a less righteous furry [matt] tag is called for. A [matte] tag perhaps?

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 December 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Brilliant! I vote for a [matte tag] (kind of dull and lusterless) .

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 22
          LaKitta permalink

          Having also grown up watching Ducktails*, I can’t hear, read, or even think the word without my brain immediately inserting “Woo-oo!”. So deeply ingrained is it that I even do it with similar sounding words/phrases (duct tape*, coat tails*, etc).

          *Woo-oo!

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 December 21
        sarajean80 permalink

        I’ve always pictured you as more of a Stalker Squirrel than a Judgemental Ass, TM 😉

        I’ve nothing against furries; if they have found something that makes them happy, then more power to them. That just happened to be the first thing I thought of when I saw the post this morning. That probably says more about me than the furry community.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 December 21

          Thanks SJ, that… uh, that means a lot to me.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          It sounded better and less psycho in my head, now it just looks … odd.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 December 21
          CapnMac permalink

          Well, and given the climatic nature of the land of brats-n-bier there in WI; a donkey would need a better coat than an aboreal rodent.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 December 21
        Moira permalink

        NMN, we know.

        I’m rather attracted by Steampunk, myself. But whether Furry, Steampunk, CyberPunk, Goth, Sparkly Vamp, any of the various flavors of SciFi fandom, Anime, or something else entirely, it’s all in good fun and good to make fun of.

        I recently read an anthro web comic and, at one point, the author poked fun at himself-as-comic-character for doing “furry” comics and I went, “Wait, what? This qualifies as ‘furry’?”

        But I REALLY need to make a nice pair of goggles… and finish that second squirt gun makeover.

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21

          I like pie.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21

          With my freeze ray I will stop-

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 December 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Due to a crazy random happenstance, there’s free frozen yogurt for everyone!

          Try not to stab yourself in the leg with a spork.

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 December 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Moira – You need a pair of these babies for a real Steampunk look;

          http://www.flickr.com/photos/15107558@N07/2522992780/in/set-72157603808467874/

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 December 21
        SpaceBug permalink

        We have met the enemy and he is us.
        -W.K.

        I like dust bunnies.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21
          kelli permalink

          Bilbo, Bilbo Baggins
          He’s only three feet tall
          Bilbo, Bilbo Baggins
          Bravest little hobbit of them all

          Adores: 4
  4. 2010 December 21

    It’s a wash and werewolf.

    Adores: 21
    • 2010 December 21

      Obviously my caffeine intake is in dire need of upping.

      I had to read that FOUR times before getting it.

      *wanders off to find coffee slices*

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21

        Due to the film Werewolf, which was full of bad, Scandinavian actors and their strange accents, I will forever read “werewolf” as “were wolf” in my head.

        This means it required way more readings than CJ to actually understand the joke.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 December 21
          Yancy permalink

          There, wolf. There, castle.

          Why are you talking that way?

          I thought you wanted to.

          No, I don’t want to.

          Suit yourself, I’m easy.

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 December 21

          Oh, Yancy! Yet another puppy after mine own heart.

          Adores: 2
      • 2010 December 21

        It’s not you, CJ. Had I formed a complete thought, it might have made sense. It should have said: It’s for hanging up your wash and werewolf.

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21
          LurkRealClose permalink

          I liked it the first way, better.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 December 21

          My name is TacoMagic, and I approve of that random, comma.

          EDIT: Ignore me, my brain restructured the sentence to mean something else where the comma made no sense.

          Adores: 5
  5. 2010 December 21
    Vladimir permalink

    I presume Sparky means “wool”. In other words: Not. A. Wolf.

    Adores: 4
    • 2010 December 21
      sarajean80 permalink

      You should never presume anything of Sparky.

      Adores: 9
      • 2010 December 21
        CapnMac permalink

        Exactly; there could be a line of garment suspension devices branded by a maker of high-end (i.e., ludicrously over-priced) kitchan appliances.

        (Or, Spark’ could live in a town where there is a local craftsman who has the german version of the name Ramiro [Wulfram])

        Adores: 0
    • 2010 December 21

      If that’s the case, how much wool memorabilia is there actually to collect?

      Adores: 4
      • 2010 December 21
        Lola permalink

        Wool memorabilia?
        Millions of Scottish, Irish, English, and Australian sheep, for a start? Collect the whole set!

        Adores: 5
        • 2010 December 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Those are only Scottish, Irish, English, and Australian wolves in sheep’s clothing. Duped again!

          😉

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 December 21
          LurkRealClose permalink

          Actually, they are North American wolves in Scottish, Irish, English and Australian sheep’s clothing.

          Adores: 4
    • 2010 December 21
      ToBScholarly permalink

      There are coat hangers exclusively for wool coats? I live such a sheltered life.

      Adores: 6
  6. 2010 December 21

    A first for me, Bad Gateway at 0820 CST. “X”ed out and no problem getting back.

    Adores: 2
  7. 2010 December 21

    *** I have no idea what Joan Crawford sounds like imitation***
    “NO WOLF HANGERS!”

    Adores: 10
  8. 2010 December 21
    CoffDrop permalink

    Must have for my collection! This will fit right in with my wolf in sheep’s clothing and my wolf whistle……..

    Adores: 6
  9. 2010 December 21
    Windrose permalink

    For a few years in my younger days, I collected wolves. I didn’t want to. I have no idea how it happened. I’m glad they all just disappeared one day. Or maybe I stopped going to bars.

    Adores: 8
    • 2010 December 21
      Moira permalink

      I WISH I’d collected wolves. I would have greater respect for my younger self. Instead, I collected flying horses, unicorns, smurfs and those dressed mice.

      Adores: 6
  10. 2010 December 21
    Windrose permalink

    Testing. Hitting submit at 6:49 MPT.

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 December 21
      Windrose permalink

      And there it is! Huh. Wonder why it delayed my first comment from appearing?

      Adores: 2
  11. 2010 December 21

    Glad it’s a “nice” wolf. If it were a Bad Wolf, we’d have to call in The Doctor.

    Adores: 10
    • 2010 December 21

      Another is added to my stalking list.

      Sheesh, I’m going to have to start sub-contracting with Mr. Winkey to get all this stalking covered.

      EDIT: Holy crap, Ruth. I thought that avatar looked familiar. I’ve been to your blogs several times in my crochet pattern searches.

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 December 21

        You have also reminded me that I promised my wife a pink crocheted Cthulhu.

        I’ll have to get on that after I finish up my Lemming tonight.

        EDIT: And yes, Ruth, we get it. 🙂 Where’s Ten when we need him?

        Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21

        *waves* Hi! 🙂

        *prepares for stalking* *martials workplace Artoo, Cylon & Cthulhu*

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21

          Thus far my stalking was only incidental. Now the real thing begi- OH SHINY!

          *Wanders off*

          Adores: 5
    • 2010 December 21
      NotMyName permalink

      I never saw any of the Bad Wolf episodes, can someone please explain?

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 December 21

        First season of the new Doctor Who (Number 9). The words “Bad Wolf” keep showing up and later culminate in letting the female protagonist know what she needs to do.

        Adores: 2
  12. 2010 December 21
    Meredith permalink

    I’m only interested in a three wolf hanger. I’ve heard it transfers mystical powers to whatever is hung on it.

    Adores: 9
    • 2010 December 21

      You mean like this?

      There may not be a moon, but it’s got the wolves at least.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 December 22
        meredith permalink

        Taco, just saw this, and my first thought was, “Why did someone make a Wolf Centipede????” :::shudder::: the internets have corrupted me.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 December 22

          Damn it, Meredith. Now I can’t unsee it!

          Adores: 0
  13. 2010 December 21
    Todd permalink

    Just imagine how confustigating this would become if we added vampires to it.

    Adores: 3
    • 2010 December 21
      ToBScholarly permalink

      Throw in some aliens and you would have a Paul W.S. Anderson or Colin Strause movie.

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21
        NotMyName permalink

        How about:

        Vampires vs Werewolves vs Ninja vs Cowboys vs Pirates vs Aliens vs Lawyers*.

        I know I’d watch it.

        *Thought lawyers would be funny.

        Adores: 7
        • 2010 December 21

          How about Vampire Lawyers? Or is that redundant?

          Zing!

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 December 21
          Lola permalink

          Only if they’re the ambulance-chasing type, Taco.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21

          True. I was waiting for some Laywery wrath from our Law-ey residents, but I’ll take Lola wrath any day!*

          *Creepier than I planned.

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 December 21
          Lola permalink

          Not to worry, Taco, no wrath at all – I’m not one, I just work for them (and have opinions derived thereof, which are separate from my opinions of our JD posters here), remember? 8)

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21
          AndieJD permalink

          Do we have to sparkle? Because that’s a dealbreaker.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21
          NotMyName permalink

          No, no sparkling is allowed. I’d prefer my vampires to be of the Blade-movie kind. You know, badass, not sparkly.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21

          Only if you like crafts that use lots of glitter.

          Glitter: The herpes of crafts products.

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 December 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Do they cover body glitter application in Laywer School?

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21
          NotMyName permalink

          Glitter: The herpes of crafts products

          Amen.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 December 21
          CapnMac permalink

          Hey, now–glitter can make for very nice xmas tree ornaments

          *takes gift tags off presents*

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 December 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Clarice: “Well, she’s not local. Her ears are pierced three times and there’s glitter nail polish. That looks like town to me.”

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21

          I now have a girl-crush on mudsy…sigh…

          Adores: 3
  14. 2010 December 21
    ToBScholarly permalink

    Let’s hear it for the Duran Duran earworm!

    Adores: 5
    • 2010 December 21
      Lola permalink

      “Hanger like the wolf” …

      Adores: 8
      • 2010 December 21
        NotMyName permalink

        Hanger? But I barely know her!

        That’s all I could think of.

        Adores: 5
  15. 2010 December 21

    [corey]Ok, I got curious and talked to Uncle Google. Apparently there is indeed a Wolf Coat Hanger/Rack. And it’s actually kind of nice.
    [/corey]

    Adores: 3
    • 2010 December 21
      sarajean80 permalink

      Why is it staring at me like that?

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 December 21

        That means it likes you.

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 December 21
          Mindfield permalink

          For dinner.

          Adores: 4
      • 2010 December 21
        NotMyName permalink

        Why is it staring at me like that

        I want to eat your soul!! Aroooo!

        Maybe.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21

          Aroo! Werewolf hangers of London.*
          *Don’t mind me, blame the full moon or something. Hm, I wasn’t this hairy yesterday…why do I have a craving for rare meat?

          Adores: 8
        • 2010 December 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Why do I have a craving for a big dish of beef chow mein from Lee Ho Fook’s?

          Adores: 8
      • 2010 December 21

        O.M.G. for $189 I have to constantly worry that my oh-so-stylish-in-a-lodge-kinda-way mirror/coat hanger will come to life in the middle of the night and rip my throat out?

        Hmm…do you think it comes in black?

        Adores: 5
        • 2010 December 21
          NotMyName permalink

          For an extra 30 dollars, we will give you the phone number of the Ghostbusters.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21
          mudslicker permalink

          If we’re dealing with werewolves, I’d rather have Maria Ouspenskaya’s phone number.

          “Insane? He is not insane. He simply wants to die.”

          Adores: 4
    • 2010 December 21
      ToBScholarly permalink

      Not what I had envisioned at all. Mine involved fur… and a couple of fangs to hold the coat securely on the hanger.

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 December 21
        Moira permalink

        I have a home in which neither the etched-mirror nor the fur-n-fang variety would look right. [heavy sigh]

        I guess I shall have to pass up on whatever this ambiguous awesomeness really was.

        Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21

        Hm. My mind imagined one of those hat stand type constructions that doubles as a coat hanger, with carvings reminiscent of wolves.

        Adores: 2
    • 2010 December 21
      Bavec permalink

      I’m glad you looked this up, Taco. I was about ready to buy the thing just to see what it was.

      Adores: 1
  16. 2010 December 21
    Mindfield permalink

    Lovely Wolf Fur Coat
    by Canidae Canidae

    Dark in the closet, hangers are wire
    Pressing my dress shirts fresh from the dryer
    Do do dodo do dodo do dodo do dodo do do
    Women, they want me want me, they give me the signs
    Whenever I am dressed to the nines
    Do do dodo do dodo do dodo do dodo do do

    It touches the ground
    Its glassy dead eyes, they stare at you
    It smells like a hound, it makes me feel proud
    Of my lovely wolf fur coat
    This coat is all mine, its fur is so fine
    I’m purposely bumping into you
    I’ve upset your stein — oh, no, it’s red wine!
    Now you’ve stained my nice wolf coat!

    This ugly blotch is too big to hide
    I’ll need it dry cleaned, but it’s too cold outside
    Do do dodo do dodo do dodo do dodo do do
    It kinda looks like blood from the side
    Maybe I’ll say I shot the wolf for its hide
    Do do dodo do dodo do dodo do dodo do do

    It touches the ground
    Its glassy dead eyes, they stare at you
    Why yes, with one round, I took this beast down
    And I made this nice wolf coat
    You think that’s red wine? Oh, no, it’s sanguine
    I don’t need to prove it to you
    I bid you shalom, now I’m going home
    And I’m taking my wolf coat

    Lovely wolf fur coat
    Lovely wolf fur coat
    Lovely wolf fur coat

    Covering ground, I break from the crowd
    I’m getting far away from you
    My dry cleaning bill, it makes me feel ill
    At least I’ve got a clean wolf coat
    I’m back at my pad, and I’m kind of sad
    It won’t be the same because of you
    So draped around wire, it’s time to retire
    My old lovely wolf fur coat

    Adores: 14
    • 2010 December 21
      Lola permalink

      “It smells like a hound”

      Today’s crush: MF. A very big door.

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21
        Meej permalink

        Wow. Seriously. That was great, MF – it’s like your usual storytime, plus a song parody, all wrapped in one wolfy package.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 December 21
          Mindfield permalink

          Danke. 😀 It was the obvious choice, but really, there was no other choice. Wolves call for Duran Duran. Unless it’s werewolves. Then it calls for Warren Zevon.

          Adores: 3
  17. 2010 December 21
    NotMyName permalink

    Look! I’m in the box! Yay me!

    Back to WoW for the day.

    Adores: 4
    • 2010 December 21
      Lola permalink

      Good job! Don’t forget to come back for the taste of Windrose punchity-punch-punch! I think there’s a helmet and possibly other gear if you feel it’s necessary.

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21
        NotMyName permalink

        Servers are down. I hate Tuesdays.

        Adores: 2
  18. 2010 December 21
    NotMyName permalink

    It feels like it was just the other day that only about 2500 people had “liked” YSaC. How did it get up to about 4600?!

    Adores: 4
    • 2010 December 21
      kelli permalink

      Gnomes.

      Adores: 9
      • 2010 December 21

        And elves.

        Adores: 6
        • 2010 December 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          I suspect a leprechaun or three might have sneaked in as well.

          Adores: 5
      • 2010 December 21
        mudslicker permalink

        The Borg voted and that jumped it up 2,000 with one mouse click.

        Adores: 7
        • 2010 December 21

          Don’t forgot all the Doctors.

          Adores: 2
  19. 2010 December 21
    AndieJD permalink

    Who watched the eclipse last night? We laid on our living room floor by the Christmas tree and watched it through a skylight. Sang the Star Trek theme, Mr. JD made a hilarious Khaaaaaaaaan joke… It was all about as nerdy as it could be, and quite fun.

    Adores: 6
    • 2010 December 21

      It snowed here last night… and this morning… and right now actually.

      No eclipse for me!

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21

        Yeah, we’ve had about a foot of snow in the last 14 hours…. Wait, Taco, didn’t you say yesterday that you were stalking me? Hmmm…

        In other news, it’s hard to navigate/type when you have a kitten resting its warm paws on the touchpad of your laptop -_-

        In other other news, I think Mini isn’t going to take this nap, either *sigh*

        Adores: 5
    • 2010 December 21
      NotMyName permalink

      What eclipse? 🙂

      Adores: 2
    • 2010 December 21
      Lola permalink

      I’ve been sick for the past four days and was, as per approximately 93 of the previous 96 hours, sleeping. Meh, I’ll just have them freeze my head and catch the next one that way.

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 December 21
        Windrose permalink

        Oh, Lola, that’s a great idea! It was raining here, and cold, and the wind was making the wisteria scrape against the bedroom window, and I wasn’t going out there. Nuh-uh. Freezing head it is.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 December 21
          Lola permalink

          Right? So much easier that way. And I hear you don’t even notice the cold after that …

          Adores: 3
    • 2010 December 21
      Moira permalink

      Cops banged on our window at half past midnight wandering through looking for a fugitive in the neighborhood. I looked at the clock, told my hubby there was an eclipse in a couple hours, snuggled up and wished him a happy solstice and we both went back to sleep.

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21

        We haven’t had a DROP of rain here since November, hardly a cloud in the sky…until last night, of course.

        Uncle Google has several sites with some pretty amazing pictures. Cool how the moon looks blood-red, and oh so apropos given today’s conversation.

        Adores: 2
    • 2010 December 21

      I stayed up until totality was reached, then stumbled back to the apartment. Going to have to use a smaller “Stay Warm” flask next time.

      Adores: 7
    • 2010 December 21
      CapnMac permalink

      I tried. Bunch of folk were going to, but moisture from the gulf of Mexico rolled in on the land breeze and made a thick, low-altitude, overcast from about 2200 on.

      Clouds also made it much milder, went from about 61º at 2300 to 65º by 0300. I got a glimpse, after totality ended, as the energy in the land breeze petered out and started breaking holes in the overcast. Was cool, but would have been better to see the red glow at the beginning.

      That, and seeing a lunar eclipse is supposed to turn a person’s luch around–and mine more than needs a turn around.

      Adores: 0
  20. 2010 December 21
    Mindfield permalink

    I didn’t see the eclipse. I hate Twilight. Also I had to be up at 0630 for work , so there was no way I was gonna get up halfway through my sleep to play an extremely slow game of peek-a-boo with the moon. Not that I wouldn’t have found it cool, I just would have found falling asleep at work a lot less cool. (Well, I think it’s great, actually, it’s the management that’s not so keen on it. Sticklers.)

    Adores: 5
    • 2010 December 21
      Windrose permalink

      Mindy, my boss follows that same guideline. No sleeping at work, especially during boring meetings. Sheesh.

      Adores: 4
  21. 2010 December 21
    CapnMac permalink

    Nice wolf coat hanger

    Hmm, let us approach this as a mathematical equation.

    Nice (wolf coat) hanger–Ok, a surly coat-hanging attendant seems less0than desireable.

    (Nice wolf coat) hanger–I remember a t-shirt to the effect that nice girls get presents and toys; bad girls get mink (coats); such coats will need suspension . . .

    (Nice wolf coat) hanger–ok, this combo seems to be about a suspension device for a treasured garment of some quality

    (Nice wolf) (coat hanger)–Would this be for attendants dealing with garments belonging to a range of wolves of varying quality.

    Nice (wolf (coat hanger))
    I’m getting this Les Stroud vibe of a branch and some found twine for the not-nice, survival coat hanger being the other end of the spectrum.

    However, not of this decreases the multiple-variable issue of whether a garment ‘for’ or one ‘of’ wolves is intended. At which point the question dissolves, fractally, into quantum state math, and this annoys catulator (&lt:hiss-spit>Schrodinger&lt:growl>) near universally.

    Adores: 6
  22. 2010 December 21

    Hey if y’all want to see a cool time-lapse of last night’s eclipse:

    http://gizmodo.com/5715640/yesterdays-spectacular-lunar-eclipse-caught-on-video?skyline=true&s=i

    Adores: 3
  23. 2010 December 21
    Mindfield permalink

    [OT]

    My wife just texted me, “I don’t know what infant* for dinner.”

    I thought those were turkeys in our freezer.

    * iPhone auto-correct; she meant “I want.” Given today’s wolfy theme though I thought it was funny. We do, in fact, have turkeys in our freezer though. At least, they’re supposed to be turkeys.

    [/OT]

    Adores: 7
    • 2010 December 21
      Lola permalink

      Er … baby turkeys?

      Adores: 3
    • 2010 December 21

      Ahhh…which reminds me…the website damnyouautocorrect.com has caused me many a spasmodic fit of laughter.

      Go.Look.Enjoy.

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 December 21
        sarajean80 permalink

        And that’s going in the Favorites folder.

        Check out the “zebra rooster” I found on one of DYAC’s sister sites.

        http://whydidyoubuymethat.com/post/2403307620/zebra-rooster

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 December 21
          Camille permalink

          It’s a Not.A.Zebra! It’s a rooster! I don’t think I can process all this species confusion.

          Adores: 2
      • 2010 December 21
        Moira permalink

        Note to self: do NOT read DYAC at work.

        At least, not if you want anyone to think you are working.

        Adores: 1
  24. 2010 December 21

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    Adores: 4
    • 2010 December 21
      AndieJD permalink

      Mini EB is always so profound. Especially when he hasn’t had his nap.

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 December 21

        And oooohhhhh he had not had his nap. In fact, right after I was able to submit his musings, he unplugged my laptop and it turned off (my battery is so bad that the OS doesn’t recognize that there’s one at all. But I have one arriving Thursday or Friday… Thank goodness….)

        Adores: 1
  25. 2010 December 21
    Addicted Reader permalink

    And the Sparkies of the world baffle again.

    It’s good to know they have at least one useful* skill.

    *This might not be true.

    Adores: 2
  26. 2010 December 21
    MandaB permalink

    Note to self: Do not screw with Little Red Riding Hood. She will make you into a hanger.

    Adores: 9
  27. 2010 December 21
    Big Uncle John permalink

    Carol’s Sheep Dip.

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 December 22
      Windrose permalink

      Hey BUJ, Welcome back! 8)

      Adores: 2
  28. 2010 December 21
    CapnMac permalink

    Ok, I’m invoking shenanigans here.

    Not one person has refuted the patently absurd assertion Dan (BbUH) made.

    I will aver, contend, and avow, that, as a learned person with skills in both logic and language, that he could easily construct a more ambiguous ad than even and exceptional Sparky.

    Which I also feel to be true of all of us here (QED)–the distinction being that we would not confuse ambiguity for specificity, unlike the Sparkish main.

    To that end, let me offer:

    Sale 4 Sell

    As a potentially consummate in ambiguity. But, so what? The non-sequitur Dark 4 Night applies, if with fewer CL referents.

    But, I may be reacting to the professor* I ran into last night who was not coping well with the dénouement-less way the academic semester ends this time of year. Said worthy propounded, basso profundo, beerily, that all should discourse in monosylabic words. Which mostly sounded like bad haiku. More annoying, than appealing, really.

    ______________________________
    *No, not that kind; he’s rubbish with inventions, let alone coconuts. Paradigm for DNA sequences, Bob’s your Uncle–fix a cosmonaut’s radio with stone knives and bearskin? Pffft.

    Adores: 2
  29. 2010 December 22
    Windrose permalink

    Okay, Notty, I know this is your first time, so I will be gentle. Punchity Punch Punch! There, now, that didn’t hurt, did it?

    G’Night, Bag End!

    Adores: 3

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