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July 09, 2009
New York Mets' baseball reporter Kevin Burkhardt was all atwitter, tweeting, "Our hotel in Pittsburgh is overrun by people dressed up as animals. And they act as animals. I have seen it all and I am freaked out."
Seems the Mets, who have had enough problems lately, ran smack dab into the largest Anthrocon Convention in history.
Anthrocon, for those that don't know, is a combination of two words.
The "Anthro" stands for anthropomorphic since a furry will act out the traits of the animal they're humanizing; the "con" for the many conventions they attend.
Not so simply put, a furry is a person who is totally into animal anthropomorphism and wears "fursuits," which is a full-body animal costume.
(Some just wear fur accessories, like an ear and tail, which is allowable.)
You may be wondering, among other things, about their outfits. So did Peta, who asked Anthrocon if actual animal pelts were used.
They got this back from Ph.D (no less) Samuel Conway, Anthrocon's Chairman and Ceo:
"Real fur is frowned upon at all furry conventions, in the same sense that leaping in front of speeding locomotives is frowned upon at comic book conventions."
Well, that certainly clears things up.
Founded in 1997, a recent fur count reveals over three thousand members.
The furries tell us that the "humanizing of animals have been with us since the dawn of civilization. From the gods of ancient Egypt to the advertising icons of the modern day, people of every culture have created fanciful creatures simply by imbuing animals with human traits.”
Even Darwin believed the difference between animals and us is only a matter of degree.
How do you know if you’re a furry?
If you have a stuffed animal sitting on the dashboard of your car, buy cereal because it has a cool tiger on the box, tear up in a furry animal movie, cheer for a furry mascot, love a furry pet, you are a furry.
In other words, only the heartless are not furries.
Although traditionalists say you are not a real furry unless you go to conventions, purchase furry art-work, discuss favorite fictional furry characters, dress the part and create alter-egos that are called "fursonas.”
It should be noted that CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's "Fur and Loathing" depicted furry conventions in a negative light, saying sex goes on there.
(Which could be true in even non-furry conventions.)
I "prefur" to think, in any gathering, one rambunctious raccoon can ruin it for the rest of them.
You didn't think I'd "furget" to ask. What's your fursona?
Tags: New York Mets, Anthrocon, Furries, Anthrocon
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First of all, one should NEVER anthropomorphize animals. They HATE that.
Second, in my bloodline are people who fought at the front of the longships, and when they weren't going into battle buck nekkid they were sometimes seen to be wearing bear shirts. I keep mine in the back of the closet. It's super comfy.
I'd have to dress up as a tuxedo kitty, most definitely, and my fur would be form-fitting...
Jon-I sleep bear naked sometimes-does that count?
If you want to see the secret lives of furries, got to Second Life. I got really tired of those guys hitting on me-they just won't take no for an answer, but 'down boy' works, usually...
Sit...stay. Good boy.
Today shall prove to be interesting, to say the least. Me? All I want to know is whether or not those mascot fights at sporting events are pretextual {like "pro" wrestling} or serious.
JD-I can't believe, if you've seen how viciously the mascots take it to the mat, that you'd think they were anything less than life-or-death blood feuds. There is some real bad mojo between some of those mascots, and they'll literally stop at nothing to put a serious hurt on their nemesis. I know for a fact, because my cousin's boyfriend told me that his sister knows her, that the Arkansas Razorback hides a shiv in her furry red costume, and she's a-laying for that Texas longhorn. She's a giantess with a hormone problem, permanent PMS, and blood in her eye. When she goes into her prefight warmup rage, she clears the room real fast. And she wears a big bikini under there, too...
Watch out for flying chairs!
Olivia, Sweet Thing, visualize for a moment Iraq.....now add the component of mascots to their culture, not just in sports (downplayed in turbulent times, lack of attendance) but also in politics. OMG...I am thinking of some nothing-2-lose young man, with explosives taped to his upper body and rusty nails then taped over the explosives. Now I am watching him being assisted as he is fitted with a costume designed as the mascot of one of the major political factions. Guess I should stop complaining that recently the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox mascots were less than sportsmanlike as their respective teams slugged it out in a crosstown doubleheader.....
So, I'll find myself a Furry wearing a Hypodermic Needle for a hat, and call him a Furry with a Syringe on top .......
No?
Goddammit, Jalopkin, you just put cookies and milk on my screen and a Mel Tormé tune in my head. Bloody well done!!!
as fervid as i am about my love of the fur bearers, i think in the heat of this day, i'll just lay my naked soul on the porch, and let the big dogs battle this one out. let the fur fly.
i've gone to the farms porch, "It's a great place to relax, do a little hard physical labor, and forget about the rest of the world. If you don't have such a place, I highly suggest you get one."
Jalopkin: Bloody well done, indeed!!
JALOPKIN: AAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Ivan caught up in one swell foop!
Love the engine avatar and your nautical motto...so evocative, in so many ways *laughing*
IJ, now I wont get this out of my head, good job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1CXo8QMi8
Hello Jalopkin !!!
maybe the modern version of "power animals"?
I'm a crow...http://www.jerismithready.com/quiz/result.cfm
On this one I'm a fish out of water. I'm not much on organized sports( other than politics) so the mascot thing eludes me.
What is MissIve dressing up as in Stoney's photo?
These folks have too much time and money on their hands. Is there room on the porch for one more Cuukoo?
I'm off to spend the day with a room full of attorneys....will see a few skunks and rats....my guy is a real fox so the fur is gonna be flying.
Jalopkin........I'll triple the well dones!!! No furry mascots on my ceral box, a dragonfly hangs from my rearview mirror, and I've got two REAL Golden Retrievers.............but, did JP mention Kevin Burkhardt and the Mets? They do have their problems for sure, and maybe it's Mr. Met, since he's not even an anthrocon but a walking baseball. But, like all die-hard sport fans, I'll be a Met's fan no matter what. I have been since my dad took me to Shea when it opened. This new stadium isn't helping their stats. I know.........I digress.........Good morning. :~)
feathers flying every where, here too! i'm a owl. hooters i've got. always, always room on the porch, come on.
DID SOMEBODY SAY "Off Topic"? If Jalopkin is going back to puns, I am going back to Non Sequiturs, of which this must be one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PHnRIn74Ag Nice to hear from you, IJ, now what are you going to do with those 5,0000 unread messages?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PHnRIn74Ag
WT......ok. I'm speechless.
Reminds me of "What's the difference between a duck?"
The above mention of "Fur and Loathing", immediately brings to mind Hunter S. Thompson dressed as one of his colorful animal hallucinations (best illustrated by Ralph Steadman). Little did we know the McGovern campaign had a furry mascot, the giant pink and purple rabbit snake gone awry, no it just Thompson trying to meet another deadline.
I tried to find a good weblink for a terrific public health mascot used by the San Francisco health department but alas, if you are interested, you'd be better off Googling for it. He's not furry, but he is a penis! The clever folks at the SFHD created Healthy Penis to do public (or is that pubic?) relations when syphilis started to make a, ahem, comeback among gay men in SF. He has a sidekick called Phil the Angry Syphilis sore.
I don't know if he's my favorite but he does have a nice smile....
Second Life is full of 'furries' and I have NEVER been quite able to 'get it'.... ----- Despite my 'Mediterranean' hirsute corpus, I feel very, very human, and I like it that way! The Spanish have a saying, however, 'El hombre como el oso, en cuanto mas feo, mas hermoso.' (Men like bears, the uglier they are the better looking they are'). Note, ladies, that this does not apply to women! Unless you are a very, very natural blonde, the less hair the better (yes, this is a male viewpoint.... sorry.) No, I'm not going to start shaving my entire body... again, to bad. Isn't it fascinating how folks react differently to body hair? And for that matter, to baldness (top of the head folks!!!)
the hair leaves the top of your head goes to inside your nose and ears eh, Doc !
Jalopkin ~ Too Funny, now have Coffay allover my desk.. thank you needed that this morning...
I remember that CSI episode it was one of the few where the station got complaint calls about it. Which is kind of funny when you think about how gruesome some of the other episodes really are.....
I lovemy Golden Retriever therefore I guess I am an anthrocon in a way...
my wife and I met,in our fiftys.We were introduced by a mutual aquaintance who believed we had similar humor. It evolved rapidly into cohabitation,on the upper floor of a "painted lady" period home in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park,around the corner from Frank Loyd Wright's studio. The house is owned by the H.R. director of the firm Pinky (you can see her photo in my collection;she is the one with pink hair)works for. We loved our little love nest, and having both had dogs previously, we wanted to adopt. H.R. director lady said "no". Fooey. So there we were (some of the best stories ever told start this way)lying in our big bed on a lazy Sunday morning, when I said"ya know, if we had a dog,it would be saying "Me me me me" right now, to get us up and out to play. That was the beginning of CUDLZ, our imaginary dog. As I have said, both of us had dogs, so we knew what to expect, and so we blamed Cudlz for everything a pup would do; to the extent that the Landlady was constantly looking for the dog she was sure we had. "Cudlz,c'mon,get in the car" "Cudlz needs to go out,dear", we even left dog toys (and even plastic dog poo) lying around....it was our long standing joke. Cudlz had /has a personality, and is still our running joke/excuse for everything missing,misplaced,spilled. We of course have a home now,and a real dog(the pup in the picture)and during Pinky's second mastectomy,she kept Cudlz in the hospital for comfort,while I had Farfel at home for companionship. Farfel was the name of the dog on the Sid Ceaser show that said choc-o-late in the Nestle commercials. We both remember so many things from our history, we finish each others jingles. Cudlz embodies all the best/worst traits of the canine-American, and has a proud place at our table. "Cudlz, get those elbos off the table"
Jalopkin -- love the image and the pun.
JI-- with all due respect to Mel, the song is Rogers and Hammerstein. Or did Mel sing it? Can't imagine why anyone would sing that song outside the musical...
And now that you've got me thinking about it, all I can see is Hugh Jackman (who DID sing it onstage in Oklahoma!. The musical, not the state. Hm... if they did a production in Tulsa, they'd be doing Oklahoma! in Oklahoma...
Ack! I've digressed...
Great story, Roadyacht. You two sound like a hoot and a half. :~) (I remember Farfel......getting help from ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson). Having had a couple of scares myself, I wish Pinky good health.
stoney or wt, can't remember which, but is roadyacht real close to that cbs thing, fur i'm lovin the beautiful image he's created.
Actually, Mel Torme did sing 'Surry with the Fringe on Top.' I know I have it on a CD somewhere.
Isles - did you ever see Mel-baby in concert? We gave my mom tickets one year for Christmas and we sat about 5 rows from the stage. Pure magic, I tell ya!
I must protest against the aesthetic discrimination inherent in this topic. My favorite animal is the elephant. I collect them in glass, porcelain, wood, brass, whatever material I can find them carved in. I have figures of elephants dancing, reading, sleeping, trumpeting, etc.
As a man who started losing his hair at age twelve, I could not possibly give my heart to a furry animal when the grandeur, beauty, and majesty of the never-forgetful, always loyal, gentle and fragile elephant is there to be admired.
I, too, love elephants. I have a few; always looking for the ones with trunks raised, as it's supposed to be a sign of good fortune.
Have you seen the video clip of the retired elephant farm in Tennessee? One of the elephants has developed a close friendship with the resident dog. It's really neat.
cuukoo1, Probably the best way to explain why old, low-vision people seem to be smiling for no particular reason: http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=604
Stoney, thanks for that link
Cuukoo1........Lucy wakes up laughing..........she even wags her tail in her sleep. We should all be so blissfully happy. :~)
DreadPirateRoberts: Surely you remember that elephants used to be wooly mammoths. Reconcile your differences with the others, my friend!
if we could all only imagine........wasn't looking for this in particular....but dagnamit...now i'm crying, for i can only imagine...all the different perceptions of each unique individual...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GphmdhLMGE
Read the title and thought for a moment my chinchillas had escaped. To quote one of my favorite movies "Talking Parrots?!? What's next a singing dancing mouse with his own amusement park?"
I don't have time to dress up like an animal, I'm too busy cleaning up after my husband and the 4 animals in my house. I'd like to get a real hobby one of these days but prancing around in a faux fur suit is about as far down as being a shark repellent tester.
Glad to see you all up and churning this morning ....... I have missed seeing your hands and have missed the stimulus of your varied attitudes and experiences ... Was off the air for about seven weeks, taking care of Business, and spent a little time in the Jungles of Central Amerika working on my Moon Tan .......
I must say, in all honesty, that the terrible Pun is older than I am, and I first heard it about sixty years ago when I still had hair ....... Love Mel Torme, and love him and Ella together, and Mel did do a version of that Show Tune from Oklahoma ... But, it was Gordon McRae who did the original and did the Show both on Film and on Stage .......
Glad to be back among you again ... Am going for an RC and a Moon Pie right now, and then back to work .......
Oh!!! Willie; I actually had a few over eleven thousand Messages waiting for me when I got back ... After sh- -tcanning all the Sales Offers and Duplications, and all the Notices that I had won the Tibetan Lottery, I still had somewhat to do ....... I may have to break down and learn to carry a LapTop with me wherever I go ... Hell's Bells, I'm still working on getting used to Ballpoint Pens, and still have my original Parker T-Ball Jotter ...
Blessings On You All, and have a Fine Day !!!
Ivan Jalopkin
Cukoo1 thanks for clearing out my tear ducts. Dzrtlady, yup we b fine. We txt each other all day, I try to keep her laffin. She works on the 75th floor in the Big Willy (Sears Tower rip), and after the tower scare, we try to make each txt last forever as a smile. Cudlz adventures have more than once made her snort (stiffled giggle)in a meeting. Even her co-workers know about Cudlz. They have all heard the story of the Park Rangers trying to match a plaster cast of his "leavins" to the posterior of dogs entering the park, knowing his penchant for costume......Did I say he has an imaginary friend? That is who HE blames for all his "things"....The imaginary friend is Ollie, who has multiple personalities....and then there is the imaginary cat,Patience, who also shares blame. Yes, we have a large txt program on our handhelds. And yes, we keep our friends amused with the exploits. Those that do not think us nutz,anyways...
I live and work in the City of Pittsburgh. As a City Resident, I think I have a pretty good perspective on this. The Anthromorphocon has been here before, and it is slowly becoming an Annual Event. The majority of the people here really aren't bothered by people walking around with ears & tails or even full fur suits. We're a drinking town with a football and now a hockey problem. Pride days go past unoticed even with drag queens parading through the streets. I don't if it's because we're so jaded around here or if nothing is shocking to us, but so long as you aren't bothering anyone, you are pretty much allowed to live your life as you see fit, until you get out to the suburbs, were the majority of the small-minded people live.
But I digress. A long ago co-worker of mine and her husband were Furries. The didn't dress in the full fur suits, but did wear ears and tails. When I asked her about these conventions, she told me it was like any other "alternative lifestyle" convention, very similar to Trekkies (or is that Trekkers). And yes, sex does occur at these conventions, but like the Star Trek conventions, that is not their main purpose. As she was without boundaries, she even told me she and her husband would sometimes dress up and have sex as their animal counterparts. She admitted that taken out of context, it was similar to bestiality (which disgusted us both) but in reality, it was no different than dressing up as a French Maid or a Cheerleader. Still, I was in no rush to go out and become an "animal."
The Furries remind me of a passage in "Wake Up and Smell the Beer," a novel by Jon Longhi. In in, the author details a couple who lived their lives as mice, and dressed in the Mickey and Minnie vein. He imagined their apartment to be a giant mouse hall, with cheese, newspaper, and a mousetrap doubling as a coffee table. These Mouse-People believed that if everyone simply dressed and acted like mice, World Peace would be achieved. While the Furries probably aren't aiming for this lofty goal, it seems like they are having slightly twisted fun.
more on the honor rollHere we are in the middle of a full-blown recession, 40,000 unemployed psychiatrists.......and yet by reading the daily entries of this site's regular cast of characters I have conclusively determined that WE HAVE THE DEMAND, GET US EARMARKED STIMULUS MONEY, AND THOSE PSYCHIATRISTS WILL BE BACK TO WORK IN A NEW YORK SECOND!!! {.....as opposed to a "Chicago Second," who is the guy you bring with you to a duel, he holds your topcoat, and also discreetly makes sure that your opponent of mutual agreement has not cheated by bringing in his posse of thugs to make the odds uneven}.
Roadyacht: What happened to the Sears Tower? Big Willy? I've been gone too long.
Kristina: It was Gordon MaCrae who sang "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" in the musical, Oklahoma.
And cuukoo: Is there still room on that front porch of yours? My house has a back porch, it's a sleeping porch, with wide and high screened windows - but today I want a front row seat, in a safe place, to watch from. From which to watch. You probably know what I mean. So, I'm coming over, catching thesepia train in just a few. It ought to take about 5 seconds or so, depending....
Park4 Sold. Naming rights, sold too. Willis realty. They own Park Place and Boardwalk, and Marvin Gardens,too,I think. I do know they own some PublicStorage because their name is on the correspondence. Yesterday, Pinky went out onto those glass ledges they put on; kinda like the glass loop over the Gran Canyon thing. Little glass enclosed terraces, about a thousand feet in the air. She took photos, but left the camera at work. She works half day today,then chemo,so she'll have the time this evening (if shefeels up to it) to email the photos to me from the other side of this room :-), and after I get home later tonite, I will try to post them with my photos. We be fine,thanks. We do,however now try for 3day weekends,(and 4 day if I can steal time from my own company)...
Jimmy Nelson was the first Alternate for Harry Vonzel, back in the early 50's when television was relatively new, and Harry was doing Commercials for Texaco ... Selling Gasoline with, "Petrox" ... whatever the hell that was ....... Harry was a fine fellow and a good announcer, having been a Radio Actor back when Jack Benny really WAS 39 ....... but Harry drank a little bit back in those days, and Texaco was actually getting Harry to train Nelson, so's he could take Harry's place ....... Harry found Commercial work after that with a huge Bakery in Houston , Texas ... and did very well until he doubled his Three Martini Lunch one day, and blew the Tag Line on their Commercial and said, "Remember, Get Mrs. Bairds, For the Breast In Bed ..." Harry never got on the air again ... His career ended and he drank himself to death ....... Jimmy Nelson went into the Real Estate business, and used Farfel as a Door Stop in his Office ....... Farfel was named because his ears looked like Farfel, Long Flat Wide Yiddish Noodles, to Jimmy's Girlfriend ....... Later, Jimmy turned Gay and his Girlfriend married a Rabbi, who happened to be Chinese, and whose daddy was a bartender at Formosa ....... Tune In Tomorrow, Same Time, Same Station ...
Wow. I really have been gone too long. Willis Realty? Huh. I'm going to have to look this up...next on the block, I hear, right over there by Park Place, Sam Zell will be soon selling off the Tribune Towers as condominiums. That will be the day the music dies, for me. Unbelievable. Your wife's pictures would be great, but better she rest after her treatment. Exhausting, draining, I'm glad you try to steal those long weekends, they do more good than almost anything else. And about Hemingway: all of my life, an avocation, the study of that era, primarily Zelda Fitzgerald. I'll send you a PM...
JD: Do ya think? We could probably employ some shrinks here, but we'd chew them up and spit them out within the day. They'd prefer unemployment, I think.
The Eye's just slightly non sequiter, with a bit of irreverent irrelevancy thrown in, just because we can.
It's a kind of parlor game, sometimes. Other times, it's Marco Polo.
Anytime, it's about as good as it gets. And completely un "shrink" able.
Today's Spelling Lesson: As JohnPeterman showed us in his topic article not at all that long ago, non sequitur is not spelled non sequiter, although I think the latter looks better. Mea culpae all over the place, because I've little tolerance for misspellings especially my own.
Today's Spelling Lesson #2: Mea culpa is mea culpa and doesn't need an "e" tacked on the end. Sigh. Mea culpa. It's hammock time. Clearly, it's hammock time.
At a big outdoor picnic/reunion, measures had been taken to accommodate the power chair of a very large old man who did not look as though standing on his own had been an option for a long time.
An arrangement of plywood paths had been laid for him to navigate much of the grounds. He didn't, preferring to park in a central location and make quite a show of rejecting offers of food, drink and companionship.
It was not until his rudeness in turning down a beverage, offered by a little girl, made her cry, that I decided to force a bit of conversation on him.
Planting myself on a walking-stick seat nearer than he liked, I drew his attention to a summer-tanned, skinny little barefoot ten year old boy whose running through the grass resembled low flight.
He didn't thank me:
"What's your @!#%ing point, if you have one?"
I did, asking him to consider, Clayton Binter, a victim of endless paralytic hospitalization unable to do anything apart from letting it be known that he was still in there.
"You," I suggested, "in your public miserable crankiness and self-pity are to Binter, what that little speed-burner of a boy whose feet barely bend the grass, is to you."
"Had he the ability to sit up, smell, taste, see and listen, there would scarcely be a person who came near that he would leave unhugged."
He turned and drove away and this would be a dandy story if I were able to report that his life were turned around by it. I can say that before I left, he was playing cards and drinking beer with some other old guys, and this:
Over the image of an extended hand, I received these words today- about a week after he died:
"Even you, you sad little nut-kicker, are an eagle to somebody."
I'm always amused when people talk about animals... as in 'I love animals,' or 'Furry animals are cute,' or 'I was bitten by a wild animal'.... It always seems that folks fail to realize that humans are animals, too. (By that measure I love animals, but I don't find all furry ones cute... and yes, I have been bitten by a wild animal... the less said about her the better!) ---- Now that I have that off my (hairy) chest, here's a corny kid joke for the elephant lovers....
GROAN?!? Do you know who Alexander Graham Kowsnowski was? the first telephone pole ~groan~
A friend of ours, as a boy, was, against sensible advice, hand-feeding peanuts to a squirrel when it clamped onto the web between forefinger and thumb.
As the story goes, even in death, its jaws had to be pried open. People still do it.
Stoney your story put me in mind of a quote...
"Some people are like Slinky toys: completely useles except to make you laugh when you push them down the stairs".
Jalopkin: I'm dizzy after reading the Jimmy Nelson saga! Aaaah!
Shandy,
I am not familiar with the retired elephant farm in Tennessee. Sounds wonderful. Just my kind of thing.
JD,
Your point that elephants used to be woolly mammoths is accurate enough. But then, I used to be 160 pounds and had a full head of hair. The statement is true only as far as it goes.
On a day when my mind seems to be fogged in somewhere, this made me laugh. A message from a lurker:
"Jalopkin, after a month off, hit the ground running and brilliantly. Does that suggest anything to you?"
It did: "In order to come back as Jalopkin, one, has first, to have been Jalopkin."
Nachista,
I'm laughing now.
As to furriness, I don't even like people who wear state trooper sunglasses let alone fuzzy-wear. I figure if I am to feel as though I am speaking to my own reflection, what
is the point of the other party being present.
On a day when my mind seems to be fogged in somewhere, this made me laugh. A message from a lurker:
"Jalopkin, after a month off, hit the ground running and brilliantly. Does that suggest anything to you?"
It did: "In order to come back as Jalopkin, one, has first, to have been Jalopkin."
Nachista,
I'm laughing now.
As to furriness, I don't even like people who wear state trooper sunglasses let alone fuzzy-wear. I figure if I am to feel as though I am speaking to my own reflection, what
is the point of the other party being present.
Greetings all. Newbie here..
I read the topic of the day and I envision people in costumes Sniffing one another just as animals do, But what happens if you don't like it? Do you growl, or bite?
What if I find that big polar bear attractive how do I show I am submissive?
Do my dog ears go back or is interbreeding frowned upon?
Exactly how does one eat in a group of furries? Head on Head off?
Bowls, treats from the hand? So many questions so little time..
Does a Teddy Bear poop in the woods?
Only if the bathroom's occupied.........
DPR....Are you familiar with Lucy the Margate Elephant?
http://www.lucytheelephant.org/
She's listed in Weird USA....but I find her anything but weird.
Not my teddy bear, PeterLake. What kind of an example would that be for the other grandchildren?
I'm a proud Furry! I mean, I don't dress up like an animal and go around barking and meowing like a lunatic - but do I love animals.
Question for the group:
IF YOU WERE AN ANIMAL, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
I'd be a cat. Because they're athletic and clean, and they're often aloof - but very loyal to those they deem worthy. ...and they like to be pet.
who's checking the woods?......
cool drinks on the sepia porch...aaaaaah!
If I were an animal I'd be a turtle... it would make backpacking a lot easier.
chelonian....turtle or tortiose?
A lobster. ?
I would, of course, be an elephant.
mine was a question for doc.....i think i might like to be a bird.....so i could soar over canons, fly through trees and sing a beautiful song.....
i'd of course have to try on several of the animals...so many choices....
Dragonfly for me.
"Well, since I already make it a point to howl at the moon"....... sez Peter Lake as he absently scratches behind his ear with his passenger side rear paw.....while dreaming of being a Perigon falcon silently soaring over the tree line.
I think I musta got that CBS, cos I saw babies on skates earlier today-real cute, and a little creepy. But cute. And WHOA, I turned onna teevee, and it SAID CBS right there onna screen!
Ivan, the Vonzel etc. story is priceless-ya can't make this stuff up!
What animal would I be? I'm kinda partial to human female, but my students call me a tortoise, I think..."What wuz it she taught us yesterday?" and so forth.
John-Teddy bears? Aren't they where we get cotton balls? The Teddy boy bears, anyway. Ouch. They don't like it but what can they do? I hope it's quick.
I'm pretty sure Teddy bears don't poop. But now I wonder...
Leroy-I love the image of everyone at the Anthrocon sniffing each other's butts. I'd go just to see that, if they won't try to stick their nose in my crotch.
Olivia,
"if they won't try to stick their nose in my crotch."
Then, what's the point?
DPR,
Standing by to see which end of the trunk you prefer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOXPjV1y51o
Olivia..Cant you just see them circling each other until one of them goes to the ground and puts up a leg??
They do say that there is lots of sex so there must be some submissive dogs and cats at the convention. I wonder about that polar bear??
I just laugh when I think that Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year.
I will never dress as an animal again...
I would have to be an Elephant, also ....... so's I wouldn't hafta spend money on a new Wardrobe ...
Thanks to Stoney, Willie, and Miss Olivia for the kind words ...
Just re-read some of this stuff ....... Sooo many Straight Lines, So little time .......
I wrote the "so little time" give me the straight lines, I have time. Please...
Just re-read some of this stuff ....... Sooo many Straight Lines, So little time .......
a foe paw?
dzrtldy:
I was thinking dragon fly too but there is also the beautiful humming bird.
My other choice would be a Yorkshire Terrier.
I had one named Chou Chou.
5 lbs.
The cutest thing you ever saw and so well behaved.
She had a pierced ear with a diamond earring.
When she went to doggie heaven I put her earring in a new hole in my ear.
No one believes it when I explain the odd earring.
My friend told me about this site and I order from J., sooo I started reading. WOW! I will make an observation. Most of you are older, well traveled and do not stay on subject. Tight community you don't like outsiders. Grammar matters. Grandchildren.Porches. Occasionally a sexually reference, by mistake of course. You need an infusion of young blood to your community. Are fences up at your boarders or do you welcome new ideas?
Merci
you noticed!
but the sexual references are never by mistake.
This ia one of those "freerange" type zoos. Actually, we use fences more like those invisible fences people use with their dogs. And , yes, we would love your blood.
Just funnin!
WELCOME
Thanks, Merci, but I beg to differ- no grandchildren and all sex is intentional. Please come and stay and see for yourself. But yes, Grammar does matter. We are without borders, but welcome boarders, lodgers, visitors, newcomers ( and former lurkers). Welcome. Just ask if something seems "inside" or arcane.
Merci,
If there were a sign out front, it might read: "Rumors and Boarders Welcome," but there isn't so if you have a good story to tell, screw the grammar, syntax, spelling , typo police and tell it.
You may or may not rack up medals but you will make friends of all kinds which is more important or should be.
A few pics help people get to know you.
And you're right about both things: The topic is often completely ignored and young blood is needed. As for the inside stuff, everybody started out outside but not for long.
How come chickens without houses [free range] homeless, cost ten times more?
Since you would love my blood lets order true blood B+, a pint please.
European room temperature at least 98 degrees preferred, lets not dicker.
Sorry for not recognising the sexual reference first time is real, no lurking, just didn't get it.
YIKES!! WOOF Down Big Dog
Stoney
Did I earn my champagne?
If so, I would love to invite Merci to the club car for a glass...along with you and Willie T
Merci, Welcome indeed. If they let the likes of me into this neighborhood then all are welcome fer shure dontcha know.
Merci, just make sure you've had all of your shots....eapeacially the hoof-in-mouth
My dog licks my leg, I must take her out. Ruby needs me and I OBEY.
Goodnight community, I await my pint.
I will email my friend she is new on your board as well.
Good Nite Sweet Moon
Jalopkin GOOD to see you back, and nice moon tan. Your pun and Sleroy's (421pm entry) ...hilarious.
Thank you for the fun!
Miss Blue:
Is that the same as foot in mouth? up to knee.LOL
Merci,
I would like to know what gives you the impression that we don't like outsiders. Check any old topic where someone comes in for the first time and you will see a slew of welcomes from everyone. On that note... Welcome, Merci!
Oh, and by the way, most of us are older than what?
Miss Blue,
Indeed! A magnum awaits in the club car.
Funny, compared to the manipulation I had been undergoing, it was almost like she whiiffed but the result was very nice. Going back.
Thanks again.
Merci, We always keep Type B+ on hand for those occasions when Sookie and Bill visit the neighborhood.
Korthal.....I love the pierced earring story! And as for hummingbirds, believe it or not, I just saw my very first one two days ago. While sitting on my deck enjoying a glass of vino, I noticed movement by the impatiens, and voila! So, so pretty.....but fleeting. When a dragonfly landed on my knee as I was sitting on the same deck several years ago, I was able to "pet" its wings. I just think they're beautiful.
Welcome, Merci. No grandchildren. No Porche. But, I'll bake you a cake every now and then. And, if you bring a bottle of wine or a Grey Goose martini with a blue cheese stuffed olive, I'll bake you anything you want.
Porsche, no; Porch, yes. Musta been the Grey Goose. Bad Dztldy. Bad.
Reviewing what we have learned today:
We can be seen as aloof or unwelcoming which would be humorous if it weren't hilarious.
And, elephants in addition to having excellent memories are apparently darned good friends as well:
"What, Constipation? C'mere ya big lug. Turn around."
Thank You, Dear Penn .......Kind of you to notice .......
korthal-check with PeterLake, but I think hummingbird is taken. That tortoise thing was just wordplay. The hummingbird is serious bidness.
Merci-welcome, what's this about chickens with outhouses?
Stoney-a crotch-sniffing dog will also suck eggs, eat shit, run rabbits, and howl at the moon, that's why! Can we say shit here? Cos if we can't say shit, I certainly won't say shit...
Did somebody say champagne? My favourite drink, if it's good champagne! I think I may have had some tonight, which I'm blaming for my freedom of speech. Loose talk, but not a loose woman.
What's the opposite of loose again?
Dzrtldy-Points off for misspelling your own double secret decoder ring name. Or, were you TRYING to throw us off? Ah HAH!
Bad girl indeed...
I believe the hummingbird is the official mascot of the Sepia Train. I could be wrong about that, but I coulda swore I saw one on the nose art.
Hummingbird! There can be only one and it was already bestowed upon Olivia Colibri many moons ago in a kingdom far away. Any other feathered friend if fair game. Peace out to all you fine critters.....
Nose art,like cloud art, is definately the real story. Glyphs. And don't ever forget the fingernail in frosted window art. And rainbows thru the garden hose spray..aim them where you please.
Peter and all
There is more than one species of Hummingbird.
Ruby Throated and Rofous I think are found in Arhansas and Maryland.
We should not try control how someone sees themselves and ruin that fun for them.
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
It's merely a game and of course any one can be anything that their heart desires. I certainly don't possess, nor desire any control. I apologize if my comments were taken seriously..... I was paraphrasing a movie quote.
Miss Blue,
Thank you for bringing it to my attention so I could hopefully mend any harm done. I really wouldn't want to ruin anyone's fun here at the eye and I regret it if I did.
Peace out