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Sproing!
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:58 pm
by The JAM
[...unWARP!!!]
Good evening.
Yup, she's definitely an Erethizon dorsatum.
And those quill injuries must hurt like bleep...
Beads
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:45 am
by Squirrelly61104
Beads.
Definitely beads.
While I normally don't find beaded hair all that attractive, in her case it's about the only viable option.
That and maybe some sort of coloring.

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:19 am
by UncleMonty
Yes, I dare say that sproing is in the hair earlier than usual!

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:31 am
by Bolo Unit_BRL of the Line
Re: Beads
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:50 pm
by DracoDei
squirrelly61104 wrote:
Beads.
<<Snip>>
That and maybe some sort of coloring.

I have little or no sense of fashion (style...
sometimes, fashion, no...), so I can't comment on the validity of those choices. I will however say that if that route were to be taken the color(s) involved would have to be chosen carefully. While traffic cone orange might offer certain practical benefits, I rather think that the psychological effects would be detrimental. And of course, blue fur dye should be avoided as cliche...
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:36 pm
by Yuoofox
It looks like they're going to need some gloves.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:48 pm
by Bolo Unit_BRL of the Line
Yuoofox wrote:It looks like they're going to need some gloves.
Plate mail gauntlets are your best bet.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:52 pm
by DracoDei
I beleive that RL pet hedgehogs may be handled without gloves as long as one is careful and very "polite". Working from this, I would suspect that the only problem here is that the barretts had "spring loaded" the situation. Doing her hair shouldn't be much harder than taking cuttings from a rose bush.
P.S. Trivia quiz: Hunting of porcupines is illegal in some areas. The reasoning for this is rather unique. What is it? (see below for a hint)
Hint: If this law, at least in the simple version I have stated it, was followed without exception, then that would negate the entire point of the law.
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:56 am
by UncleMonty
DracoDei wrote:I beleive that RL pet hedgehogs may be handled without gloves as long as one is careful and very "polite". Working from this, I would suspect that the only problem here is that the barretts had "spring loaded" the situation. Doing her hair shouldn't be much harder than taking cuttings from a rose bush.
P.S. Trivia quiz: Hunting of porcupines is illegal in some areas. The reasoning for this is rather unique. What is it? (see below for a hint)
Hint: If this law, at least in the simple version I have stated it, was followed without exception, then that would negate the entire point of the law.
The story I read was that RL porcupines are slow to reproduce, are attracted to human campsites by the salt we sweat, and easily killed, with little market value as a food animal and even less as a hunting-sport prey. Since any hungry human could easily pick up a stick and whack its head in, it was decided that they'd be left as a sort of self-renewing "emergency ration" for any lost and starving hunters or hikers.
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:04 am
by DracoDei
UncleMonty wrote: decided that they'd be left as a sort of self-renewing "emergency ration" for any lost and starving hunters or hikers.
That's what I heard too.
But back to our story: I guess hair relaxer works too... actually I was wondering if such a thing existed but wasn't sure enough to say anything. Since she doesn't seem to be in need of her defenses this shouldn't be a problem (OTOH... how quickly does the effect wear off??). I wonder if they will need something like wire cutters for the quills to give her a haircut (if they aren't just going to comb/braid/whatever it).
Going punk
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:54 pm
by Yuoofox
Maybe Zelda could get a green mohawk, a couple of nose rings, and voila!

Viola!
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:24 am
by Squirrelly61104
Maybe Zelda could get a green mohawk, a couple of nose rings, and voila!
And, Voila! Her parents come looking for the 'beauticians' with a shotgun.

Re: Viola!
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:05 am
by Bolo Unit_BRL of the Line
squirrelly61104 wrote:Maybe Zelda could get a green mohawk, a couple of nose rings, and voila!
And, Voila! Her parents come looking for the 'beauticians' with a shotgun.

Wasn't going to say it, but the same thought crossed my mind
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:23 am
by UncleMonty
Thelma's success so far with that hair relaxer must have made her happy. There's a sproing in hair step!
It's not the same pun, it just uses the same words... Pronounced differently!

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:51 pm
by Sharuuk
UncleMonty wrote:Thelma's success so far with that hair relaxer must have made her happy. There's a sproing in hair step!
It's not the same pun, it just uses the same words... Pronounced differently!

Jus' keep pushin' it......jus' keep on a'pushin' it........yer gonna git yores!
Shaaruuk
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:01 pm
by Bolo Unit_BRL of the Line
Just you wait, Henry Higgens, Just you wait.

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:39 pm
by Sharuuk
Bolo Unit_BRL of the Line wrote:Just you wait, Henry Higgens, Just you wait.

Add a Cockney accent ala the swamp folk and drop the "H's" so it's 'enry 'iggens. Also, it'd probably be "woit".
"Just you woit 'enry 'iggens, just you woit."
(I played Higgens in "Pygmalion" in college.)
Man do I feel old now.....!
Shaaruuk
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:12 am
by UncleMonty
All excellent points!

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:23 am
by Sharuuk
UncleMonty wrote:All excellent points!

All excellent "points" eh.....as in quills???
Don't
you start again.........! 8)
Shaaruuk
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:33 am
by UncleMonty
Sharuuk wrote:UncleMonty wrote:All excellent points!

All excellent "points" eh.....as in quills???
Don't
you start again.........! 8)
Shaaruuk
Naaah... Just hedging and hogging the topic again!
