UH-oh!

Jamestox · Post by **Jamestox** » Wed Dec 05, 2001 6:29 am

{whisper mode}
PSSSSSSSSSSST! Ben! The answer is green! NOT blue!J (Brown???) T------------------
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Wed Dec 05, 2001 9:01 am

[...unWARP!!!]Good evening.Or, she could have been wearing tinted lenses on that pic as well...And maybe Ben needs glasses too, if he can't tell if she's wearing them when he's so close to her face!Until next time, remember:I AM THE J.A.M.Good evening.[WARP!!!]

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Wed Dec 05, 2001 10:35 am

If he's not looking for them (originally the case) or if he has limited experience with them (possible) the problem may not be his eyes. He may not know what to look for.

Jamestox · Post by **Jamestox** » Thu Dec 06, 2001 1:57 am

Jam, it's more than just the cast pic. I went back to the bubblegum rave color strips - it's green there, too. Soooooo....it's either brown or green. If Ben's still on that cleanup visit, I'm inclined to say brown, since she was wearing glasses (thus wouldn't have had in her contacts). JT

Jamestox · Post by **Jamestox** » Thu Dec 06, 2001 3:10 am

you know, i know a girl who has five sets of contacts, including one that almost matches her eyes because her natural color's 'just not right'...could lily have two pairs? colored contacts are more of a fashion issue than a vanity one, any more.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... On lunch-counter pay at Bullseye department store...... She could have two pairs...but that incident with Ben's card........ I'll need to think this one through a bit.JT

Random George · Post by **Random George** » Thu Dec 06, 2001 6:24 am

you know, i know a girl who has five sets of contacts, including one that almost matches her eyes because her natural color's 'just not right'...could lily have two pairs? colored contacts are more of a fashion issue than a vanity one, any more.------------------
And again I ponder the eternal question:
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

Archae99 · Post by **Archae99** » Fri Dec 07, 2001 2:23 am

My last girlfriend had the most beautiful brown eyes, nearly as brown as a dogs's.She and I are still good friends BTW.One girl she hung around with rattled me something good, when I saw her with eyes like a cat!
(She bought contacts like that.)

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Sat Dec 08, 2001 12:26 pm

Y'know, I've seen this once and wondered since where I could get a pair. Mirrored contacts...I saw 'em on a guy who was costumed as one of the wilder fairie-kin at a Rennaisance Festival, and they were effective. It was a kick watching people's reactions, too. Some people spotted 'em right away, and either took 'em in stride or said something like "hey, cool! Where can I get some?" (No, I wasn't one of those. That didn't occur to me 'til later.) Some would watch him, knowing there was something... off about him, but unable to pinpoint just what it was. (The fact that he had goat-kid horns, a healthy layer of dried mud, and goat legs complete with cloven hooves made for a heckuva distraction.) And three or four took one look and beat a hasty retreat, muttering under their collective breath. (Deep South. Bible Belt. I'm not sure what such types were doing at a RenFaire, though...)

Jamestox · Post by **Jamestox** » Mon Dec 10, 2001 2:57 am

Been there, done that, got the codpiece to prove it.....Fortunately the local SCA group does a great job of PR with demos and school programs, so even here in the deep south we rarely run into many of those problems.UNfortunately, we do have a group that has had the Harry Potter books "blacklisted" in the school libraries...along with other "classic" tomes as Twain's "Adventures of Huck Finn"... Yet, NONE of these paragons of virtue see anything wrong with the obvious sorcery in Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty - all "family" fantasies released by Disney....J (AOA, and other alphabet soup) T--------
"There are the fighters!"
"Are you sure?"
"Do you know anyone else who would drive around a downtown city with shields in the bed of a pickup??" [This message has been edited by jamestox (edited 12-10-2001).]

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Mon Dec 10, 2001 6:05 am

Oh, how well I know those groups... (An appropos Biblical quote: "And by their fruits ye shall know them.") Up until this last summer, I lived (literally) a stone's throw away from the national headquarters of the Southern Baptist Church - about as fundamentalist as they come, without collecting Justice Department interest. Plus, since this is the Deep South I speak of, there were the stereotypical assortment of fringe religious groups, all out to collect whatever groupies they could land.Oh, and as far as the "wite pride" tattoo goes, Vidor isn't that far up the road from there - probably the biggest concentration of Klan members in the country. Between them and the witch-hunt-mentality folks, I'm glad to be well away from there. Don't get me wrong, there are still a lot of good people there, but the unpleasant elements made themselves too visible for my happiness.[This message has been edited by David Adrian (edited 12-10-2001).]

Random George · Post by **Random George** » Mon Dec 10, 2001 6:51 am

if you can pick up a cheap tattoo or piercing mag, they usually have ads in the back for lots of different types of novelty contacts. your optometrist should also be able to tell you where to get some.as for what those folks were doing at a renfaire? based on the festivals i've worked at, they were there to drink (heavily), goggle at the women's cleavage and the men in tights, and say to one another, "hey, bill, lookit the freak!" at least, that's what they were there for at the muskogee faire, the kc renfaire, the council bluffs and waterloo iowa faires, and the wichita faire. it may sound kind of judgmental, but a lot of people come to festivals to make fun of, harass, or threaten the performers. i've found myself fending off behaviours at festivals that i'd have had someone arrested for in a bar; it's just rennie business as usual. two years ago at the kc faire, a bunch of guys from the ampitheatre nearby (it was a huge country concert that day) hung off the fence throwing beer bottles at fourteen year old girls trying to rehearse. 95% of the patrons are wonderful and they are the reason i keep going, but i've kicked any number of yokels in the shins and they never really learn. my favorite? three years ago at the waterloo, IA fest, i saw a tattoo that said "wite pride". the four of us who saw it laughed for over a full minute before we regained control of ourselves behind one of the food booths. i think it comes down to the fact that the ignorant are going to be ignorant wherever you go.------------------
And again I ponder the eternal question:
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

Bremel · Post by **Bremel** » Sun Dec 30, 2001 7:45 am

David Adrianne(sorry if I misspelled), are you speaking of the Renn fair outside of Atlanta Georgia? Been to that one once.......interesting. Where I live, I've seen the pamphlets for the 'white pride' groups taped to the roadsigns. Not to mention that there is a baptist church on every corner <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> I like living in the bible belt/south. The men still hold the door open for you--can't say that too often in the north--and I've lived in both. I don't care what other women might say, I think pretty highly of a man who will still do that. Now, what that totally off the subject or WHAT? <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

Random George · Post by **Random George** » Mon Dec 31, 2001 4:44 am

personally, i'm an odd duck when it comes to doors and such. i believe that whoever reaches the door first oughta open it. nothing makes me madder than someone letting a door shut in my face and then blaming it on 'feminists'. that's not equality, that's rudeness. on the other hand, i think it's silly for a man to run past me after opening the first door to hold the second door of a foyer for me. i think it works just fine if i get one and he gets the other. i guess i just think that irrespective of gender, if you are going through a door, and someone else is approaching, it's simple courtesy to hold it open for them. oh, and David Adrian, i would never give anyone a dirty look for being polite, and you can rest assured that those who do are bound for the ettiquette underworld, where they will be forced to sit between representations of miss manners and letitia baldrige on an eternal flight to nowhere, hand-embroidering place cards for martha stewart...geo (who wants to be miss manners when she grows up, cause miss manners is way cool)------------------
*starry-eyed*
he stabbed an orc in the eye with an arrow...and then shot another orc in the head...with the same arrow! i think i'm in love!

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Mon Dec 31, 2001 6:49 am

Actually, the one in Plantersville, Texas. Considering I was working my way through college at the time, Atlanta was a little too far to drive.On the subject of manners - yes, that is one way the South supercedes other areas of the country. Now that I'm living on the Upper Left Coast, I've actually gotten strange (and occasionally hostile) looks for holding doors and such. Not that I'm going to change - sometimes the reception is unfriendly, but sometimes it works out well. Averages out a little to the good side, I'd say.

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Mon Dec 31, 2001 8:15 am

*delighted laughter* George, you have a positive genius for the apropos! Although I'm at a loss to guess what Miss Manners and Madame Baldrige have done to you, to warrent such punishment...

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 6:54 am

Been rereading Thomas Moore's work, I presume? Not that I object to Utopia, but I have no expectation of seeing it. Or if I do, I'm expecting something more along the lines of the Gilbert & Sullivan version...Personally, I regard thank-you notes as a secondary option - certainly, they do the job, and they're preferable to not offering any thanks at all, but I will always prefer the personal, face-to-face thank you when I can manage it. Sad to say, I frequently no longer have the choice - I have too far to travel for that purpose - so those notes are once more becoming a part of my life. But I will always prefer a hug to a note whenever possible...

Random George · Post by **Random George** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 10:44 am

oh, no, dear, just the representations of them in the underworld. their actual shades will in fact pass to a place where thank you notes are hand-written within a week of gift receipt, small children are gently reminded to address others as "sir" or "ma'am", and wedding invitations never read, "in lieu of gifts, just send the cash"...------------------
*starry-eyed*
he stabbed an orc in the eye with an arrow...and then shot another orc in the head...with the same arrow! i think i'm in love!

Mothspiral · Post by **Mothspiral** » Thu Jan 03, 2002 7:16 am

UNfortunately, we do have a group that has had the Harry Potter books "blacklisted" in the school libraries...along with other "classic" tomes as Twain's "Adventures of Huck Finn"... Yet, NONE of these paragons of virtue see anything wrong with the obvious sorcery in Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty - all "family" fantasies released by Disney....
Anybody who blacklists Harry Potter for "magic" hasn't read their Narnia properly, and anyone who says CS Lewis wasn't a true Christian is just insane or reeeeally ignorant. By the bye, I'm a Christian and I love going to the Renfest. And I behave myself too!

What so many Christians forget is that free will is part of the package, and respect should be. "I think you're wrong, but that's your choice." Not that I don't reserve the right to try to change someone's mind. The great thing about having a creative outlet like an online strip is that one can express one's opinions. And that others can freely debate 'em. Thank you for your courtesy! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">------------------
Inside every cynic there's an idealist desperately yearning to be let out, and when they are let out they're usually a real pain and cause all sorts of trouble. --Chris Boucher

Jamestox · Post by **Jamestox** » Thu Jan 03, 2002 8:12 am

I heartily agree, mothspiral. And you've even used an example I myself have cited - the venerable Clive Staples Lewis' land of Narnia. The only problem: many of the current generation - and their parents - are woefully ignorant of those books, so the reference is all but useless.J (will sail the Sea of Lilies one day...) T
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke

Random George · Post by **Random George** » Fri Jan 04, 2002 10:33 am

when i was in the fourth grade, my teacher read installments aloud to us from the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. one of the parents complained that it was 'satanism' and 'occult'. my teacher looked him coolly in the eyes (the fool had the nerve to try to 'correct' her in front of the other parents at a PTA meeting), and said, "sir, i would remind you that C.S. Lewis was considered a brilliant christian theologian. have you read the screwtape letters?" when the stammering parent said no, she pulled a copy of it from her bag and said, "i believe you could greatly benefit from it. if, after reading this book, you still insist that i cease reading narnia books to your child, i will be happy to consider your well-reasoned arguments, presented to me in a typed, double-spaced format, with appropriate bibliography and references. I am more than happy to debate with you on a point of reason, but i will not waste my time on fanaticism." all this in a small southern baptist-controlled town in central texas...she finished the book and got through the voyage of the dawn treader, too. either he agreed with her after he read the book, or he didn't feel like pushing it...geo------------------
*starry-eyed*
he stabbed an orc in the eye with an arrow...and then shot another orc in the head...with the same arrow! i think i'm in love!