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Paul LoJ
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Ken HPoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
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 Posted - 09/29/2006 : 08:59:25 AM
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Yuck, and it's an earwig.
Funny how those are so gross even for bugs.
PEGGY: I don't see how having a girl on the team would ruin it. Did a woman judge ruin the Supreme Court?
HANK: Yes, and that woman's name was Earl Warren.
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The Rev. D.D.
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
203 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2006 : 12:34:59 PM
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You'd think someone would've had killer earwigs as their movie monster by now. Especially considering the myths that surround them.
At least it's not a giant centipede. I could fight a giant earwig, but a giant centipede would probably have me curling up in a ball, weeping and moaning and making myself easy meat. Or breaking all land speed records as I flee.
Naturally, I hope for the latter.
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 09/29/2006 : 9:29:05 PM
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Huh. I find centipedes way less icky than earwigs. All insects are abominations against God and nature when you blow them up big though, when you get right down to it. Even ladybugs and butterflies- you strip away the distraction of the cute little shell or big pretty wings and it's just a horror show.
"Meeting you makes me want to be a real noodle cook"
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1017 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2006 : 10:03:09 AM
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All insects are abominations against God and nature when you blow them up big though, when you get right down to it.
And yet ... they account for (IIRC) two thirds of the animal life in the world.
By weight.
Imagine how many ants and centipedes and beetles it would take to equal your weight. Then triple it. They could crush all the other animals on earth simply by crawling on them.
It could happen. Tonight, maybe...
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2006 : 2:45:58 PM
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I've always been fascinated by how there are all these animals around like cats, sloths, koala bears and the like that we can basically relate to- sure, some of them get a little out there but they basically all have faces, arms and feet and such. But lurking about are these insanely alien creatures, with their segmented abdomens and compound eyes and weird digestion- it's FREAKY. And then there's aquatic life, but we usually don't have to deal with them.
"Meeting you makes me want to be a real noodle cook"
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 10/02/2006 : 2:19:56 PM
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I just realised...this is a high tech version of the "Grasshoppers on postcards" trick used in "Beginning of the end."
Or, someone just forgot to wipe the big off the camera...
Gross little perisher, though.
Marvin the Paranoid Android to Buzz Lightyear "Too infinity and beyond-i've been there, its rubbish!"
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1017 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2006 : 4:52:50 PM
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I've always wondered if Lovecraft was inspired by the magnified glass models of various microscopic critters.
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The Rev. D.D.
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
203 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2006 : 11:31:06 AM
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You know...that's an interesting theory.
Azathoth, Abhoth, Ubbo-Sathla, various other amorphous gods=amoeba
Cthulhu, maybe Hastur=hydra
I can't come up with any others unfortunately.
I wonder what he'd have come up with if he'd ever seen the things that lurk in the bottom of the ocean.
Anyone seen the documentary series Blue Planet, hosted by the wonderful Sir David Attenborough? One of the episodes is about the deep. There are things there I couldn't have thought up no matter how hard I tried. The hairs on the back of my neck kept pricking up, they were so unearthly; my fiancee' had trouble eating during it. Just amazing. There was even a particular environment found off the coast of Mexico that makes Spongebob Squarepants seem a little more realistic. If you haven't seen it, I highly suggest giving it a watch--the whole series is pretty great. Just be prepared for some weird dreams after that particular episode.
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1017 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2006 : 10:55:31 AM
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Glass models were sort of the IMAX of the 1900s -- they were immensely popular draws to museums. And given Lovecraft's flying polyps and such -- I'd say the Ancient Ones were a sea star mixed with a sea cucumber and a bit of octopus tossed in.
Oh, God -- Hagfish. Ick.
I really ought to check that documentary out -- sounds terrific.
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
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Posted - 10/04/2006 : 12:25:33 PM
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I think Lovecraft was more inspired by sushi. That and those damned foreigners.
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
http://www.henrybrennan.com/
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The Rev. D.D.
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
203 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2006 : 2:07:39 PM
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What was up with flying polyps, anyway? Bleh. I'd say your combo there is about right.
Yeah, hagfish...she'd never heard of or seen them, and was righteously repulsed during that sequence. I knew what they were, but there were so many of them I couldn't help but squirm a little...
Definitely check it out. Hell, check out anything with Sir David. You're almost guaranteed to learn anywhere from 2 to 10 new things an episode.
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1017 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2006 : 4:06:04 PM
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The flying polyps, I think, were sort of a logical extension of microscopic life in general, only embiggened and made invisible.
"No, Crawford, there are no invisible four-dimensional flying monsters in this room that pass through things."
"Ah, good."
"There is, however, a species of louse that lives in your eyebrows and eats the dead skin that peels off you."
"AAAAAUGH!"
I kind of suspect that it would be possible for an average person to eat all the sushi prepared in New England in the 1920s in one meal, and then you'd have to send out for pizza.
I do agree, though, that there's an obvious link between the Shoggoths and the snot bubbles you blow after too much wasabi... but then again, I do have sinus problems.
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