Art Puzzle is a form of Dada developed on h.l.a.s. by Art Neuendorffer
in collective creation with the news group. I claim 10% finders fee
for the group, which can use the money to sponsor blog sites,
political movements, a Shakespeare Playland, and spin-off
merchandising. bb
Action Figures:-
* Dark Lady <she weeps, she swoons>
* DeVere <he weeps, he swoons>
* Bacon <pee she whe sno swo>
* Billy < >
T-Shirts:-
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*A n a g r a M a n!
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*Wots-2-Like It?
*I'm A Strat & I'm Alroight!
*No Sex Please, We're Baconians!
Corfe Castle, Phil
Shakespeare Action Figure:
http://www.mcphee.com/amusements/current/11188.html
Dost thou desire a figurine of a man with sublime intellect and sharp wit?
Alas, thy dreams have taken shape! 'Tis a 5" tall, hard plastic William
Shakespeare Action Figure with removable book and quill pen. Comes with
Shakespeare info on the back.
(I particularly like the fact that the book and quill pen are removable.
Presumably for giving to a better qualified candidate.
Mouse)
Only $8.95 too
But doesn't look as good as the one I bought:-
Which also costs $8.95.
I didn't know David Webb was so famous!!!
David Webb did a lot more than rearrange Art's name on his way to becoming
one of the most sarcastic men in history. At various times throughout his
life he was a writer, a diplomat, a writer, a teacher, a writer, a writer, a
sit-down comic, a professional cynic, a writer, a dehiscist, a writer, and a
lutetium adherent of the Temple of Lu. His many accomplishments include
inventing macrame swimming fins and a virtuall-machicolation, establishing
the University of Outer New Hampshire in Nether, publishing the Poor
Strats's Almanac and signing the Declaration of Indifference as a founding
father of the United Karoake Clubs of America. This 5-1/4" tall hard plastic
intimidating action figure has moveable arms and comes with a plastic
keyboard and a Nuendorffer key to the mysteries so you can decrypt and
reenact his most famous posts. Comes with more cool David Webb info on the
back of his head. Comes with removable fancy Strat hat.
Corfu, Phil
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What's a "dehiscist"?
I gather you're not a Dr. David fan. Pity. He and Art together are the
funniest duo on the webb.
Best,
Lynne
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> What's a "dehiscist"?
I threw that in because I thought only David would know what it was without
resorting to a better dictionary - [he and I have the only etymological
dictionaries in the entire United States, or even know what one is].
Difficulty rating 6.5 on the Lughe-scale.
And I threw in the "lutetium adherent of the Temple of Lu" for Art's sake,
although it's difficulty rating is an 8!
> I gather you're not a Dr. David fan. Pity. He and Art together are the
> funniest duo on the webb.
Not at all. Let the little chil'uns have their fun while they are still
young and before the heavy weight of mother-in-laws wobble into view,
despoiling the landscape and wasting the grass they walk upon, causing dogs
and even cats to howl, but I see now how I digress...
Curteis, Phil
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Perhaps, then, David would be kind enough to tell me what it is. All my
dictionaries are upstairs.
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> And I threw in the "lutetium adherent of the Temple of Lu" for Art's sake,
> although it's difficulty rating is an 8!
I assume you're talking about the element here.
L.
[...]
> What's a "dehiscist"?
It's another of Mr. Innes's comic coinages. He apparently figures
that since "dehiscence" is an English word, it follows that "dehiscist"
must be an English word as well. In botany, "dehiscence" means a
spontaneous bursting open at maturity of fruiting bodies, anthers, and
similar structures in order to spread their contents (seeds, spores,
etc.) far and wide (think of a puffball, for instance). I'll leave the
entirely analogous animal physiology sense to your imagination, but try
to visualize what might befall your keyboard if you should read one of
Mr. Innes's or Art's or Elizabeth Weird's hilarious posts with a
mouthful of tea. One could say that Mr. Innes's English, like Art's
history and Elizabeth's physics, is both idiosyncratic and
idiotsyncretic. :-)
[...]
O deary me! Dr. Webb has spontaneously burst into expression, regretful of
neologisms he nevertheless spores (think of a puffball for instance) poor
Elizabeth, Art 'n' myself. Sad to report, this emphasis is unwarranted from
any actual evidence of the subject under consideration.
However, full marks cannot be awarded from any spirit of agape for a mere
stab, since the stem [L.] DEHISCO, from DE, intens, and HISCO, to gape, go
uncited. Therefore the principal botanical import also goes unreported, that
the splitting is significant because it occurs as result of the structural
segmentation of the plant. There is no particular botanical emphasis when
deploying this word to the projection of the seed, which is an ex-cathedra
association.
By this means it can therefore not be concluded that the subject's
conclusions are warranted by the relative paucity of characterisation of his
precedents.
I would have to award the subject only 2.5 points from the potentially
available 6.5.
However, where is Art? Will he do better, or is the Temple reference
successfully foiling his metal?
Concordia, Phil
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