James Harrison
Rogue Ætherlord
 England
Bachelor of the Arts; Master of the Sciences
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« Reply #25 on: June 27, 2010, 02:49:15 pm » |
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Anyone who wears a fez immediately reminds me of Mustafa from Austin Powers:
Not that that's any bad thing, as I find it hysterically funny, I'm just saying..... |
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Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.
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« Reply #26 on: June 27, 2010, 03:53:30 pm » |
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The chap on the right always seemed quite dapper...  I rather like a fez ( or two)  |
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« Reply #27 on: June 27, 2010, 04:15:56 pm » |
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Herr Döktor, I think it's more 'Carry On Spying' myself.  |
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The legs have fallen off my Victorian Lady...
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Atterton
Master Tinkerer
Only The Shadow knows
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« Reply #28 on: June 27, 2010, 04:58:10 pm » |
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Yes who doesn´t look sexier in a fez?
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In space, no one can hear you steam.
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Aleister Crow
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« Reply #29 on: June 27, 2010, 05:46:11 pm » |
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I have it on good authority that the reason the second and fourth Indiana Jones movies weren't as good as the others is a distinct lack of a large man in a fez.  |
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'How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spread his claws,
And welcome little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!' |
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Mr Peter Harrow, Esq
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« Reply #30 on: June 27, 2010, 06:05:01 pm » |
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Ah yes, John Rhys Davies, who complimented me on my dress sense at the Milton Keynes Comicon two years ago. I was wearing a grey fine corduroy two piece suit, with a blue snakeskin pattern waistcoat, blue silk cravat with matching pocket square, grey shoes, and a grey bowler. Obviously a man of taste.
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Proudly giving the entire Asylum The Finger!
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Mr. Boltneck
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« Reply #31 on: June 27, 2010, 06:54:26 pm » |
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For many years, Archie McPhee had a "Fez and Pez" deal, in which they would send you a fez, filled with Pez dispensers and candy.
There seems to be an entire subculture around my neck of the woods dedicated to vintage Shriner fezzes and similar. I see groups of them at vintage 16mm movie fests and the like. I also used to work in an office where the boss kept a fez around, to enhance his self-declared (and surprisingly strong) resemblance to the cartoon characters Akbar and Jeff, from Groening's Life in Hell strips.
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« Reply #32 on: June 27, 2010, 08:59:10 pm » |
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The fez is, indeed, cool:  Herr Döktor, in a fez, yesterday.'Round up the usual suspects' indeed ... not this time .... |
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Herr Döktor
Gadgeteer, Contraptionist, and Inventor, FVSS
Governor
Master Tinkerer
 United Kingdom
Herr Döktor, and friend.
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« Reply #33 on: June 27, 2010, 09:07:52 pm » |
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The chap on the right always seemed quite dapper... I rather like a fez ( or two) Ah! Your domicile is fez-tooned with quality headwear.  The fez is, indeed, cool: Herr Döktor, in a fez, yesterday.'Round up the usual suspects' indeed ... not this time .... More the unusual suspect... |
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Mr Peter Harrow, Esq
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« Reply #34 on: June 27, 2010, 09:29:22 pm » |
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the other great Turkish headware innovation was the chelengk, a clockwork hat ornament, very steampunk.
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The Kernel
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« Reply #35 on: June 27, 2010, 10:19:01 pm » |
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One of which was presented to Admiral Lord Nelson! At the time it was cutting edge technology  |
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One for whom the terms GEEK and NERD are considered great compliments
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Mr Peter Harrow, Esq
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« Reply #36 on: June 27, 2010, 10:36:12 pm » |
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I must make one.
For my Fez.
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Herr Döktor
Gadgeteer, Contraptionist, and Inventor, FVSS
Governor
Master Tinkerer
United Kingdom
Herr Döktor, and friend.
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« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2010, 10:39:12 pm » |
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If I don't make one, I know I'll never be able to show my fez again... |
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H. MacHinery
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« Reply #38 on: June 28, 2010, 12:07:33 am » |
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If I don't make one, I know I'll never be able to show my fez again... [MacHinery rushes the net...] I don't recall your name, but your fez is familiar..... |
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Mr Peter Harrow, Esq
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« Reply #39 on: June 28, 2010, 12:32:28 am » |
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Anyone have any ideas for an update on the chelengk? Looking at various illustrations, it is the central flower which rotates, so a compact clockwork might work, a musical box movement? On the plus side it would play a tune, on the minus side it wouldn't last very long and would constantly need rewinding. The thirteen fronds i am thinking brass tubing, with glass beads threaded on. Of course you could always use LED's
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Mr. Boltneck
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« Reply #40 on: June 28, 2010, 12:52:59 am » |
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I dunno...LEDs rotating on your fez might lead people to think you were a superhero, with the arc reactor powering your brain instead of your heart. Hmm—now that I say that, we just need a cowardly lion and a Judy Garland impersonator, and a particularly strange production of The Wizard of Oz will be under way.
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Dr Fidelius
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« Reply #41 on: June 28, 2010, 01:37:04 am » |
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Anyone have any ideas for an update on the chelengk? Looking at various illustrations, it is the central flower which rotates, so a compact clockwork might work, a musical box movement? On the plus side it would play a tune, on the minus side it wouldn't last very long and would constantly need rewinding. The thirteen fronds i am thinking brass tubing, with glass beads threaded on. Of course you could always use LED's
A possible way to force your rivals to fez the music. |
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The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not represent any other persons, organizations, spirits, thinking machines, hive minds or other sentient beings on this world or any adjacent dimensions in the multiverse.
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Dr cornelius quack
Rogue Ætherlord
United Kingdom
Arrant Carney. Phmebian Cultural Attache.
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« Reply #42 on: June 28, 2010, 01:55:32 am » |
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the other great Turkish headware innovation was the chelengk, a clockwork hat ornament, very steampunk.
Sort of forerunner to this?  Yea! Bring on the steam powered Propeller Beanie!! |
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Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.
Construction of illegal outdoor Privvys on common land a speciality. Our customers always come back.
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Danbury Shakes
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« Reply #43 on: June 28, 2010, 02:14:37 am » |
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This was great but I am at a loss, which one was Betty? |
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To quote Mister Williams
Honi soit qui
mal y pense,
Fait vos jeux,
reconnaissance,
Hammersmith Palais de Danse,
Badinage,
ma Crêpe Suzette.
Double entendre,
restaurant,
Jacques Cousteau,
Yves St Laurent,
Où est la plume de ma tante?
C'est la vie,
ma Crêpe Suzette.
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The Squire
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« Reply #44 on: June 28, 2010, 04:40:49 am » |
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Anyone have any ideas for an update on the chelengk? Looking at various illustrations, it is the central flower which rotates, so a compact clockwork might work, a musical box movement? On the plus side it would play a tune, on the minus side it wouldn't last very long and would constantly need rewinding. The thirteen fronds i am thinking brass tubing, with glass beads threaded on. Of course you could always use LED's
"It was a diamond-encrusted jewel with a hidden clockwork mechanism that made its 13 sparkling fronds quiver." Patrick O'Brian fans will recognize the chelengk. Killick played hell keeping it safe. |
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"You don't mind breaking the law?"
"Not in the least."
"Nor running a chance of arrest?"
"Not in a good cause."
"Oh, the cause is excellent!"
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Angus McCarthy
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« Reply #45 on: June 28, 2010, 05:25:25 am » |
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These guys and their fezzes make we want to learn Danish.
And speaking of Lord Nelson... (Complete with "When I Was A Lad")
I dunno...LEDs rotating on your fez might lead people to think you were a superhero....
Or of you're in Boston, a Terrorist... |
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« Reply #46 on: June 28, 2010, 06:08:03 am » |
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my fez'  a clockwork fez sounds like the perfect new toy. |
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« Reply #47 on: June 28, 2010, 06:11:50 am » |
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 Fez? |
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Eccentricity is not insanity or a danger to society, stupidity is.
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Mr. Boltneck
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« Reply #48 on: June 28, 2010, 04:18:53 pm » |
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Ah, A Clockwork Fez, the famous dystopian steampunk movie:
"There was me, that is, Alexander, and my trio of companions, that is, Peter, George Victor, and Deluminous."
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« Reply #49 on: June 28, 2010, 04:41:45 pm » |
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