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Oh absolutely.   Football Team 1895-1910 So many questions about this picture: Is that Football as in what the Americans say:"Soccer"? Why do you need a bowling pin and boxing gloves? Are those sheep bladders in front of the second gentleman on the right? Does this team have 5 players and 12 coaches? What's the man in the middle doing with his right hand and why is the other man mad? Are you related to any of these fine gentlemen? Can't give too many details I'm afraid, although it's from Shorpy which is largely an American photo archive I believe but they did say football not soccer. http://www.shorpy.com/Still 'tis there merely to illustrate that even the most fastidious of Vicwardian era gents would (by the end of the century at least) indeed don a T shirt/vest/ if the occasion warranted it. Skin tight spandex on the other hand? the likes of Iron Maiden would probably tell you that it's stretchy and washable so good for stage wear etc, but personally...nope I can conjure no defense for it whatsoever.  |
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« Reply #76 on: July 09, 2012, 02:01:59 pm » |
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Not the sort of gentlemen I would associate with nor refer to as proper.
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von Corax
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Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics
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« Reply #77 on: July 10, 2012, 03:15:57 am » |
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So many questions about this picture:
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Why do you need a bowling pin and boxing gloves?
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Those are not bowling pins, they are Indian clubs—a splendid and manly way of exercising. The boxing gloves, I would guess, were also used in exercising. Such a robust and manly group would certainly not need them to prevent self-pollution. Ah, so the Indian clubs are something like the the "shake weight" we now have. I just looked it up on Wikipedia: with Indian clubs like this, you would have a decent exercize: I'm happy to say that they are absolutely nothing at all in the very slightest like the "shake weight" we now have. (Shudder.) If anything, they're similar to kettle-bell weights, only with more swinging and less dangling. |
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By the Beans of Life do my thoughts acquire speed
My hands acquire a shaking
The shaking becomes a warning
By the power of caffeine do I set my mind in motion
The Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics is 5838 km from Reading
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« Reply #78 on: July 12, 2012, 01:13:53 am » |
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"Countries do not exist where I am from.
The discovery of the Higgs boson led to limitless power,
the elimination of poverty and Kit-Kats for everyone.
It is a communist chocolate hellhole and I'm here to stop it ever happening."
-Eloi Cole
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« Reply #79 on: July 12, 2012, 04:23:04 am » |
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Didn't know Hollywood Undead was involved....oh wait....I wish their was a smiley with a raised eyebrow and a sarcastic expression. Well there was an attempt at a video...but the sound quality was awful. The minions were punished for their sloppiness. |
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« Reply #80 on: August 06, 2012, 09:12:29 pm » |
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Now Dr. Gray and his minions...err...minion are getting involved. It seems that Mr. Grimm killed Dr. Gray's Wife.
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« Reply #81 on: August 06, 2012, 10:39:35 pm » |
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There is a place for us out there, we need only pick the spot. Rise up out of mediocrity and let us bring about our own Golden Age.
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« Reply #82 on: August 14, 2012, 08:49:29 am » |
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Mr. Grymm got NEKKID TO RESPOND TO ME!!!!!
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fungus34
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« Reply #83 on: September 10, 2012, 03:52:13 am » |
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As a citizen of Seattle, I must say I'm not a fan of Phoenix Jones. The fact that Phoenix Jones keeps pepper spraying people is certainly objectionable. The idea that some people can take the law into their own hands is a dangerous one that I don't think should be encouraged. The "superheroes" should leave law enforcement to the police (although the police haven't been doing so great recently). Rex Velvet's fifteen minutes seem to be over, but it was an amusing idea.
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Phineas B. Catteri
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The rabbit of Time bids you Happy Days
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« Reply #84 on: September 10, 2012, 02:36:30 pm » |
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I have yet to see an Australian superhero/villain......hmmmmmm I believe a plan is afoot!
But on a serious note, these 'superheroes' will always have individual working for and against them. Whilst it may seem silly from an outside perspective, I would be happy for Phoenix Jones to pepper-spray an assailant who was attempting to inflict harm upon me. As long as he, and individual like him work within the constraints of the law, I see little reason to stop them.
And good luck to Mr Jones. You know you have made it as a hero when you get yourself an arch-enemy!
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h0wb0y
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« Reply #85 on: September 11, 2012, 08:17:09 am » |
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*Still laughing about the Boston Creampie idea*
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If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools...
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« Reply #86 on: September 11, 2012, 01:38:04 pm » |
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See, told you he was Nekkid for me! 
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« Reply #87 on: September 11, 2012, 01:51:10 pm » |
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I, for one, did not need, or want, confirmation on that particular subject.
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« Reply #88 on: September 11, 2012, 03:38:47 pm » |
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I will have to look for the piece in question but I recall reading something on the net (wonderful source that it is) a couple months ago. Apparently Mr. Velvet is in fact no super villain but a producer of viral videos. Seems he was payed by Phoenix Jones to make these series of videos to boost his own popularity. If I manage to find the source I will post it
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« Reply #89 on: September 11, 2012, 05:46:43 pm » |
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I will have to look for the piece in question but I recall reading something on the net (wonderful source that it is) a couple months ago. Apparently Mr. Velvet is in fact no super villain but a producer of viral videos. Seems he was payed by Phoenix Jones to make these series of videos to boost his own popularity. If I manage to find the source I will post it
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