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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #30 on: May 26, 2016, 03:21:05 »
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"We like things in little." - G. Stein  
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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #31 on: August 30, 2016, 01:30:13 »
"We like things in little." - G. Stein  
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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #32 on: September 18, 2016, 02:58:04 »
A bird in the hand.... :P

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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #33 on: December 01, 2016, 19:57:13 »
Oh hey I missed this before. Excellent photo for the series!  8-)

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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2017, 23:27:08 »
A friend is an artist who does some work in ceramics. He's been experimenting with botryoidal(*) forms lately. I saw a resonance:




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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #35 on: January 16, 2017, 09:05:30 »
Ah yes, the famous part which in its brown form is known as 'ice-cream, scoops in a pile' on PlaymoDB. I know, I have mentioned it before Heather, but I do like a good euphemism*! (It's only a euphemism in the stable sets...)

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At that moment the ship suddenly stopped rocking and swaying, the engine pitch settled down to a gentle hum. 'Hey Ford.' said Zaphod, 'that sounds good. Have you worked out the controls on this boat?' 'No,' said Ford, 'I just stopped fiddling with them.' (With thanks to Douglas Adams)

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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #36 on: January 16, 2017, 13:44:23 »
(*) Look it up. I did.(*)

(*)(NB: I stole this line from Spike Milligan.)
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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #37 on: January 16, 2017, 20:31:25 »
This is a great thread with lots of  clever ideas.
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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #38 on: January 28, 2017, 12:00:59 »
(It's only a euphemism in the stable sets...)

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Re: Things in little.
« Reply #39 on: January 28, 2017, 19:10:25 »
Does this qualify?

Paul McGann in Ripper Street (set 1890 or so)



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At that moment the ship suddenly stopped rocking and swaying, the engine pitch settled down to a gentle hum. 'Hey Ford.' said Zaphod, 'that sounds good. Have you worked out the controls on this boat?' 'No,' said Ford, 'I just stopped fiddling with them.' (With thanks to Douglas Adams)