tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post6749410523246015603..comments2024-01-31T14:36:29.880+00:00Comments on Brutalism: What, Me Worry?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-65830082097642853222008-11-25T03:43:00.000+00:002008-11-25T03:43:00.000+00:00Or, in the "Dorks of Haphazard" the boys...Or, in the "Dorks of Haphazard" the boys drive to New Jersey because gas is 3 cents a gallon cheaper.<BR/><BR/>>>I hate to wee-wee in your punchbowl, but I do believe the "Dorks of Haphazard" was cartooned in "Cracked."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-84863254453086642542008-11-17T20:20:00.000+00:002008-11-17T20:20:00.000+00:00Maybe we can have dilettard's dad come down and gi...Maybe we can have dilettard's dad come down and give us a fecal croquet lesson--I bet Amy could host it if we gave her about a week's notice to put Archie and Eleanor to work.<BR/><BR/>And I was worried about what we were going to do for December!dilettante07https://www.blogger.com/profile/16288221785770930813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-30170034628680206582008-11-17T20:18:00.000+00:002008-11-17T20:18:00.000+00:00Well you better find a bevy of Siamese cats to "se...Well you better find a bevy of Siamese cats to "seed" the field for an official game. Although, according to my father's history of the game, a match was played once with Chihuahuas imported in a pinch. This game was also the source of the phrase "sticky wicket."<BR/><BR/>I'd have to ask him again about the official rules.Dilettard07https://www.blogger.com/profile/09090471106551402096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-38698206840686482242008-11-17T19:36:00.000+00:002008-11-17T19:36:00.000+00:00Dear Hippie-Hater -- One of my true regrets is tha...Dear Hippie-Hater -- One of my true regrets is that I never had a chance to meet Narnie. (Or play Pitney with her, for that matter.)<BR/><BR/>Fecal croquet should be a dilettante activity.Brutalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659884369597107148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-79603155840043344782008-11-17T19:08:00.000+00:002008-11-17T19:08:00.000+00:00I enjoyed Spy vs. Spy, as it was in the same vein ...I enjoyed Spy vs. Spy, as it was in the same vein as Wile E. Coyote, but both sides briefly facing frustration or victorious escape.<BR/><BR/>But really what spoke to me was the biting social and political commentary. The reinforcement of my early cynicism toward hippies (by about age 5 I knew them to be full of shit) and corporate fatcats.<BR/><BR/>But even the nonsensical fun made an impression. One thing I forgot to mention earlier was the game "Three Cornered Pitney" that they devised. It involved asphalt and playing "Melancholy Baby" on a terrier-skull xylophone, among other things. One time while visiting Narnie, Kevin and I discussed the possibility of commencing a game of Three Cornered Pitney when, if I recall correctly, there were chores to be done. A shrill rebuke issued forth from my grandmother, who was in another room (this was before her hearing was shot): "There'll be no Pitney playing!!"<BR/><BR/>This is not to be confused with the game my father came up with one day while raking leaves in Narnie's back yard: Fecal Croquet.Dilettard07https://www.blogger.com/profile/09090471106551402096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-49498814065133661212008-11-17T18:29:00.000+00:002008-11-17T18:29:00.000+00:00Dilettard -- I did not know (but should have figur...Dilettard -- I did not know (but should have figured) that you were a MAD aficionado. Did you like the Spy vs. Spy guys? When I worked at a network security company, we licensed these from Warner Brothers to do a huge promotion (the whole "white hats" vs. "black hats" thing was totally relevant to network security vs. hackers). I still have some action figures that we used as a promotional giveaway if you're interested...Brutalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659884369597107148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-55901722989561971642008-11-17T17:40:00.000+00:002008-11-17T17:40:00.000+00:00I can't believe you defaced a Mad Magazine. Don't ...I can't believe you defaced a Mad Magazine. Don't you know those are collectible? There goes the resale value.<BR/><BR/>When I was young my father was a Finast grocery store manager for a while. My brother and I spent a lot of time in that store, usually parked in front of the magazine rack, reading Mad. Later we were forced to buy them once my father moved on.<BR/><BR/>But a lot of stuff from Mad persists in my lexicon, and I have a hard time picking it out because it is so ingrained in me. Much is frankly meaningful today: how little times have changed! Who can forget the Mad pick-your-own lyrics to "America the Beautiful?" "For unemployment miseries from Oregaon to Maine," or "We'll do our thing at Burger King while saving energy!" Why are our woes of the late 1970s still woes today?<BR/><BR/>Or, in the "Dorks of Haphazard" the boys drive to New Jersey because gas is 3 cents a gallon cheaper.<BR/><BR/>And speaking of the Mad sendup of the movies, does anyone recall "201 Minutes of a Space Idiocy?" My brother and I still speak of a "cup of pie and a piece of coffee" for dessert.Dilettard07https://www.blogger.com/profile/09090471106551402096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-59117655550455833872008-11-17T17:06:00.001+00:002008-11-17T17:06:00.001+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brutalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659884369597107148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-69935872512632775592008-11-17T17:06:00.000+00:002008-11-17T17:06:00.000+00:00Thank you for understanding. I read that book (and...Thank you for understanding. I read that book (and many other MAD books and Cracked magazines) cover to cover about a thousand times. <BR/><BR/>I love that Liam quotes the Godfather.Brutalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659884369597107148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321105.post-71459669653935690082008-11-17T16:53:00.000+00:002008-11-17T16:53:00.000+00:00Now, see...none of that sounds odd to me at all. ...Now, see...none of that sounds odd to me at all. But then, I have a two year old who quotes "The Godfather"...<BR/><BR/>I still have all my MAD books, including "A MAD Look at the Movies". A crime that one didn't win the Caldecott award for Children's Literature. Dick DeBartolo got robbed.Ri. Short for Maria. Not pronounced like the bread.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09160554194457458353noreply@blogger.com