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Post number 20913

y2karl — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:13:05 -0800

Boris Artzybasheff -- the master of the Anthropomorphic who made men out of machines and machines out of men. a master craftsman, with a wide array of techniques at his command, as Alexei Panshin put it. And here is his letter Q contribution to Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation. Submitted for your approval from...

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:26:24 -0800

The circus of Dr. Lao is my fav. Wow Karl, what a fine collection and i learned something. (I love the uncle joe and spider web from TIME) what is a quidbox, anyone know? what a great artist. WHAT A GREAT POST. this is MeFi... diamond.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:39:34 -0800

I'm guessing a quidbox is a box to hold your quid, which is to say (per the OED) "a piece of something (usu. of tobacco), suitable to be held in the mouth and chewed." Nice quote from Stevenson: "His mind was.. revolving the problem of existence like a quid of gum." Oh, yes, and great post! Long live y2karl!

By: kileregreen

kileregreen — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:56:58 -0800

no no no. this girl is a quidbox.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:56:11 -0800

Wow. What a fabulous book! That capital D is just wonderful. There are a handful of new and used paperback copies of Peter Piper left at Amazon - I just snagged a copy thanks to you, y2Karl. Can't wait to get it - I love alphabet books. I don't know for sure either, but I'm guessing that a quidbox is something like a jack-in-the-box, since there's one in the pic.

By: Wulfgar!

Wulfgar! — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:21:43 -0800

y2karl, having butted horns witcha in the passed times, I just wanted you to know that I also think this one of the best posts of the month (if not of the year). Thank you very much for doing the thing, yeah, the right thing.

By: taz

taz — Sat, 19 Oct 2002 00:27:40 -0800

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