A webcam - you know, for kids!
May 1, 2007 1:21 PM Subscribe
I think you mean "this thing which tells time", ObscureReferenceMan.
posted by chudmonkey at 1:39 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by chudmonkey at 1:39 PM on May 1, 2007
Put a tophat on that little sucker and you've got one of the Residents!
posted by Thorzdad at 1:40 PM on May 1, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Thorzdad at 1:40 PM on May 1, 2007 [1 favorite]
Hmmm...mysterious double-post. I only hit Post once. Honest!
posted by Thorzdad at 1:41 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by Thorzdad at 1:41 PM on May 1, 2007
"It even has this thing that tells time."
Clock. They call that thing a clock.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:44 PM on May 1, 2007
Clock. They call that thing a clock.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:44 PM on May 1, 2007
Check my name, mcd. (Thanks for the correction, chud!)
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 1:46 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 1:46 PM on May 1, 2007
mr_crash_davis writes "Clock. They call that thing a clock."
It's a Christmas Story quote:
It's a Christmas Story quote:
an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells timeposted by Bugbread at 1:55 PM on May 1, 2007
That is crazy talk, B-han.
Like you guys could deal with frosting.
posted by Dizzy at 1:58 PM on May 1, 2007
Like you guys could deal with frosting.
posted by Dizzy at 1:58 PM on May 1, 2007
Judging by the way many webcams are used shouldn't the camera be located in the groin instead of the head?
posted by HyperBlue at 2:16 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by HyperBlue at 2:16 PM on May 1, 2007
Can't sleep, frosting will eat me.
posted by killThisKid at 2:19 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by killThisKid at 2:19 PM on May 1, 2007
"It's a Christmas Story quote"
Ah, I should have known. One of my favorite holiday movies.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:23 PM on May 1, 2007
Ah, I should have known. One of my favorite holiday movies.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:23 PM on May 1, 2007
Miss Shields: [reading Ralphie's theme in his fantasy, she clutches his essay to her chest] Oh! The theme I've been waiting for all my life. Listen to this sentence: "A Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time". Poetry. Sheer poetry, Ralph! An A+!
posted by miss lynnster at 2:25 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by miss lynnster at 2:25 PM on May 1, 2007
I was too busy being amused by the Hudsucker Proxy reference to notice the Xmas Story one. Nice one, brother!
posted by phearlez at 2:32 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by phearlez at 2:32 PM on May 1, 2007
Thanks for the correction, chud!
That was no correction, that was an incorrection. You had it right the first time (according to traditional grammar, which is obviously what we're talking about here).
posted by languagehat at 3:14 PM on May 1, 2007 [1 favorite]
That was no correction, that was an incorrection. You had it right the first time (according to traditional grammar, which is obviously what we're talking about here).
posted by languagehat at 3:14 PM on May 1, 2007 [1 favorite]
No. We're talking about a direct quote from a much beloved xmas classic, so leave it be.
NOT A FINGAH!
posted by stenseng at 3:17 PM on May 1, 2007
NOT A FINGAH!
posted by stenseng at 3:17 PM on May 1, 2007
Shoot. I was hoping for a bobble-head web cam.
posted by pointilist at 3:20 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by pointilist at 3:20 PM on May 1, 2007
Judging by the way many webcams are used shouldn't the camera be located in the groin instead of the head?
What in God's good name are you doing with your webcam?
posted by chrismear at 3:35 PM on May 1, 2007
What in God's good name are you doing with your webcam?
posted by chrismear at 3:35 PM on May 1, 2007
Reminds me of something my girlfriend did with my spare webcam. As the mounting gear had disappeared in the mists of time, she kidnapped one of my Bionicles and resused the legs as a stand for it.
posted by Samizdata at 3:39 PM on May 1, 2007
posted by Samizdata at 3:39 PM on May 1, 2007
languagehat writes "according to traditional grammar, which is obviously what we're talking about here"
Your obviousometer needs to be calibrated to accept "movie quotes".
posted by Bugbread at 4:20 PM on May 1, 2007
Your obviousometer needs to be calibrated to accept "movie quotes".
posted by Bugbread at 4:20 PM on May 1, 2007
Shoot. I was hoping for a bobble-head web cam.
I got nauseated just thinking about the resulting footage. It's a good idea, though, for the less queasy.
posted by joe lisboa at 6:11 PM on May 1, 2007
I got nauseated just thinking about the resulting footage. It's a good idea, though, for the less queasy.
posted by joe lisboa at 6:11 PM on May 1, 2007
Your obviousometer needs to be calibrated to accept "movie quotes".
Oops -- mea culpa!
posted by languagehat at 7:18 AM on May 2, 2007
Oops -- mea culpa!
posted by languagehat at 7:18 AM on May 2, 2007
languagehat writes "Oops -- mea culpa!"
Waitaminute...I know that line...What movie was that from? Spartacus? Ben Hur?
Ah, I remember:
Brutus: <stabbity stab stab>
Caesar: Et tu, Brute?
Brutus: Oops -- mea culpa!
posted by Bugbread at 8:05 AM on May 2, 2007
Waitaminute...I know that line...What movie was that from? Spartacus? Ben Hur?
Ah, I remember:
Brutus: <stabbity stab stab>
Caesar: Et tu, Brute?
Brutus: Oops -- mea culpa!
posted by Bugbread at 8:05 AM on May 2, 2007
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