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Judge Doom!
posted by lipsum at 9:43 AM on October 28, 2013


I suppose this person will get a book deal too.
posted by Mister_A at 9:46 AM on October 28, 2013


I was expecting Jean Stapleton.
posted by TedW at 9:49 AM on October 28, 2013 [9 favorites]


I thought this would be about another big-eyed Edith.

(Can I just confess that I've always been very, very happy that there once existed a person whose name sincerely and truly was "Edith Head"?)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:49 AM on October 28, 2013 [3 favorites]


That is one thin premise for a web site.
posted by orange swan at 9:52 AM on October 28, 2013 [3 favorites]


oof
posted by grubi at 9:57 AM on October 28, 2013


That is one thin premise for a web site.

Whaddaya, new to the internet or something?
posted by grubi at 9:57 AM on October 28, 2013 [4 favorites]


Edith with Googly Eyes is the only good thing about Downton Abbey at this point (Gawker copies some of the images from the Tumblr, in case you want to peek at the site but can't at the moment - I can't vouch for the statement, as I haven't seen any of season 3 yet).
posted by filthy light thief at 10:01 AM on October 28, 2013




Edith's the one likeable-but-not-insufferable character upstairs, not counting the Dowager. Googly eyes suit her, though. This is probably how Fellowes sees her in his head.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:02 AM on October 28, 2013 [1 favorite]


"I can't vouch for the statement, as I haven't seen any of season 3 yet..."

Season 3 was terrible, I think. Two wasn't very good, either. I've only seen the first two episodes of four, but it seems to me to be an improvement.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:04 AM on October 28, 2013


I suppose this person will get a book deal too.

I would like to see a survey of memes or Tumblrs-turned-books, plotting the rise (and fall?) of this phenomena, possibly plotted along with the trend of focused tumblrs and meme sites.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:04 AM on October 28, 2013


Tumblrmemes.tumblr.com
posted by Mister_A at 10:06 AM on October 28, 2013


If you want a vision of the future, imagine silly memes stamping on the human soul - forever.
posted by edgeways at 10:09 AM on October 28, 2013


Men are always interested in Mary because they view her sour attitude as something they can tame
Yessss! In college my best friend was a "Lady Mary" and the succession of, ahem, suitors who thought that underneath her sour exterior there was a cute little princess waiting to get out were annoying.

Came for the googly-eyed ediths, stayed for the insightful character insights.
posted by muddgirl at 10:12 AM on October 28, 2013 [1 favorite]


i totally read that title as 'Edit with googley eyes', and was looking all over that page to find where i too, can put googley eyes on things on the internet. now that would be a good app.
posted by fuzzypantalones at 10:17 AM on October 28, 2013 [4 favorites]


I love it.
posted by Rock Steady at 10:27 AM on October 28, 2013


The Wikipedia page on googly eyes. Ya know, in case you need to learn.

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posted by JHarris at 10:31 AM on October 28, 2013 [2 favorites]


Men are always interested in Mary because they view her sour attitude as something they can tame

Well, that and she's stunning with presence to burn.
posted by orange swan at 10:31 AM on October 28, 2013


Well yes. If she was sour and plain, men would view her sour attitude as evidence that she's ugly on the inside and the outside.
posted by muddgirl at 10:33 AM on October 28, 2013


My eyes! My eyes!
posted by googly at 11:19 AM on October 28, 2013 [5 favorites]


i love downtown abbey but how come there are no shows about the suburbs lol
posted by threeants at 11:54 AM on October 28, 2013


The Wikipedia page on googly eyes.

"A clear, hard-plastic shell, with a smaller, black plastic disk trapped within"

Coincidentally, this is also an adequate metaphor for most of the characters on Downton Abbey.
posted by oulipian at 12:02 PM on October 28, 2013 [5 favorites]


I don't watch Downton, but a friend of mine said that my sense of style reminds him of Edith. Judging by this website, I'm pretty sure that goes under the heading of "compliment or no?"
posted by pxe2000 at 12:07 PM on October 28, 2013


I don't watch Downton, but a friend of mine said that my sense of style reminds him of Edith. Judging by this website, I'm pretty sure that goes under the heading of "compliment or no?"

Having your style compared to a character on Downton is never an insult! Edith's the "plain" middle daughter - it's mostly her personality - but she still dresses beautifully. I'd call her style unassumingly elegant.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 2:31 PM on October 28, 2013 [2 favorites]


Of course, Archie McPhee's is selling Giant Googly Eyes for your IRL use, and they have reported on two people who gave their cars Googly Eye Headlights. Certainly, this is the RIGHT way to give faces to cars.
posted by oneswellfoop at 2:54 PM on October 28, 2013 [3 favorites]


TedW: I was expecting Jean Stapleton.

Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien sauf les yeux écarquillés

(hey, the translation's Googly too!)
posted by hangashore at 4:13 PM on October 28, 2013


Yay, ND¢'s back!

I should buy some big googly eyes from Archie McPhee's for my spouse's car. It's a Miata, and it's so obviously got a happy face on the front, the designers must have done it intentionally.
posted by misha at 10:03 PM on October 28, 2013


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