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Sili says 26 September 2008 at 7:16 am One down, two to go. I think the best thing about octopodes is their Rorschach test qualities. I know it’s his body, but it’s so much more fun to think of it as a nose.
Nick Gotts says 26 September 2008 at 7:30 am Sili, Yes, and the “smirk” it makes with his tentacles is smug enough to belong to a “libertarian”!
Tolga K. says 26 September 2008 at 7:34 am Reminds me of a retrofuturistic train concept I’ve seen before.
llewelly says 26 September 2008 at 9:04 am When our cephalopod overlords assume public mastery of politics, their human flunkies will wear egg-shaped or arrow-shaped floppy hats.
Rheinhard says 26 September 2008 at 10:10 am Seeing this, in my head I am hearing that auto commercial tag line: Zoom Zoom!
Phil Studge says 26 September 2008 at 10:11 am Prof, Atrios has your Friday Cephalopony right here: http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_09_21_archive.html#2355168008116934994
Desert Son says 26 September 2008 at 12:10 pm This is clearly a photo in need of an: “Iä! Iä! Cthulhu f’htagn!” We now return you to your regularly scheduled ichthyo-batrachian transformation. “Where has the Dagon(tm)?” No kings, Robert
kcrady says 26 September 2008 at 1:50 pm Friday Cephalopods! YAY! George Lucas needs to make a new Star Wars movie, just so he can design a spaceship based on this.
Sili says
One down, two to go.
I think the best thing about octopodes is their Rorschach test qualities. I know it’s his body, but it’s so much more fun to think of it as a nose.
Nick Gotts says
Sili,
Yes, and the “smirk” it makes with his tentacles is smug enough to belong to a “libertarian”!
Tolga K. says
Reminds me of a retrofuturistic train concept I’ve seen before.
llewelly says
When our cephalopod overlords assume public mastery of politics, their human flunkies will wear egg-shaped or arrow-shaped floppy hats.
Boudicca says
This one looks especially zippy.
Rheinhard says
Seeing this, in my head I am hearing that auto commercial tag line:
Zoom Zoom!
Phil Studge says
Prof, Atrios has your Friday Cephalopony right here:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_09_21_archive.html#2355168008116934994
Desert Son says
This is clearly a photo in need of an:
“Iä! Iä! Cthulhu f’htagn!”
We now return you to your regularly scheduled ichthyo-batrachian transformation. “Where has the Dagon(tm)?”
No kings,
Robert
kcrady says
Friday Cephalopods! YAY!
George Lucas needs to make a new Star Wars movie, just so he can design a spaceship based on this.