Nah, not really you just hold the. . . er not going there. Let’s just say it’d be a hit among a significant portion of the target demographics. After all, video games are about experiencing things you can’t in real life. [Ducks]
True story: I hadn’t noticed GSS admin’s link above when I took a screen shot and rotated it precisely to better check out that expression—it is guaranteed to give you a nightmare tonight.
Miss Vinyl Fun (new 1952 model!) is deflating. At least I hope she’s an inflatable woman and not a real one, otherwise… eeesh. Are they scientifically segregating the genders, leaving men willing to “rescue” their plastic pals from Starship Hindendildo?
The overlords appear to be carrying out terrible experiments on Felis concolor too.
@Tat: well-spotted!
@BC: It’s like one of those trailers that gives away the whole movie. You could look at that cover, read the blurb, and save your 1/6 for something else. Anything else. (A small amount of terrible food, if I know anything about 1952 Britain.)
@GSxN, B.Chiclitz, THX: It could be worse, it could be what Americans pretend is cheese. Or their alleged apples. Or all the Genetically Modified Corn Starch packaged in a thousand amusing and inedible ways.Or anything at all manufactured by Hershey’s.
@Yoss: I’ve got an heirloom Red Delicious in my garden and it’s yummy. But then I’m not mass-producing, and they only have to travel as far as indoors. Store-bought, I like a Gala or Fuji (not actually Japanese; a cross between Red Delicious and the apples Washington and Jefferson grew. ‘Merica!). Or Honeycrisp if they’re on sale.
On a month-long journey across Britain, I was… not impressed… with the fruit and especially veg. Salad was laughable. Luckily I’m capable of existing entirely on meat and baked goods. Also, I learned you should never get to the breakfast buffet after the Russians do, as there won’t be anything left save empty containers and sullen people who can’t believe they have to go outside to smoke their terrible cigarettes.
I believe that about your tree. I can remember red delicious apples being a lot better than the mealy, tasteless abominations currently available at the grocery store.
Fuji and Gala are both good. I find Honeycrisps to be too hit-or-miss to justify paying three times as much. One bag will be great, the next will be like biting into a raw potato soaked in watered-down apple juice. Apparently they’re really temperamental to grow and process.
These days I’m all about the Pink Lady apples. Just the right balance of sweet, tart, and crispness for me. That’s what I ended up planting. I probably won’t see any fruit for about two more years though.
@Yoss: Pink Lady is quite good. Am a bit envious of your tree. Mine came with the house, probably dates back to the mid-60s, when I’m sure there weren’t so many varieties for the homeowner to choose from.
Fuji and Gala are both consistent choices, and often on sale, so yay. Ooh, Fujis are on sale half price this week, along with berries and grapes.
September 17th, 2018 at 8:37 am
Those aren’t breasts – they’re Dalek bumps. And they’re migrating.
September 17th, 2018 at 9:50 am
Not sure about the new Xbox’s ‘cybernetic controller’. Having to hold a full-sized swooning damsel seems inconvenient.
September 17th, 2018 at 10:07 am
Nah, not really you just hold the. . . er not going there. Let’s just say it’d be a hit among a significant portion of the target demographics. After all, video games are about experiencing things you can’t in real life. [Ducks]
September 17th, 2018 at 11:13 am
Except for one little detail, a spot on depiction of Kevin Spacey’s career.
September 17th, 2018 at 11:39 am
Hmm, that crash has left her a little out of whack, as Steve Martin would say.
September 17th, 2018 at 1:58 pm
Relax, guys. She’s a mannequin, and he’s just using her to smuggle a giant fidget spinner. No big whoop.
September 17th, 2018 at 2:43 pm
It was bad karma naming the first giant space rocket the “Hindenburg”.
September 17th, 2018 at 3:09 pm
Thanks for the close-up. I was wondering what had become of Emma Freud.
September 17th, 2018 at 3:23 pm
After a long, intense, drug-laced brainstorming session, Led Zeppelin decides the artwork for its first album isn’t quite right yet.
September 17th, 2018 at 3:46 pm
‘Oh, the post-humanity!’
September 17th, 2018 at 4:02 pm
“Oh, the humidity!”
September 17th, 2018 at 4:33 pm
“A patch kit! A patch kit! My kingdom for an inner tube repair patch kit!”
September 17th, 2018 at 4:34 pm
Shouldn’t there be a “spoiler alert” on that blurb? It sounds like the whole novel is laid out there.
“Man’s revolt against scientific segregation brings death to the overlords. The end.”
September 17th, 2018 at 5:05 pm
Would ‘H.K. Bulmer’ be our old chum Kenneth?
http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=5412
http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=13858
Either that or it’s Hong Kong Bulmer, Number One Superguy.
September 17th, 2018 at 5:12 pm
The blurb reads like a cryptic crossword clue that lost its way. 1 down and 3 across: Man’s revolt etc. (10,10), happily the answer is provided.
September 17th, 2018 at 5:21 pm
@Tat Wood – Slick work, Sherlock: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?18911
September 17th, 2018 at 5:45 pm
@Francis Boyle is correct: there is something rather anatomically improbable about her breasts.
I’m thinking that’s not a real woman at all, but a poorly-made mannequin.
September 17th, 2018 at 8:14 pm
That is one sickly looking panther. Poor thing barely has any jawbone at all.
September 17th, 2018 at 8:38 pm
True story: I hadn’t noticed GSS admin’s link above when I took a screen shot and rotated it precisely to better check out that expression—it is guaranteed to give you a nightmare tonight.
September 18th, 2018 at 1:29 am
Oh, the boobanity!
Miss Vinyl Fun (new 1952 model!) is deflating. At least I hope she’s an inflatable woman and not a real one, otherwise… eeesh. Are they scientifically segregating the genders, leaving men willing to “rescue” their plastic pals from Starship Hindendildo?
The overlords appear to be carrying out terrible experiments on Felis concolor too.
@Tat: well-spotted!
@BC: It’s like one of those trailers that gives away the whole movie. You could look at that cover, read the blurb, and save your 1/6 for something else. Anything else. (A small amount of terrible food, if I know anything about 1952 Britain.)
September 18th, 2018 at 10:12 am
@GSS xn: How dare you, potato and lard pie is still a delicacy in Blighty. Just the one potato, mind.
September 18th, 2018 at 1:50 pm
🎶🎶 Lord have mercy
On the people in England
For the terrible food
These people must eat
–Frank Zappa (ca. 1971)
September 18th, 2018 at 3:15 pm
@GSxN, B.Chiclitz, THX: It could be worse, it could be what Americans pretend is cheese. Or their alleged apples. Or all the Genetically Modified Corn Starch packaged in a thousand amusing and inedible ways.Or anything at all manufactured by Hershey’s.
September 18th, 2018 at 3:36 pm
@Tat Wood—Don’t forget these little bad boys!
September 18th, 2018 at 5:07 pm
Food fight!
September 18th, 2018 at 6:07 pm
Wait, what’s wrong with our freedom apples? Unless you mean red delicious. Those are garbage.
September 19th, 2018 at 5:36 am
@Yoss: I’ve got an heirloom Red Delicious in my garden and it’s yummy. But then I’m not mass-producing, and they only have to travel as far as indoors. Store-bought, I like a Gala or Fuji (not actually Japanese; a cross between Red Delicious and the apples Washington and Jefferson grew. ‘Merica!). Or Honeycrisp if they’re on sale.
On a month-long journey across Britain, I was… not impressed… with the fruit and especially veg. Salad was laughable. Luckily I’m capable of existing entirely on meat and baked goods. Also, I learned you should never get to the breakfast buffet after the Russians do, as there won’t be anything left save empty containers and sullen people who can’t believe they have to go outside to smoke their terrible cigarettes.
September 19th, 2018 at 4:42 pm
@GSS ex-noob
I believe that about your tree. I can remember red delicious apples being a lot better than the mealy, tasteless abominations currently available at the grocery store.
Fuji and Gala are both good. I find Honeycrisps to be too hit-or-miss to justify paying three times as much. One bag will be great, the next will be like biting into a raw potato soaked in watered-down apple juice. Apparently they’re really temperamental to grow and process.
These days I’m all about the Pink Lady apples. Just the right balance of sweet, tart, and crispness for me. That’s what I ended up planting. I probably won’t see any fruit for about two more years though.
September 19th, 2018 at 10:54 pm
A.V. Clarke: the poor man’s A.C. Clarke.
September 20th, 2018 at 2:42 am
@Yoss: Pink Lady is quite good. Am a bit envious of your tree. Mine came with the house, probably dates back to the mid-60s, when I’m sure there weren’t so many varieties for the homeowner to choose from.
Fuji and Gala are both consistent choices, and often on sale, so yay. Ooh, Fujis are on sale half price this week, along with berries and grapes.
September 21st, 2018 at 6:59 pm
If you can find them (they sell fast), Russet are the best apples. Everything else pales in comparison!
September 21st, 2018 at 9:41 pm
But how do they compare to oranges?
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:13 am
Tor (prev.):
No comparison! 😉
Last apples I bought, BTW, were called Cheekie – a product of New Zealand.
September 24th, 2018 at 6:45 pm
@TM #32…You can’t do that blasphemous comparison!
December 24th, 2019 at 11:36 am
Perhaps she fainted when she realized the bizarre placement of his groin area?
(Beware: once you notice, it is a sight that cannot be unseen…)
December 25th, 2019 at 7:49 am
Panther? Looks more like Angry Vole…