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Click for larger imageJabrone Comments … and elephants come in quarts.
You might remember this from here.
Published 1976
(Average: 6.64 out of 10)
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Jabrone Comments … and elephants come in quarts.
You might remember this from here.
Published 1976
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July 9th, 2020 at 10:43 am
“I know you want to set a good example, Doc, what with the Coronavirus and all; but don’t you think that mask’s a little too tight?”
(Looks more like a case than a box to me, but perhaps I nitpick).
July 9th, 2020 at 10:53 am
He’s mostly dead Jim.
July 9th, 2020 at 11:17 am
“You’ve heard of the iceberg lettuce – now the iceberg brain!”
July 9th, 2020 at 6:39 pm
This otherwise moderately interesting cover is nonetheless astoundingly prophetic—who knew back in 1976 that, in the US at least, there’d be a profound divide between the reds and the blues, that the blues would have more mass but the reds would be “on top” and dominating, and that the whole mess would be presided over by an anus-mouthed monster? I mean, who knew?
July 9th, 2020 at 7:15 pm
The perspective on the “box” makes no sense but it’s not like anyone but us GSS obsessives is going to notice.
July 10th, 2020 at 1:00 am
@BC: Only the Unknown Artist! Got the hand size all wrong, though.
@FB: Maybe friends come in tesseract boxes.
@Bruce: I have recieved a spiffy new mask from a friend and now Mr. xn can have exclusive use of the Star Wars one. They both fit normally, though. And thankfully I live in an area where masks are both required and one still gets glares if you’re walking around without at least a bandana or a cut-up t-shirt over your nose and mouth.
Back when it was cold, I did see people with scarves and one woman with an oversized turtleneck pulled up, but the goofiest thing I’ve espied recently is a man wearing a tube sock cut into one.
The Muslim ladies were already equipped for this, of course — they just toss the end of their headscarves over their faces and thus look ever so stylish and color-coordinated. And the ladies in salwar kameez are already matching-scarf-equipped. I always feel like a slob around them all in the grocery stores.
(Props to spell check knowing “salwar kameez”, BTW)
July 10th, 2020 at 5:28 am
@fred: Bones, are you telling me they’ve stolen Spock’s brain _again_?
“First ve infuse der brain with der tangy flavor of Mountain Dew Voltage.”
July 10th, 2020 at 2:24 pm
@ 7. Bruce – Yup. Civilizations in hollow asteroids gotta function.
The first and only mandatory public health message to be viewed before attempting to consume a second Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. Not surprisingly this was seen as a challenge and not a warning, and resulted in a decades long Galactic recession caused by a decades long Galactic hangover.
July 10th, 2020 at 9:22 pm
@fred, Bruce — excellent references.
I can HEAR… Bruce’s quote… inShatner’sstyle.
July 12th, 2020 at 11:02 pm
@Fred: I’m sure a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster should only have an olive in it, not a whole brain.
June 14th, 2022 at 1:11 pm
Rumor has it that Scotland Yard kept a dossier on EVERY SINGLE PERSON who voluntarily bought the book with that cover. Just in case.
June 14th, 2022 at 10:47 pm
@ARY: Normally I’d consider that massive police overreach, but in this case, I think it’s a good idea.
@BC (4): still impressed with that perfect metaphor!
(And still depressed that when I go out today, I have to wear a mask.)
June 15th, 2022 at 4:08 am
Don’t think Malvina Reynolds would mind…
Friends Come In Boxes by Michael Coney
Michael Coney of Mirror Image
Friends Come in Boxes, goofy cover
Goofy cover, weird book name
Aaaaand there’s pink brains and there’s blue brains
In a jar with a bit of crickle crackle
Held by strange guy with red gloved hands
Wearin’ mirrored glasses frames
And the fans here at Good Show Sir
Enjoy making jokes and parodies
Goofy cover, Friends Come in Boxes
Gets belated and dubious fame
June 15th, 2022 at 11:03 pm
@Emster: if ever a cover deserved “ticky-tacky”, this is it.
June 16th, 2022 at 2:03 pm
@emster: GSS.