In response to the Monkey Knife Fight graphic that I posted along with my original announcement about Blogstravaganza (it’s the one pictured above), Damian”Babbling Brooks” Brooks wrote in the comments to Bob “Let it Bleed” Tarantino’s blog:
OK, the monkeys going all Jets-and-Sharks doesn’t bug me. Batmanstanding over the little guy like that is a bit off-putting. But the
Wonder Twins swapping spit in the back? Ewwwww.
I pointed him to this Penny Arcade comic (click to see it at full size):
All this reminds me of a story which in turn reminds me of another story.
About a month or so back, I was in a conversation with a group of programmers when one posed a hypothetical business model question that started with “Is it evil if…”
Reg, one of the programmers and an all-round astute guy, jumped in before the guy asking the question could finish: “You know, if you have to ask, it probably is.”
What I decided not to bring up at that point is that I remembered once, back at Crazy Go Nuts University when someone asked me “Hey, Joey, is it, uh, incest if…if I…”
“You know, even though you haven’t finished,” I replied, “I’m gonna go with ‘yes’.”
I’m full of stories. Wanna hear some? Come to Blogstravaganza tonight!
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Which, in turn, reminds me of some nasty sessions of “Would you rather…” at CGNU.