Mermaid Makeovers
Sam's pretty cheerful today. He spent the weekend at a big ol' fancy southern wedding down in South Carolina, to which he got to drive his new used car. The child got dragged off to the allergist yesterday, and we discovered that All Is Well and we can leave the medications as they are, for a while at least. Today Sam's planning on pruning the medieval roses and the medieval apple trees, and he loves the garden. And also today he had the opportunity of coming downstairs and discombobulating me by telling me he'd heard on the news that the Danes, who normally are pretty sane as far as the humans go, have decided to revamp The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen harbor, by giving her breast implants and reducing her waist.
Well, he had me going there, but I googled it, and there's nothing out there. So I don't believe it.
He's out there all cheerful in the cold now, dragging around plant pieces. I gotta get out of here before he thinks up something else.
The corrections for the "Swirl Pullover" are marvelous. Very precise, very clear. So if you've bought the pattern and don't have the corrections, do write the company and ask for them (the address is on the bottom of the pattern). It'll be a lot more entertaining than trying to figure the sweater out for yourself. And this is indeed an entertaining sweater to knit. It's unlike anything you've ever done, I bet. Unless you've been knitting teacups and boats out of Unexpected Knitting, in which case you won't be so impressed.
I'm sorry to tell you that the winner of the "Britain's Best Sitcom" contest was NOT "Blackadder," which came in second (I only voted once, that's the problem, I figure), but "Only Fools and Horses." They must have had a cunning plan. Here -- comfort yourself by visiting Blackadder Hall.
On the other hand, the Little Mermaid is probably NOT undergoing plastic surgery. European culture, marching on.
UPDATE! UPDATE!
Many thanks to fellow Pittsblogger Cindy at My Brilliant Mistakes, for informing us that though the Danes aren't -- so far -- planning mermaid plastic surgery, the Poles are, on account of the heraldic mermaid of Ustka is not comely enough. Here's a picture, though since there's no Polish at me, I can't tell you if this is the first mermaid or the fixed mermaid. Either way, I think she looks just fine, what I can see of her. Of great interest to me is that Warsaw's apparently already messed with its own merperson, having given it a COMPLETE makeover, including a sex change. I don't know what she looked like when she was male, but she's quite fetching now. I'd be (mildly) interested to know if civic merpeople all over Europe are in danger of getting messed with, or if this is just something that goes on in Poland. But really. I have to go to work now. Lunch is over.
FURTHER RESEARCH!
Oh, all right, all right.
Poole's mermaid has been modernized, though exactly how is not stated in the source I hit.
The Germans apparently often use the mellusine, a two-tailed mermaid -- whether or not they drag them around and perform surgery is not clear.
Luxembourg's been having heraldic difficulties, and in 1948 a new crest was proposed, which included a mermaid, but they didn't accept it. So it exists, cause somebody made it, but it doesn't count. Which I think is sorta like messing with it.
Apparently several towns on the coast of Brittany have mermaid crests, too, but the link wouldn't work, and so I can't speak as to whether or not these mermaids have been being Harrassed.
Nevertheless. I have to leave you now, really, no kidding, but I think it's pretty clear. Civic Merpeople are Unsafe In Europe.
I won't EVEN get into the family crests, and the crests created for the realms of the SCA. I think I just don't want to know.
Oh, and by the way. The Danish Little Mermaid might not be in danger of plastic surgery inflicted by the civic leaders, but she's all the time in trouble, too. She's at various times had her head lobbed off, her limbs lobbed off, her skin covered with graffiti -- no peace. No peace at all.
I think they should organize.
Well, he had me going there, but I googled it, and there's nothing out there. So I don't believe it.
He's out there all cheerful in the cold now, dragging around plant pieces. I gotta get out of here before he thinks up something else.
The corrections for the "Swirl Pullover" are marvelous. Very precise, very clear. So if you've bought the pattern and don't have the corrections, do write the company and ask for them (the address is on the bottom of the pattern). It'll be a lot more entertaining than trying to figure the sweater out for yourself. And this is indeed an entertaining sweater to knit. It's unlike anything you've ever done, I bet. Unless you've been knitting teacups and boats out of Unexpected Knitting, in which case you won't be so impressed.
I'm sorry to tell you that the winner of the "Britain's Best Sitcom" contest was NOT "Blackadder," which came in second (I only voted once, that's the problem, I figure), but "Only Fools and Horses." They must have had a cunning plan. Here -- comfort yourself by visiting Blackadder Hall.
On the other hand, the Little Mermaid is probably NOT undergoing plastic surgery. European culture, marching on.
UPDATE! UPDATE!
Many thanks to fellow Pittsblogger Cindy at My Brilliant Mistakes, for informing us that though the Danes aren't -- so far -- planning mermaid plastic surgery, the Poles are, on account of the heraldic mermaid of Ustka is not comely enough. Here's a picture, though since there's no Polish at me, I can't tell you if this is the first mermaid or the fixed mermaid. Either way, I think she looks just fine, what I can see of her. Of great interest to me is that Warsaw's apparently already messed with its own merperson, having given it a COMPLETE makeover, including a sex change. I don't know what she looked like when she was male, but she's quite fetching now. I'd be (mildly) interested to know if civic merpeople all over Europe are in danger of getting messed with, or if this is just something that goes on in Poland. But really. I have to go to work now. Lunch is over.
FURTHER RESEARCH!
Oh, all right, all right.
Poole's mermaid has been modernized, though exactly how is not stated in the source I hit.
The Germans apparently often use the mellusine, a two-tailed mermaid -- whether or not they drag them around and perform surgery is not clear.
Luxembourg's been having heraldic difficulties, and in 1948 a new crest was proposed, which included a mermaid, but they didn't accept it. So it exists, cause somebody made it, but it doesn't count. Which I think is sorta like messing with it.
Apparently several towns on the coast of Brittany have mermaid crests, too, but the link wouldn't work, and so I can't speak as to whether or not these mermaids have been being Harrassed.
Nevertheless. I have to leave you now, really, no kidding, but I think it's pretty clear. Civic Merpeople are Unsafe In Europe.
I won't EVEN get into the family crests, and the crests created for the realms of the SCA. I think I just don't want to know.
Oh, and by the way. The Danish Little Mermaid might not be in danger of plastic surgery inflicted by the civic leaders, but she's all the time in trouble, too. She's at various times had her head lobbed off, her limbs lobbed off, her skin covered with graffiti -- no peace. No peace at all.
I think they should organize.
<< Home