Comments on: I Want One of These.

By: What’s Up With Me and Tentacles? | The Brain of Shawn

What’s Up With Me and Tentacles? | The Brain of Shawn — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:49:15 +0000

[...] Want! This isn’t the first time I’ve been interested in tentacular fodder. Perhaps I have some deeper issues… Digg [...]

By: Tania

Tania — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:51:33 +0000

Hey, Halloween goes to whole ‘nother level in our house. And some of my former workplaces. One boss would call a staff meeting in August so we could plan our Halloween costumes and office decorations.

By: Shawn Powers

Shawn Powers — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:30:15 +0000

I love that show too, Anne. It’s one of my favorites. I think my favorite segment is “scenes from a hat”, or the props one you mentioned.

I think I’d personally enjoy the segments when they do voiceovers for old movies. I tend to do that anyway, especially if the TV is muted. My family has varying levels of tolerance with that game…

By: Anne C.

Anne C. — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:20:57 +0000

Jim’s list of ideas reminds me of that segment on Whose Line Is It, Anyway, where they have wierd props that they have to invent uses for.
I love that show.

By: Janiece

Janiece — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:04:18 +0000

Halloween…with tentacles.

By: MWT

MWT — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:51:14 +0000

Man… the things I miss by having to untangle a Matlab collision all afternoon. Which didn’t involve any tentacles, alas, but did involve unix ignoring my repeated kill commands.

I do find it amusing that Tania’s list of social occasions doesn’t include Halloween.

By: Jim Wright

Jim Wright — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:13:16 +0000

I just saw MWT, I think. He went that way ->

By: Janiece

Janiece — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:54:07 +0000

I hijacked™ MWT with the promise of tentacle arms. Bwahahahaha!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:40:12 +0000

This is strange. MWT said I should meet him behind Shawn’s Blog but he didn’t show up. Guess I get to keep my lunch money today.

By: Jim Wright

Jim Wright — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:12:34 +0000

One more; Buy two, put on your arms. Do a Linux Journal podcast review of the Panasonic Toughbook, the one that’s supposed to be waterproof…

By: Jim Wright

Jim Wright — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:09:34 +0000

Leave one hanging out of the trunk on your car…

Curl it up, put it in a big jar, place in a prominent place in the fridge, suckers out, about eye level - do this the next time you have house guests…

Explain to your child how if she doesn’t behave, you’ll summon the ’squid of doom’ - then hide in the bushes and wave it outside her window right before bed time…

Buy a cat sized pet carrier, leave the tentacle hanging out the door. Pour a bottle of water over your head, and some in the pet carrier, so that you and it are dripping. Go sit in the waiting area of your local veterinarian.

Open your water well cap, put the tentacle inside. Recap. Call that plumber who tried to screw you on the new well pump…
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Anybody remember that scene in Better Off Dead where Lane Meyers’ (John Cusack) mom is cooking in the background and there’s a pot of waving claws and tentacles on the stove - no explanation, it’s just there? God, I love that movie.

By: Tania

Tania — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:45:01 +0000

I know how this would play out in my house - the husband and I would get sets for both arms, and wear them to some family event (Thanksgivving, Christmas, Birthday Party, whatever), and have a blast. His family would not get it. We’d probably get into slap-fight with them, because it looks like you could and it’d be funny.

My friends would laugh, and ask if we were getting ready to film amateur hentai. His friends would say “Your wife’s into some weird stuff, isn’t she.”

Oh, but I want some. Maybe even extras to put on a harness so it’d look like I had 4 or 6 tentacles coming from my upper body.

By: Jim Wright

Jim Wright — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:19:46 +0000

Eh, cute, but why

If you have to ask, you wouldn’t understand the answer. Just saying.

You know what would be funny? Convincing the Speaker of the House to wear one - during the next state of the Union address. Of course, Pelosi doesn’t seem to have much of a sense of humor. Damn, where’s Tip O’neill when you need him?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:35:21 +0000

My wife did have a similar reaction. It was more bewilderment than concern. My response, I suppose, is that it would be different. I like different. And this is very, very different.

And I kinda want a duct tape claw. You should have your sons post a how-to.

By: Jeri

Jeri — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:30:07 +0000

My sons would wear them all the time; they used to make huge claws of duct tape and wear them around the houe. I, however, have the mom/SO reaction of “Eh, cute, but why?”