Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 30, 2013
October 29, 2013
October 31, 2013
Transcript:
Mom: Those are the very best Halloween bat cupcakes I'v ever seen, Alice! Smile, and I'll take your picture! Camera: CLICK Mom: Well, darn! I got icing on the lens! Alice: I think the icing's contagious.
That’s the kind of deliberately fogged shot that was favored during one phase of the skin-magazine business. Not that Madeline would know about such matters….
If you can stand another sermon/history lesson – at one time All Hallows Eve (Halloween) was a church holiday. As far back as the Middle Ages, Europe was so crowded bodies were buried only long enough for the flesh to rot off the bones, which were then dug up and stacked in a Carnal House. On the day before All Hallows Day (also known as All Saints Day) the bones were brought out and burned. Because Christians have no reason to fear death or Satan, the church encouraged people to “spite the devil” by dressing up and making fun of him. The day is not Satanic, it is entirely anti-Satanic, if you will.
Actually Mom all of the big high fashion photographers smear their lens with icing. It gives the pictures that fuzzy artsy-fartsy look. Most use a nice cream cheese icing but the chocolate works for a darker Halloween feeling.
margueritem about 11 years ago
It appears that way.
Linux0s about 11 years ago
Kinda makes the picture.
Riff Gibson Premium Member about 11 years ago
New Instagram filter: Bat icing …
puddlesplatt about 11 years ago
always fun to read…Thank you!
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
That’s the kind of deliberately fogged shot that was favored during one phase of the skin-magazine business. Not that Madeline would know about such matters….
QuiteDragon about 11 years ago
And why wouldn’t he? Fun, kids, kids having fun. It’s a wonder “He” doesn’t fry ’em in the street as they laugh and shriek with joy.
Dani Rice about 11 years ago
If you can stand another sermon/history lesson – at one time All Hallows Eve (Halloween) was a church holiday. As far back as the Middle Ages, Europe was so crowded bodies were buried only long enough for the flesh to rot off the bones, which were then dug up and stacked in a Carnal House. On the day before All Hallows Day (also known as All Saints Day) the bones were brought out and burned. Because Christians have no reason to fear death or Satan, the church encouraged people to “spite the devil” by dressing up and making fun of him. The day is not Satanic, it is entirely anti-Satanic, if you will.
Aaron Saltzer about 11 years ago
Pig. Haha
pnorman1 about 11 years ago
Actually Mom all of the big high fashion photographers smear their lens with icing. It gives the pictures that fuzzy artsy-fartsy look. Most use a nice cream cheese icing but the chocolate works for a darker Halloween feeling.