Paul Heslop wrote:
>
> elag wrote:
>
> > > :O) Richard seems to think with his feet, or his beard.
> >
> > We have one of his Virgin Megastores facing Union Square. It's
> > interesting in a spectacularly vugar way. It features a flashy hole
> > surrounded by concentric rings which occasionally belches smoke. Near
> > that is a digital "counter" which really counts nothing in particular;
> > the numbers in the middle tic by faster than those at either end. The
> > effect is something like: "Hey! Look over here! You can SHOP in here!"
> >
> >
> > Perhaps It's Branson's grand scale self portrait.
>
> :O) It would have to resemble his ass and a voice would be coming out of
> it. The name was great fun when it first hit the highstreet though, the
> thought of a superstore where Warlocks could pop in and get themselves a
> couple of virgins for sacrifice was too funny. Now things are not so
> subtle... now we have shop front displays with "FCUK!" in huge letters.
HEPL! Actually, my first thought upon seeing the big hole was of
Georges Bataille's "Solar Anus"... so it all sort of makes sense.
"...a six pack of virgins, a roll of friction tape and the soundtrack to
'The Wiz', please..."
>
> > > >
> > > > That's an awful lot of firepower... maybe it's just a touch of
> > > > arthritis... few raps with a hammer might cure it.
> > >
> > > It sounds heavy but nowadays VHS can be dirt cheap. It's made by sharp
> > > really don't build stuff like they used to.
> >
> > Someday soon people may be building temporary housing out of stacked VHS
> > tapes and furniture out of VCRs. I wonder if the Sheddi types might be interested.
>
> :O) We used to have a prog o ch4 where this guy went round skips (do
> they call those huge lozenge shaped bins skips over there?) collecting
> anything from furniture to cardboard tubes, which he would make better
> furniture out of. Basically you could refurnish your house for
> nothing... of course it would smell of cat pee and rotten vegetables.
I don't think the term "skips" is common hereabouts. I love using
re-usind refuse myself, but it has to pass the sniff test. My best find
was a coil of copper tubing that I use as a bin for firewood.
In fact my apartment is mainly furnished w/ rectified rubbish.
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