Indeed it does, stupidly-named person! Indeed it does! Further then, onwards, upstream against the rushing torrents of time...
Now the character depicted is a big dummy, but let us not discount his pernicious influence on the big dummies reading him.
Indeed.
ReplyDeleteThe Thing's pernicious influence should never be marked down.
Indeed it does, stupidly-named person!
Not going to throw a stone, meself (IF that is my real name!).
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Ok, I am far from anything close to familiarity with the superhero menagerie, and in most cases, that's fine, as I've always found superheroes to be an annoying conceit. But in this case, I gotta know.
ReplyDeleteWhat is that dood supposed to be? I mean, doesn't he get that he's supposed to wear tights, underpants on the OUTSIDE, a cape and some kind of mask? What is his suit made of? Rocks? Poo? What power is he supposed to have? Sinks quickly to the bottom of any body of water? Can break off his elbow and chuck it at his enemy?
He actually looks more like a perambulating turd than that southpark christmas poo. That is, to the extent poo can have arms and legs. Um. And wear boxer briefs...
The Thing's just strong. It's an example, though, of the Marvel simpleton's psychology: he's got this great power but it's turned him into a disgusting pile of orange rocks and he spends the rest of his comic-book life agonizing over that and smashing things. Also it was someone else's fault that he got that way.
ReplyDeleteKind of a neocon metaphor I guess.
Don't be fooled by the rocks that he's got…
ReplyDeleteYou'd think the attribute of never being soft would be attractive to SOME....
ReplyDeleteThing about a big dood made entirely of Rocks?
ReplyDeleteNeeds more roll. A LOT more roll.
7 Mary 3? Can you help us with this?
it's turned him into a disgusting pile of orange rocks
ReplyDeleteThey're not blinking or anything so it could be worse.
You'd think the attribute of never being soft would be attractive to SOME....
ReplyDeleteI bet he's called his doctor every four hours since the transformation happened.
he spends the rest of his comic-book life agonizing over that and smashing things
ReplyDeleteFor a while he was smart enough to get himself a blind girlfriend, but apparently she still had her sense of touch.
Rock hard abs in only six weeks!
ReplyDeleteThere is no one better at hiding in piles of bricks.
ReplyDeleteThe Thing--made of rocks, bricks, or oyster crackers?
ReplyDeleteThe blatant lack of cedilla in the rant about French is just marvelous. Who knew they harboured such an anti-diacritical bias?
ReplyDeletediacritical thinking is not their strong suit
ReplyDeleteyeah, sez you, but we've got kaopectate...
ReplyDeleteCedilla is a Spanish word and no Frenchman should blah blah blah.
ReplyDeletewe've got kaopectate...
ReplyDeleteDoes that prevent diaeresis?
The blatant lack of cedilla in the rant about French is just marvelous.
ReplyDeleteThere's a passage from Locus Solus about typographical cedillas that is appropriate and relevant to everyone's interests, but I can't be arsed typing it in.
For a while he was smart enough to get himself a blind girlfriend, but apparently she still had her sense of touch.
ReplyDeletePoor dude, he couldn't help it if the bumps on his exoskeleton spelled out an obscenity in braille (or, in the spirit of the original post, brayle).
Has anyone considered the possibility that the Thing was trying to say "Walhalla", in expectation that the switch he was about to flick would kill them all?
ReplyDeleteOr it could be captioned "The Thing forgets to say Wakbar."
ReplyDeleteThe Thing--made of rocks, bricks, or oyster crackers?
ReplyDeleteThrow him in some chowdah and let's see if he softens up.