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Lauren (Sugar & Snark)
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Jan 04, 2013 05:40AM
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Why is the guy wearing the hot pink trim? If he is gay or if it is part of a uniform than it is not really silly.
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This would count right? Who wears a fanny pack? Or for that matter a neon one, and not to mention the matching visor?
If so maybe some of you can use it :)
Wouldn't the hot pink shoes be silly in themselves because of the colour, especially since a male character is wearing them? Maybe he's wearing them specifically because they are silly, in a fun kind of way. And such flamboyant clothing isn't standard for gay men.Unless something is totally ludicrous, a lot of personal interpretation goes into something being silly. I would find hot pink shoes on a man a bit silly (that's biased, I know), while I think the flying/inventor's goggles on the sexy chick from Emma's cover look pretty cool. They may not serve any purpose, but most accessories are purely decorative, even if they were initially meant to be fictional. Some people wear sweatbands and expensive sports shoes without ever playing sports, wear sunglasses indoors, wear belts that don't hold up or tighten anything, and wear scarves in summer, but that's all considered pretty normal by most people, or at least by fashion.
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I am not so sure about the fanny pack though. I mean it is kind of standard equipment for people who are on holiday/tourists and/or older people. I would want to know more.
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The kid wears them ALL the time.
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2/5"
Just a reminder that a have been requested to list the actual books we read as some of us caused confusion last round. Yes, I am guilty of that...
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The kid wears them ALL the time."
I would agree and they later change to pink which is weirder to me!
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Maybe I see a lot more tourists but I have seen fanny packs in all kinds of colours from plain black to neon to golden and with cristals on them and all kinds of pictures. It takes a lot for me to find a fanny pack silly. When I was in Kusadase which is a Turkisch coast town that is frequented by cruiseships you should have seen the fanny packs worn by the American tourists. It was amazing. :)
But we have found another silly accessory in that book so it is a mute discussion. However if the majority finds the fanny pack silly I am willing to allow it. I will bow to peer pressure, but just this once. :P
Seeing as I also read Hopeless last night, I thought id also use it for number 9. Thanks Lauren ;-)Finished N0 9
Hopeless
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@Lu~ I have no idea where you would even buy one!
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Maybe we've stumbled on a cultural difference. Cool!
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Has anyone else come across one since the 80's?
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Maybe we've stumbled on a cultural difference. Cool!"
I think you might be able to find a sedate leather one in a luggage shop but definitely not in a department store and trust me of there is one thing I know it is shopping! I think we have found a cultural difference :)
I've seen a few fanny packs (does anyone remember calling them moon bags? That's what I knew them as in primary school), but only on people at bazaars, fetes, markets, etc. who were running stalls and using them to keep their money.There probably are a few tourists who use them, but it's certainly not the norm. I get the impression that fanny packs are a joke now - it's really dorky/unfashionable. I wouldn't know where to buy one either; I'd have to scratch around in the dusty corner of a luggage shop!
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I cant even say the word fanny pack without giggling, fanny in England certainly doesnt mean your bottom.
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8) Read a novel about a curse.READ
I think I might have stumbled across a novel about a curse, with a silly accessory that is used for an unusual form of travel. But just to be sure....I'm reading Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt. The main character kills a badger who happens to be a god in disguise, and in doing so he inherits a cursed ring and a magic chainmail cap thingy called a Tarnhelm.
Would you consider the Tarnhelm a silly accessory? No one wears chainmail caps, and the protagonist doesn't need it as armour. Because it's so weird, he uses its magic to make it invisible so no one sees him wearing it.
Among other things, the Tarnhelm has travel powers - he just has to think about where he wants to be, and the Tarnhelm transports him immediately. Would you consider this unusual?
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The transporting that the Transhelm does, is instantaneous? Because if it is, it is not a question off whether or not it is unusual. If it is instantaneous it isn't travel. Earlier I said no to portals that transport you to another world. Travel means being on the road (or in the air etc) for a while to get to your destination. Not getting there in the blink of an eye.
It's hard to say; I'm only on page 46. So far, it's only been described as "a trifle eccentric". It also has a clasp in the shape of a crouching gnome. It's an artefact from Norse mythology, so it probably isn't silly to the Norse gods and other beings. However, this is supposed to be a funny book, and the cap is being used by a normal human being who would prefer not to be seen wearing it because it looks rather odd.
The Tarnhelm transports you instantaneously :(
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It's an artefact from Norse mythology, so it..."
It does sound more and more like a silly item so you can use it. :)
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Total 1/5
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I've finished Expecting Someone Taller for task 9.Total:1/5
By the way, if anyone plans to read this for the curse task, since I mentioned that there was a curse involved, please note that it won't work because although there's a cursed ring that is central to the plot, its curse doesn't affect the main character or the plot.
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The werewolves have to be a part in the story. They don't have to be the central focus or main character of the story but they have to be an established part of the society in which the story takes part and somehow have something to do with the plot. They or it (if there is one prominent werewolf) have to play a big enough part not just one or two scenes.
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In the books the unusal travel is the dirigible, the ornicopter/helicopter thingy (but not a regular helicopter) and the hot air balloons. Since these were the examples they are things that would count anyway.
I want to define unusual as something we don't use or have (unless it is so common in fictional stories that it is weird we haven't figured out a way to do it yet like brooms :P ), something only used by a very small number of people (yes that would mean the dogsleds are in even though I said otherwise before but that was about non-fiction anyway) or something that usually isn't used as a means to travel but as a hobby (like using your skateboard to get from Paris to Beijing). Travel also means that it takes you a while to get from a to b so all instantaneous transportation, portals or magic items that take you there in a blink of an eye are out.
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You know portals are so common in fantasy, there is hardly anything unusual about them. :)
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You're welcome.
You can always submit a book and I will research it to see if it counts.
Thanks guys. Not sure what to read now ;-)
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