New Bill Wurtz - just when we need it! (spoiler: NOT a GH cover.)
Thatâs what I mean by layers! It makes me grin by how brilliant this whoe thing is. Most amazing epitaph design ever.
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Yes, this is a real movie.
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If thatâs an example of the Illuminati race (if there is such a thing), they look pissed-off to the max.
If itâs not, the above still applies.
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We used to make fun of this one when it first went into reruns (although I probably did watch the originals in 1968 but was too young to remember):
ZOMG, itâs like a skinny variant of Uncle Fester - think about it, LOL!
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One of my kids used to do that with the same sort of âdevelopmental toyâ. Drove me just about as nuts. But really, itâs like an exercise my 5th grade math teacher had us do, where we were paired up and took turns being the director and the actor, with explicit instructions that we couldnât cheat, but if there was a way to honestly do the âwrongâ thing because the director was giving non-specific instructions, well, we were to do that. The point was to learn how precise one has to be in math, logic, etc. Clearly, the creators of this toy did not have enough people play around with it first, so that they could see how easily the slots could be repurposed.
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Hereâs an example to show what I mean. There were harder problems too, but this is a very basic one that gets the idea across:
- The director would have to get the actor to draw a square. If they didnât specify exactly which direction to draw the next line segment, or at what length or angle, well, it wasnât going to look like a square at the end.
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I was fond of the âMake A Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwichâ task.
I remember being the only one in my class to produce a full sandwich. I took the time to figure out how each of my instructions could be willfully manipulated.
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Itâs a life lesson Iâve never forgotten.
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I had a friend who had to create a sample online course for a job interview. She made a wonderful PowerPoint deck on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
On a related note, when I had a food blog I found that my tech writing skills really gave me an edge in writing good recipe instructions.
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I had this peg toy as a kid. It had a metal flap on the bottom so the pegs could go only one way. I used the handle of the mallet to pry open the flap and push the pegs in the opposite direction. Toys teach revolution.
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I remember that toy! I had a younger brother who had toys (I didnât) so I didnât really play with it, but I recognize it after all these years!
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I could never make sense of that task except to make a joke of it. Thereâs no context so I treat it like a bullshit task and write half a page of document control information before I even start.
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I shouldnât laugh, really.
Releasing a bird back into the wild.
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Ah, the beauty of nature!
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Metaphor for so many things.
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