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For possibly the first time since early November of last year, I decided to pull out a few stops and have some fun today. I dug out what's quite possibly my most subversive outfit that I'm quite proud of, even though it gets me confused with Snow White: Electric blue above canary yellow. It's already been imaged here.

The good thing is that very few people "get it", and thus I got away this evening from dinner (1) not arrested and (2) not beaten up. I did explain it to one of the bartenders at my Monday place, "I like this outfit. It gives me the chance to flip off two dictators in one go."

It's nice to be high-functioning in a dumbed-down culture sometimes.

I also picked up a nice compliment on my lilac nail-varnish from the woman at the place where I had my taxes worked out (and I likely have to pay more than El Heffe and his pet muskrat combined) when I commented that if I'm in a really happy mood will paint my middle-finger nails red on the left hand and green on the right -- the way ships and aeroplanes are marked. It's astonishing how few folks actually know that. Now, few ever get to see a ship under way at night, but one only needs to look up in the sky at the wing-tips on aircraft at night (all of 'em -- helicopters, airships, and jets).

crfriend wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 12:28 am It's nice to be high-functioning in a dumbed-down culture sometimes.

I'll presume you refer to Stalin and Mussolini Carl?
However, I while I consider myself a lot less than dumb, I looked that up.
Two innocuous primary colours and two characters from our recent history.
The connection goes beyond cryptic into the bizarrely arcane.
The value of the intended satire is kind of lost if only one person on the whole damn planet actually "gets it".
You have more chance with the navigation light reference on your fingers though.
Steve.

STEVIE wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 12:59 amTwo innocuous primary colours and two characters from our recent history.

Ukraine. Look at the flag thereof.

The dictators are quite recent, too.

The connection goes beyond cryptic into the bizarrely arcane.
The value of the intended satire is kind of lost if only one person on the whole damn planet actually "gets it".

That's the whole point. People need to pay attention to the details -- for that's where the genius is.

You have more chance with the navigation light reference on your fingers though.

I've had to explain that to more than a few -- who at least exhibited curiosity and learned something. That counts for a whole lot in these here parts recently.

I got it.

I'm waiting eagerly for later in the spring, when the yellow rose and blue ceanothus in my garden will put up a Ukrainian flag display outside my kitchen window.

Very appropriate, Carl.

Here there are at least as many Ukrainian flags flying as green nowadays.

Tom

Kirbstone wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 8:24 pmHere there are at least as many Ukrainian flags flying as green nowadays.

Hilariously, that just brought back a wonderful memory of a small naval ship flying the orange, white, and green tricolour that was docked in Boston harbour a few years ago. I found myself wishing I had a few words of Gaelic to shout to the crew to welcome them to Boston.

But, yes, to actually wear the colours does give me the chance to flip off two dictators in one go. I rather relish that.