Gunn had a scythe. Maybe his dad is Gunn.
My food is problematic.
River ,'The Message'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2006 9:51:15 am PST #5582 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 22, 2006 9:51:24 am PST #5583 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
tommyrot's dad is the Grim Reaper!!! Don't let him touch you!
Or he's Buffy, which is possibly even weirder.
DXMachina - Mar 22, 2006 9:51:40 am PST #5584 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I have no quarrel with the scythe. Knives and swords, though, are just two points on the same edged weapon continuum.
Aims - Mar 22, 2006 9:52:16 am PST #5585 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
tommyrot's dad is Gunn! TAKE HIS SHIRT OFF! Let him touch me!
tommyrot - Mar 22, 2006 9:54:00 am PST #5586 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Heh. Scything was reserved for special occasions. The swather is far more efficient. Although I can't see the Grim Reaper driving one....
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2006 9:54:12 am PST #5587 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Knives and swords, though, are just two points on the same edged weapon continuum.
I can argue for them separately--if the knife isn't used as a weapon and the sword is. Still, there needs to be room for the printing press. I'd happily lose the telescope for it, myself.
Gudanov - Mar 22, 2006 9:54:40 am PST #5588 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
A letter from one of Missouri's reps on the issue of banning public health clinics from providing contraception to women unable to afford it.
It's just....wow.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2006 9:54:57 am PST #5589 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And...the harness is a tool, but the wheel isn't?
Fred Pete - Mar 22, 2006 9:59:19 am PST #5590 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
A letter from one of Missouri's reps on the issue of banning public health clinics from providing contraception to women unable to afford it.
Which, in connection with the other conversation going on, takes us to one of the least useful tools of our time.
Nutty - Mar 22, 2006 10:02:58 am PST #5591 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Right. It seems like they were very haphazard in classing objects. Personally, I think once you've invented the knife, you've invented the edged weapon -- it just requires some left-handed thinking with an object you've already got, rather than inventing a new object. The needle and scythe are just specialized instantiations of the sharpened edge.
I imagine they chose the harness because it symbolizes agriculture, and because harnessed plow-animals were in use before the wheel was necessarily at issue. But, that doesn't mean the wheel isn't significant.