What, no takers? Are you all that blind?

/methinks I hear crickets now :-(

Oh well, sometimes they stick to the wall, sometimes they don't. :-)

Answer to question 1: In American pop-culture, the comic device of crickets chirping is used to show when a person performing on stage before an audience is "bombing"/"flopping"/ failing miserably. It means that there is no laughter, no response, the audience is dead, the allusion is that the person is in an empty parking lot, usually at night. If memory serves me, (which it usually spills soup in my lap, and shall get no tip...) this device is/was used in cartoons.

Google-fu to the rescue!

Daffy Duck's trained pigeon act and complicated tap dance number is answered by nothing but crickets chirping in the audience, while Bugs' simple song-and-dance numbers brings wild applause.

[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daffy_Duck"|(See paragraph entitled Jones' Daffy)]

Anyway, after that whole "spoof" thread debacle and the "whoosh", I kinda figgered turnabout was fair play.

<shrug>

Takes all the fun out of it.

Still....

neener, neener, neeeeeeeener! :-)

Post #295,897 by CRConrad 11/11/07 5:32:26 AM Reply	What, no takers? Are you all that blind? Isn't there a single one of you that sees the link between Meerkat's post and the [link\|http://www.eatliver.com/i.php?n=2290\|Best graffiti] page? Come on! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #295,898 by imqwerky 11/11/07 8:28:05 AM Reply	<chirp...chirp...chirp> Smile, Amy
Post #295,909 by CRConrad 11/11/07 1:57:38 PM Reply	Is that the sound they made? Sorry, I can't remember.
Post #295,911 by Another Scott 11/11/07 2:17:14 PM Reply	Have you been drinking again? :-) It was Wade who posted the [link\|http://eatliver.com/i.php?n=2542\|hard drive] link, not Meerkat. Are you talking about Meerkat's [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=295834\|Atari Fame] post? There are no linkies there. No, I don't see the link between the graffiti and the HD ad. You're being too obscure for me. Watchoo you talkin' 'bout, Willis? Bring out the dissection tools! Cheers, Scott. (Who wonders how long this thread can be drawn out. :-)
Post #295,912 by CRConrad 11/11/07 2:21:23 PM Reply	The link is between Meerkat's "Atari" post and the graffiti.
Post #295,915 by Another Scott 11/11/07 2:27:51 PM Reply	The 8th Graffiti picture?
Post #295,920 by CRConrad 11/11/07 3:08:37 PM Reply	Yup. Scroll down for answer. An elevator button (Otis, I think -- our elevator has similar buttons) doing service as the spaceship in arcade game classic, "Atari Asteroids". (Now it only remains to find out if the game used to go "chirp", or if Amy is thinking of something else altogether -- tweetybirds, crickets, other Critters...? :-) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #295,932 by imqwerky 11/11/07 8:41:55 PM Reply	Now I get to be snarky with you, Christian :0) And give you a big, fat WHOOSH! The sound of crickets chirping is a diss. Like when a stand-up comic is bombing big time. But you know I only diss with love :-) Smile, Amy
Post #295,951 by CRConrad 11/12/07 2:59:49 AM Reply	Is it? Interesting, I didn't know that. Wonder why? As in, Why does it mean that?, and Why would you do that? [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #295,954 by imqwerky 11/12/07 7:16:15 AM Reply	Answer # 2: It. was. a. joke. /methinks I hear crickets now :-( Oh well, sometimes they stick to the wall, sometimes they don't. :-) Answer to question 1: In American pop-culture, the comic device of crickets chirping is used to show when a person performing on stage before an audience is "bombing"/"flopping"/ failing miserably. It means that there is no laughter, no response, the audience is dead, the allusion is that the person is in an empty parking lot, usually at night. If memory serves me, (which it usually spills soup in my lap, and shall get no tip...) this device is/was used in cartoons. Google-fu to the rescue! Daffy Duck's trained pigeon act and complicated tap dance number is answered by nothing but crickets chirping in the audience, while Bugs' simple song-and-dance numbers brings wild applause. [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daffy_Duck"\|(See paragraph entitled Jones' Daffy)] Anyway, after that whole "spoof" thread debacle and the "whoosh", I kinda figgered turnabout was fair play. <shrug> Takes all the fun out of it. Still.... neener, neener, neeeeeeeener! :-) Smile, Amy
Post #295,962 by CRConrad 11/12/07 8:27:25 AM Reply	Ah, OK, now I get it. Great, thanks!
Post #295,913 by CRConrad 11/11/07 2:22:06 PM Reply	And here's your hint, over there (in red). HTH! -->
Post #295,916 by Another Scott 11/11/07 2:28:49 PM Reply	NT? <blank look> <Whoosh!>
Post #295,918 by CRConrad 11/11/07 2:47:32 PM Reply	Yup - it's the only graffito without any text. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #295,922 by Another Scott 11/11/07 4:47:36 PM Reply	D'Oh! :-)

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