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There was this ... disease that the clacksmen got. [Jun. 18th, 2005|10:36 am]
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Somehow this idea came up during a conversation with Romanilily last night... I don't know exactly how (I never do, after this sort of conversation) but it was enough to make me laugh like a madwoman for about ten minutes. (Good exercise, that.) It's How To Dress Up Like a Clacks Tower for Halloween. See, each finger is connected to a little wire that operates one of the shutters so you can wiggle them around and spell out messages and stuff. And, see, the cunning wrap-around strappy overall thing looks cunningly like the scaffoldy part of the tower! It could work, you know, it really could work.

So the scene on Halloween would go like this:
KIDS: [ring the doorbell] Trick or Treat!
YOU: [open the door (somehow) in your clacksy glory]
KIDS: [dumbfounded]
YOU: [grin madly and wiggle your fingers in complicated patterns]
SHUTTER ARRAY: Clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack.
SMALL CHILD: [starts to cry]

I'm not going to try it, though, because I have little mechanical aptitude and it would be very hard to ride a bus with that thing on.
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[User Picture]From: [info]lync180
2005-06-18 06:28 pm (UTC)

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ahahahaha... mental image.....awesome.
[User Picture]From: [info]bananabasket
2005-06-18 06:48 pm (UTC)

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LOL! That is so brilliant!

"YOU: [grin madly and wiggle your fingers in complicated patterns]
SHUTTER ARRAY: Clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack.
SMALL CHILD: [starts to cry]"
[User Picture]From: [info]anathelen
2005-06-18 11:31 pm (UTC)

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That is epic in all senses of the word.
From: (Anonymous)
2005-06-19 07:04 am (UTC)

Really

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I think this is the funniest thing I've ever seen you do.
[User Picture]From: [info]thorn_of_blood
2005-06-19 10:35 am (UTC)

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Yup, that fact that you even thought of that shows how obsessed you are, great picture though.
[User Picture]From: [info]salamandersoup
2005-06-19 04:03 pm (UTC)

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That is most excellent!


Heh, and not only do the overalls look like scaffolding, they also look like a sort of full body Chinese finger trap.
From: [info]gabbysun
2005-06-27 11:05 pm (UTC)

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I actually just burst out laughing, which I never do.

*adds to memories*
From: [info]lyshigz1989
2005-08-19 07:20 pm (UTC)

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Twirly, despite all of your noodley awesomeness, I must say this... you are a loonatic.
[User Picture]From: [info]blueyeti
2005-10-31 05:55 am (UTC)

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Oh, if only Australia really did Halloween, and I had the patience for making something like this. If I ever make it to a really cool Discworld convention, however...
[User Picture]From: [info]lady_twatterby
2005-10-31 10:47 am (UTC)

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If I wasn't going to be Margolotta, I'd definately force someone to build that for me..! Brilliant.