Spotty Logic ([info]spottylogic) wrote in [info]thrifthorror,
2007-05-12 09:06:00
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Dismemberment Extravaganza!

Champion of the broken! Defender of the Maimed! It's HandiCapable!

9-15-06handicapable2



I've had to come to the point of realization that just because something is broken, doesn't make it funny. Resin-cast statuettes break. They break muchly. However, if you put the broken resin-cast spandex-clad super-warrior on prominant display in the main window of the store, then you've got something.

9-15-06handicapable1

Lessee..."Right Hand Man?" "Monomano, the Maimed Warrior?" Did he get his super-powers...such as they are, a fly-away ponytail seems to be chief among them...after a freakish accident involving getting his sleeve caught in a copy machine? "I'm sorry...your cufflink's stuck...we'll have to amputate..."

Digging the goldfish-scale breastplate, BTW, but I bet the scale-mail skivvies chafe something awful.

I'm guessing this guy's either his ancient mentor, or archnemisis. Or possibly lover, I'm not one to judge.

9-17-06GWMetricwizard

"Believe in Miracles?" Huh. I'll work on it.



2-17-07gw2222girl

What kind of hellish Nursery of the Damned is it when the only toy a child has that isn't nailed down is her own right leg?!? Good lord, I thought mom was harsh when she wouldn't buy me a Nintendo, but I can see I got off easy.

5-1-07believeducksgwmet


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Believe in duck amputation. Believe that when the rapture comes, you better make sure BOTH your feet are sinless. Yeesh. I'm not going to think about which parts I might have to leave behind come judgment day. That's pretty scary.

I believe in partial duck rapture. But Unitarians will believe anything. I'm guessing this is prophesied in Paul's second letter to the Mallards, but I don't have the Catholic bible.

Believe ducks, Miracle Wizard found on Goodwill at Metric and 183, Austin--as was my new icon, taken from an "Avril!" child's keyboard from Italy. Yay! HandiCapable found at Thrift Town on Stassney and Manchaca, Austin, and the "Please buy me and reattach my leg" girl at the Goodwill on 2222 and Lamar, Austin.

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[info]romani123

May 12 2007, 14:34:22 UTC 5 years ago

Those are all bad!

[info]spottylogic

May 12 2007, 14:50:33 UTC 5 years ago

*nodnod* Yes!

[info]morty_baby

May 12 2007, 14:44:26 UTC 5 years ago

I believe that you have a theme going here. That's what I believe. And I may believe that I will have another beer. We won't discuss that it is 7:24 a.m. in my world.

That nursery kid of the damned don't have any damned arms, do she?

[info]spottylogic

May 12 2007, 14:49:39 UTC 5 years ago

I don't know how I missed her total lack of arms. That would have been a good discussion point. Sorry to hear about your enforced state of wakefulness, but if you moved to Texas you'd gain two hours.

[info]morty_baby

5 years ago

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[info]spottylogic

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[info]spottedhyena

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[info]fleacircus

May 12 2007, 15:46:19 UTC 5 years ago

That little girl looks so shocked.

[info]fletcher

May 12 2007, 15:59:39 UTC 5 years ago

your first picture is actually a statue of the Marvel comics version of Loki, the trickster god and arch-nemesis of Thor, God of Thunder. Also missing are his long, impractical horns, clearly snapped off by the mighty hammer Mjolnir (or your 3 year old nephew), and repairable only with the mighty adhesive Süperglü, assuming you can find the damn things, which you are POSITIVE you put in that little ceramic bowl on the entertainment center but they aren't there now, and what the hell was this screw for, you were saving it for something, and THAT'S where the nailclippers went! Well, now you have 3 of them.

[info]meepeek

May 12 2007, 18:20:55 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks. I knew I recognized him, but I couldn't place the damned thing.

[info]spottylogic

May 13 2007, 04:44:29 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks! I love it when these little mysteries get cleared up :)

[info]iamthemurderer

4 years ago

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[info]amurana

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[info]leikomgwtfbbq

May 12 2007, 16:48:14 UTC 5 years ago

"Believe in magic or I'll kill you!"

[info]meepeek

May 12 2007, 18:24:37 UTC 5 years ago

What is it that makes people think that giving things that are completely broken to a thrift store is a good idea?

"Well, this is completely useless now, and no one could possibly use it as a knick-knack, so I should throw it away, but.. no! There's the Goodwill. Surely someone who shops there will have a use for it." :P

I do like the broken Loki, though. I like to think that his various encounters thruout the Marvel universe have left him broken but still evil. :)

*eyes icons, determines that she doesn't have any Marvel icons, tsks at self, makes due with Sandman, wherein a different incarnation of Loki appeared*

[info]mercystars

May 12 2007, 19:07:19 UTC 5 years ago

I used to get irritated when people left their garbage at the Goodwill where I worked, literally bags of trash they were too lazy to drive the extra 3 miles to the dump. However, there were quite a few people who liked the broken things. Art students used them for projects, salvage people were always looking for broken things for "extra parts", and one family made tile and glass mosaic things, so they came in for ceramic and glass things. We kept the really trashed things just for them, and they'd offer us what they could for the lot, so it wasn't too bad.

But yeah, the bags of household garbage (and mattresses that NO ONE in their right mind would EVER TOUCH, let alone sleep on) really pissed me off.

[info]amurana

July 17 2007, 23:48:52 UTC 4 years ago

Actually, Neil is working with Marvel now. I know Sandman wasn't, but I'll still count it!

[info]iamthemurderer

4 years ago

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[info]mercystars

May 12 2007, 18:59:07 UTC 5 years ago

Those are all horrifyingly awful.

(And I used to work at the Goodwill at 836 Airport Blvd. =D)

Anonymous

May 13 2007, 04:42:26 UTC 5 years ago

It's an honor to have you here, then :)

[info]spottylogic

5 years ago

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[info]badmoods

May 12 2007, 19:04:16 UTC 5 years ago

ha ha you make me laugh always..

[info]brunettepet

May 13 2007, 15:58:13 UTC 5 years ago

That "Precious Moments" wannabe was scary even before it was dismembered...I rather like Loki. He'd look great on top of my TV with a fetching spork coming out of his mighty bicep.

[info]spottylogic

May 17 2007, 14:49:14 UTC 5 years ago

I was kind of thinking a bottle opener might be an appropriate replacement limb.

[info]mousewings

July 15 2007, 01:56:44 UTC 4 years ago

The "believe" duck is quite a new design. We had some in Winners (a middle end department store) here. I thought it was cute and wanted one. Good thing I didn't. Looks like this one met up with a klutzy owner like me.

[info]spottylogic

July 15 2007, 03:34:41 UTC 4 years ago

I've gone to the big wholesale markets and hadn't seen that one recently, I'm kind of surprised. Maybe it's just being distributed to select chains?

[info]plasticpepper

July 15 2007, 05:47:04 UTC 4 years ago

That is like....a corn superhero. Kernel-armor, husk-jacket, cornsilk-ponytail and all.

And with that, I'm going to have to join this community!

[info]spottylogic

July 15 2007, 12:59:36 UTC 4 years ago

Welcome welcome :) Sadly, it's a corn villian--he's been identified as Loki. I'd have hoped an ancient trickster deity would be a little less absurd-looking, tho.

[info]moonnymph

July 16 2007, 06:21:34 UTC 4 years ago

...Monomano?


I think I just died from laughter.

[info]cheesygirl

July 16 2007, 22:06:32 UTC 4 years ago

OMG, the legless tot. I am crying from laughter here. CRYING!

Anonymous

July 18 2007, 00:05:15 UTC 4 years ago

I am also CRYING with laughter. Thank you, dear friend.

[info]marionette

July 18 2007, 18:50:24 UTC 4 years ago

"Quickly, Cripple-boy! To the Rightymobile!"

that seriously made me LOL. loud. at work. wtg. haha
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