The Japanese Noodle Shield
About which, more later.
Later. Okay, I submit the Japanese Noodle Shield as a recognizably Bad Idea all sane beings can agree on. And, no, it doesn't depend on how you eat your noodles, unless you're institutionalized and like to plunge face forward into the bowl. Even then, the Japanese Noodle Shield is a piss-poor defense.
On the other hand, that poor tattooed schmuck pictured in my last post, would find an entire state's population (maybe more if you count everyone in prison), who would line up tomorrow for an identical tattoo job, skulls and all. More than that, they would rejoice every step of the way.
The Japanese Noodle Shield, not so much. So do we judge a Bad Idea by the number of people who accept it? A friend of mine, an excellent painter, used to pose this riddle. How do you know if something is avant garde rather than completely insane? He used to give this example: if he were to show up in a zoot suit to teach his classes, the question of insane vs. avant garde would be moot. The next day, however, if twenty-five students showed up wearing zoot suits, he would be merely avant-garde. Should no one appear wearing a zoot suit, he would be insane. (Note: for illustrative purposes, see zoot suit pictured below.)
The Zoot Suit
Later. Okay, I submit the Japanese Noodle Shield as a recognizably Bad Idea all sane beings can agree on. And, no, it doesn't depend on how you eat your noodles, unless you're institutionalized and like to plunge face forward into the bowl. Even then, the Japanese Noodle Shield is a piss-poor defense.
On the other hand, that poor tattooed schmuck pictured in my last post, would find an entire state's population (maybe more if you count everyone in prison), who would line up tomorrow for an identical tattoo job, skulls and all. More than that, they would rejoice every step of the way.
The Japanese Noodle Shield, not so much. So do we judge a Bad Idea by the number of people who accept it? A friend of mine, an excellent painter, used to pose this riddle. How do you know if something is avant garde rather than completely insane? He used to give this example: if he were to show up in a zoot suit to teach his classes, the question of insane vs. avant garde would be moot. The next day, however, if twenty-five students showed up wearing zoot suits, he would be merely avant-garde. Should no one appear wearing a zoot suit, he would be insane. (Note: for illustrative purposes, see zoot suit pictured below.)
The Zoot Suit
So for discussion purposes, is our tattooed guy nuts? Ans. No, because of the high probability that many like-minded guys would love a tattoo just like his.
But we have to deal with the possibility that he might be a real avant-garde type. The next great thing.
It wouldn't surprise me at all.
But we have to deal with the possibility that he might be a real avant-garde type. The next great thing.
It wouldn't surprise me at all.
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