Hounding from the Depths of Perdition

SaraP said:

I ain't going in Ted's van.

(Sorry, Ted. You know I lurves you, but that van of yours... *violent shudder*)

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Pfft.

There's nothing to fear there.

I've been in Ted's van.

Okay, I haven't actually been in the van, but I've been next to it.

Okay. Not actually next to it, but I've seen it.

In a picture.

Last year.

And nothing bad's happened to me.

For different meanings of bad.

Haggis said:

Pfft.

There's nothing to fear there.

I've been in Ted's van.

Okay, I haven't actually been in the van, but I've been next to it.

Okay. Not actually next to it, but I've seen it.

In a picture.

Last year.

And nothing bad's happened to me.

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Yet... The stuff in there sometimes takes years to manifest...

But really, Sara. There's nothing to fear. It's a perfectly norm, er..., well, it's got just the front and driver side/passenger side windows. And the signs for free candy and puppies.

The duct tape and the chains and the smell of chloroform well that's just Ted trying to decorate and deodorize the interior. Not that it smells bad or anything, but you know how old vehicles get what with the old Micky D's and the stuff that ends up on the floors and the body ba..., er, the smell of old rope and burlap.

Don't you want a free puppy? or kitten?

Oh! And free ice cream too. I hear Ted got a supply of vanilla/Oreo cookie ice cream just the other day.

It's got sparkles...

Seems legit.

Haggis said:

Last year.

And nothing bad's happened to me.

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My year was mostly bad.


Can I blame that on Ted's van?

Bos, please step to the other side of the bar. Your bad luck obviously rubbed off on me and I don't want anymore.

Third operation (skin graft) scheduled for next week..
It's been a wonderful year thus far, but at least I have my health.

Oh, wait...

slcboston said:

My year was mostly bad.


Can I blame that on Ted's van?

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I blame pretty much everything on Ted or his van.

eta: Although I often blame cray too.

See, Sara? Even Haggis agrees Ted's van's safe. Why, we could almost designate it as one of those "Safe Place" thingies that are up at gas stations and such. I bet Ted would like that.

It's not my fault.


My luck is still heading south, so I've still got all of my bad luck.

My van is a happy place of butterflies and dreams of sparkly fairies.

Sara, I'd never do anything mean or bad to you. In fact, let me show you. I'll come by your place tonight at about 1-ish and we'll go for a ride.

Gah! The colors, the colors!

Van or no van, sparkles or no sparkles, luck or no luck, today...

I fly!

To the Rescue!

*googlemaps Rescue*

FOTSGreg said:

Gah! The colors, the colors!

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I have often wondered if certain super-heroes, particularly of the Golden and Silver Age, were color-blind.

slcboston said:

It's not my fault.


My luck is still heading south, so I've still got all of my bad luck.

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No. No, you dropped a great messy bit and I stepped in it.

Gah...

How do you get rid of this stuff?!

Glue and glitter.

Might not get rid of it per se, but at least it will look prettier.

FOTSGreg said:

Third operation (skin graft) scheduled for next week..
It's been a wonderful year thus far, but at least I have my health.

Oh, wait...

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I had a skin graft from my leg to my arm. I hate to make it worse for you, but it was far more painful than the surgery. I have a 8 inch diameter hole in my arm and most of the pain came from where they took the graft. Have you don't any research?

I've domne a small amount of research on skin grafts, Jake, but not all that much. They're either goiung to take the skin from my thigh area (outer thigh, left leg - same one as the ankle wound) or from my left elbow area (probably upper arm). The surgeon said it'll feel about like a road rash from concrete.

It's gotta' be done though or the healing will take longer.

What evil, scornful, demonic Mod or SuperMod, Admin or Owner foisted this diabolic color scheme on us? I know it's April 1st, but this deserves breaking out the torches and pitchforks.

<actually, it shows up quite clear, but very bright on the 27" monitor I have at work>

All in the name of duty, Greg. *nodnodnod*

slcboston said:

I have often wondered if certain super-heroes, particularly of the Golden and Silver Age, were color-blind.

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Funny thing, Daredevil is color blind. His costume was originally yellow and red. It wasn't until Spiderman began to tease him about it did he change.

A lot of the superhero costumes were garish because of the printing technology of the day. Hulk was originally supposed to be gray but because the ink kept bleeding, on one page he would be yellowish and then on the next pinkish. That's why they settled on green.

Good luck, Greg!

No superheros in B&W, then?

Only grey ones appeared after a certain time. Some comics were just B&W.

One of my favorites, Cerebus, is a black and white comic. That's my avie, btw.

FOTSGreg said:

I've domne a small amount of research on skin grafts, Jake, but not all that much. They're either goiung to take the skin from my thigh area (outer thigh, left leg - same one as the ankle wound) or from my left elbow area (probably upper arm). The surgeon said it'll feel about like a road rash from concrete.

It's gotta' be done though or the healing will take longer.

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Mine came from my left thigh, it was about 6" by 9". My doctors compared it more to 3rd degree burns. It oozes blood for a while and it sucks when anything touches it. The process could be straight out of a good horror novel. They use what looks like a cheese slicer and take off all but one layer of skin. Then they run it through a meat tenderizer until it is about twice the size and fold it and do it again. It supposed to make it stronger. They stapled mine down with 64 staples.