[identity profile] compilerbitch.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
It happened to me last night just after I got off a tube train in London. A (probably non-English) woman got off just after me, managed to drive her suitcase-on-wheels over both by feet (and bounced it off one of my knees for good measure), then smiled and cheerfully said, "Thank you!"

Go figure!

[identity profile] compilerbitch.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
PS: Fluffies have body parts visible only when relevant to the plot line. So hands, shoes, etc. don't appear unless it is necessary for plot purposes. God told the saucer people to get the reverse vampires from the Rand Corporation to have a word with me about doin it that way.

The other theory is that I'm too lazy and or talentless to draw them. Believe whichever story you find most plausible. :)

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[identity profile] snow-leopard.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
It may be that her English did not stretch to "Oops, sorry". Or that "Oops, sorry" was what she was attempting to communicate (like the French use "Sil Vous Plait to mean "Please", "You're welcome" and "There you go" and the Italian (from what little I comprehend) seem to use Prago in the same way).

[identity profile] compilerbitch.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I'm sure that was probably the reason. Nevertheless, the irony of the moment positively required its immortalisation in cartoon form! ;-)

[identity profile] aiwendel.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
lol!!!
:)

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[identity profile] trurl.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, now it makes a little more sense. If their grasp of English is tenuous... But it still doesn't really explain why they didn't stop after the first foot.





Your Fluffy comics are great! :-)

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[identity profile] compilerbitch.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
I have no idea why (even how!) she managed to hit a knee and both feet. Practice, I suppose, like juggling or riding a unicycle I suppose.

(And thanks for the compliment -- I'tm looking forward to your new Trusted Mech!)

[identity profile] dredpiratebunny.livejournal.com 2004-02-19 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
wow....its like being in the airport again!...im still having flashbacks!!!!
(:3 hee hee

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[identity profile] compilerbitch.livejournal.com 2004-02-23 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
I know what you mean!

[identity profile] eithne88.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
silly lady.

[identity profile] ixwin.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I want a Fluffy to cuddle now!

Hmmm...maybe I'll try to make one. I already have a pattern for a fabric ball, so it should be just a question of making that and adding a suitable expression (& little appendages if I'm feeling ambitious).

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[identity profile] gnimmel.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
The Fluffy fluff seems to be quite deep and nubbly, though; I'm not sure what sort of material would work; otherwise they might end up as just Balls. Although a lot of that depends on what scale the Fluffies are.... :)

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[identity profile] ixwin.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking around 10-15cm diameter, so it's true that the nubbly bits wouldn't show up as much as on the cartoons, but I think I'd still end up with something rather sweet. And I could always make mini ones (~5-7cm diameter) with the remaining fabric, where the nubbles might well be to scale.

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[identity profile] compilerbitch.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
OMG! The merchandising has started already!

(PS: should you make some of these, I'd be *really* interested in acquiring one!)

Idea

[identity profile] casby.livejournal.com 2004-02-20 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
MAybe the lady had been threatened that her children would be executed unless she managed to run her suitcase over someone's feet in the next 15 seconds?

Casby the suspicious ghost

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[identity profile] compilerbitch.livejournal.com 2004-02-22 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
An excellent plot line for the next episode of Emmerdale Farm. Must write in and suggest it.

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[identity profile] casby.livejournal.com 2004-02-23 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
In that case it would be a cow that was to be executed I guess.

[identity profile] mostlyacat.livejournal.com 2004-02-22 11:43 am (UTC)(link)
Hi Sarah

Nice to see you this weekend. Thank you for making lots of food and generally being friendly and nice. *Adds to friends*

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[identity profile] compilerbitch.livejournal.com 2004-02-22 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ditto likewise. Arr. Ho ho ho, three bottles of rum on a dead man's mainbrace, and all that!

T'was a pleasure to look after and feed people.

* adds back in return *