I really hope one of you crafty Martha S. types can help me realize a vision. I went outside with my coffee this morning just in time to stand witness to a border skirmish between several sparrows. They raised their feathers when they attacked, looking like angry little globes of eiderdown with beaks sticking out. It was damned impressive.
Wishing to achieve the same effect, I have a simple request. Could one of you assemble a shirt, or perhaps a turtleneck bodysuit, with some sort of mechanism allowing me to instantly puff up threateningly whenever I’m feeling peeved? I’m not sure how you’d do it. Maybe a pull cord, or something that causes the “feathers” to rise when I lift my arms menacingly above my head. I’ll leave the engineering of the thing to you. I’m just an idea man.
One thing, though. Instead of real feathers, I’d like something stiff, something that will make a satisfyingly sinister noise. Bamboo, I think, or thin slats of polished bone, something to rattle as I jiggle grimly in my displeasure. Can any of you manage it? Let me know.
“No, I didn’t do my homework.”
Fwoomp! Clackety-clackety-clack-clackety
“Moushiwake arimasen! We're out of honey-glazed today.”
Fwoomp! Clackety-clackety-clack-clackety
“Daddy, this is my fiancé, Daisuke. He's a drummer!”
Fwoomp! Clackety-clackety-clack-clackety hissssssssssssssss
Friday, April 04, 2008
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Do you want them to glow and/or crackle with electricity? We have some stuff in the lab that might work out for this.
what's wrong with drummers!!!
Glowing and crackling both sound good, but will it make it dangerous to use on rainy days? I'm usually grumpy during rainy season. How about fear-inducing pheremones, or hoards of tropical insects that spill out of my plumage and scurry toward the object of my wrath?
Windcheater, drummers are good fun on long bus trips, but that's about the full extent of their social utility. Unless they're multi-instrumentalists. Then we can talk.
hmmmm. a challenge. i like it. Leave it with me for a while. Would you like to be able to squirt something noxious simultaneously?
Thanks Jackie! I knew you'd come to the rescue! Noxious is good. Do you think it might be possible to incorporate live serpents into the design?
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