Excuse? I'm ill and couldn't think of something smarter.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sun 29 May 2011, 13:53,
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Well it sounds like it all went very well indeed :)
Thanks to all those who supplied artwork and bigger thanks to those who bid on it. Here is who won what.....
1. A Drawing of a Sequential Art character of their choosing by Jollyjack - Flowerpot 2. A drawing of Andrew McDavies the doughnut headed fish boy by Thorsonofodin - HappyToast 3. A Sherlock Holmes portrait by dotmund - theoriginalsteve 8. A Venetian Mask by Clay - Amberl 9. A carrot painting by Rev.Jesse - The Twisted Omentum 10. A Gil Scott-Heron drawing by HappyToast - Flowerpot 11. A Blackadder drawing by HappyToast - Puromycin 12. A HappyToast drawing of the bidder's choosing - Fanny Craddock 13. A framed print by Fanny Craddock - Tribs 14. A Robocat Plush by Fanny Craddock - HappyToast 15. The 12 pub arts by Twisted Omentum - Flowerpot 16. A picture of the bidder getting mauled by Nina - Bryan Damage 19. A signed Reflected Loaf print by The Magic of Chutney - Fr Jerry McGwier
This auction combined with the raffle and general donating raised somewhere around £750 for the Cats Survival Trust.
I have now Gaz'd all the lucky bidders with confirmation of their prize and other details. If you haven't received it please gaz me.
The arts that weren't sold we'd like to include in a future auction if that's ok - seeing as this worked so well at really short notice we'd like to do another at some point.
(HappyToastGroat froth,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:05,
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There is the possiblity of a pair of Dixon Bawls red Y fronts in a future auction if it happens too:P
Cheers for everything mate. As I said below the exact total was £751.59 Dr Terry is incredibly touched and would like to thank everyone involved. EDIT: Right I'm off to Jamaica as I've suddenly come into some money:P
(riverghostservicing your mum since,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:09,
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And if the winner wants, I'll even make sure they are new and unworn
(TheSundaeLunchI'm a fucking shrub, alright?,
Sun 29 May 2011, 19:34,
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She is lully indeed
(Fr_Jerry_McGwierlooked over both shoulders at,
Sun 29 May 2011, 17:08,
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Chutters!
I won everything I bid on... except yours. Well done mate!
Perhaps now you will realise that a lot us us really do love what you do, ya big silleh.
(FlowerpotNo longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Sun 29 May 2011, 13:02,
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;)
Gazz'd ya.
(The magic of chutneyShakes it like an Instagram filter!,
Sun 29 May 2011, 13:08,
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I won 50% of all I bid on!
(Tribs🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Sun 29 May 2011, 15:18,
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Woohoo!
This was an ace idea and I'm really happy to have been a part of it. And to have won a magnificent thing. Well done everyone! Oof my head. *goes back to lying quietly in darkened room*
(Griffin SaverSomething, something, 2006, something.,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:20,
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well done Mr Toast
bloody impressive given the short notice
(that £750 is very much appreciated, cheers. I'll send you my paypal details later or you could just send me the cheque? what all this about some cats?)
(Clayhopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:20,
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I just phoned O'Neils trying to locate one of my flash guns, and they apparently had a fire this morning. What is it about London Bashes and fires?
(JahledThree shades of black,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:34,
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I saw it on a shelf just before i left
I was going to tell you, but i assumed you knew. Seems like a strange thing to misplace, but then, you were rather pissed...
Top work on the auction, cant believe chutney's went for so much!
(tatersBah weep grahnah weep ninibong,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:39,
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Ah cool
Better go and get it :)
Edit: Ian and Chris did the auction; the credit is theirs, and all the wonderful people who placed such lovely bids for the cats and Nina's memory. I want to hug you all :D
And yes, I was biblically pissed; but what fine company
(JahledThree shades of black,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:43,
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I think you did hug them all:P
(riverghostservicing your mum since,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:57,
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^what she said^
Mrs Vagabond and I sat up watching DVDs of The Old Grey Whistle Test when I got home, but apparently I fell asleep, surprisingly.
(Je suis un vagabondis an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Sun 29 May 2011, 13:18,
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There was no fire when I left, but plenty of potato salad....
(Pie of Meat___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y,
Sun 29 May 2011, 13:08,
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I'm pretty impressed at the average price of about 60 quid per lot
And if I'm happy to keep offering my pic (or any others if someone has a suggestion) just send me a gaz next time it's happening.
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:46,
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will do
there are no immediate plans for a follow up, need this to sink in first, but we all seem very eager to do it again and properly, with less rush and last minute crazy.
(HappyToastGroat froth,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:50,
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very impressive considering I was expecting them to go for maybe a max of 20 pounds (no disrespect meant there) each
Good work to you and riverghost.
(k3b/-\bPeace man.,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:53,
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(Michael Elliscontributes nothing,
Thu 2 Jun 2011, 12:31,
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Yay! I winned!
Chutney - you're Gaz'd
Congrats to all involved.
(Fr_Jerry_McGwierlooked over both shoulders at,
Sun 29 May 2011, 16:41,
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Happy days!
Well done on a fantastic effort to all involved.
I'm off to collect my winnings :-)
(Bryan DamageCheese sandwich?,
Sun 29 May 2011, 17:35,
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Yayayayayayayayayayayayay!
Fcking excellent.
I shall try not to fucwk my picture up Mr Toast.
Well done to everyone that got right royally pissed and helped make money for the trust. I'm glad i could help out in some little way and look forward to more splendid pics from jahled.
(Thor_sonofodinhas done things, terrible things on,
Sun 29 May 2011, 17:37,
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I've always thought this...
amazes me anyone went to see it.
*edit* Oops, sorry for posting over something that's actually good!
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:00,
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Sorry to TJ mate
Just thought I'd let everyone know that the total raised for the CST from the bash, the raffle and the Auction was £751.59p! Happytoast will give the full details of who won etc. shortly. A collosal thanks to everyone who bid and all who showed up and especially to Happytoast for the fantastic idea of doing the auction. One item even went for £135!
(riverghostservicing your mum since,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:02,
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the poster designer was under pressure to get something out in zero time and hadn't seen any of the movie or props but was told it was about an alien agg hatching onto an astronauts face and there were lots of them in a sort of huge cavern thing, so he went with this as a representation as he had nowt better to go on and thought it best to just make it a sort of generic interpretable representation rather than anything recognisable or specific to what people might see in the movie.
But it is just a macro shot of loose hewn Hessian and a chicken egg with lumpy bits on it, the 'light crack' is superimposed afterwards and was a crack shape with smoke blown at it coloured green.
Nothing at ALL to do with the movie except in the vaguest of allusionary terms.
Quite why it's considered a design classic now is beyond me.
Well honest as a poster or not it does look ominous.
Personally I've always liked it because it was vague, simple and a little bit scary. I agree to an extent it's slightly annoying as it doesn't have that melted checkered checkered flooring or upside down eggs in the film but I'm almost irritated more that it doesn't have any of those features since I've always liked the look of them.
If I'm going to be a massive advocate/apologist for it I might as well suggest a thought that since in the film the titular character isn't always so clearly seen te vagueness of the poster sort of reflects the uncertainty of what is seen.
of there being an alternate version with an even more literal interpretation that had an actual cardboard eggbox with eggs in place of the hessian, but happily for the designer I think that one has gotten lost to history before the interwebs came along to store it for ridicule forever.
(Photoshop Bitch2014 edition,
Sun 29 May 2011, 10:12,
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TOAP! I also colour them like a demented child.
I raid everywhere I can for old drawings that can be abused. That said, I do shop them when there is need to add or remove unneeded characters or items.
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 19:07,
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bandwagon?
(Pope Yodais OLD,
Sun 29 May 2011, 4:26,
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Pfft!
I might have suggested going with "scream.wav" if it was a compo.
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 4:48,
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(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 29 May 2011, 5:44,
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Miss out on a bandwagon? That'd never do.
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:04,
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Ram those wagons together, rudely!
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:09,
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DON'T GO THERE
(gronkpan@vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:44,
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where are we going
(PedroHinCome along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:49,
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makeout city.
(gronkpan@vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:51,
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what are we doing when we get there
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:56,
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There will probably be a couple of high fives
(gronkpan@vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:58,
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ALSO:
AIDS
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:00,
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can we have the high fives first?
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:01,
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I'm not sure that was clarified at the meeting.
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:12,
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Welcome to The Apprentice: Makeout City
(V/O) "Team Gopherit is setting the pace with a decisive first strategy meeting..."
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:26,
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If I'd been clever I would have had thought of some kind of arc like that for these.
As it is these animal-biz ones just hop from place to place with little purpose.
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:30,
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(V/O) "Meanwhile, Team Raptor are already on the streets and conducting some cutting-edge market research."
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:39,
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Early results show:
Mostly tasty inside the shells and unshelled variety, but the little round hooves on the first are much too chewy and likely should be avoided.
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:48,
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(V/O) "Team Raptor have the info and believe they'll get the drop on Team Gopherit. But will their street-knowledge outfox the strategic boardroom planning of their opponents?"
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:54,
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Team Gopherit knows the solution to that conundrum.
Remove the streets, LOL!
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 4:11,
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(V/O) "Team Gopherit won this challenge convincingly, and so Team Raptor are summoned to the boardroom to account for their failure. And one of them faces the ultimate punishment..."
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 4:27,
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The ultimate punishment!
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 4:40,
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(V/O) "In an unprecedented move, Team Gopherit suddenly devoured the despicable cunts who'd forced them to look stupid on telly. They shook hands with the surviving members of Team Raptor, invited them to tuck in to the carrion, and offered them jobs. Only Debbie refused, preferring to take up a lucrative sales post with radio station Magic FM."
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 4:49,
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HI I'M KERMIT
(mofaha┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:51,
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Bloody hell, Kermit.
You roll up at 3am, pissed out yer face, eyes swivelling all over the place, no trousers on... You can sleep in the garage.
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:55,
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VLADIMIR PUTIN
(gronkpan@vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Sun 29 May 2011, 2:55,
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(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:01,
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Always a traumatic joy to see this.
(Sea Trampthe thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 29 May 2011, 3:03,
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hahaha
(mofaha┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Sun 29 May 2011, 4:00,
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thats very good
i love it. corel painter?
(MarkP0rteris an annoying faggot,
Sun 29 May 2011, 12:54,
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Just dropped by for a quick lurk before bed to see what was going on. And then I accidentally posted. And now it's gonna look rude when I fuck off again. But I really need to get out of the habit of getting sucked into b3ta at stupid o'clock.
Shows a lot more dedication though. Radcliffe stopped to piss; this guy shits while he's running so it doesn't affect his time. And it certainly gets the attention of the crowd!
(An eejit passing byin a purple satin skirt with sparkly bits,
Sun 29 May 2011, 9:19,
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