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Friday, December 08, 2006

pillioning

pillioning boy...

(or Bunaloo, db)

beside a bicycle

8 comments:

Lunar Brogue said...

Re. beside a bicycle: is there a name for titles that out-describe the object to which they're applied?

boynton said...

feral cataloguing?

indexed out?


(Actually I'm quite fond of the style of that museummm...)

eg - chosen quite randomly -
A FAMILY STANDING ON THE VERANDAH OF THEIR HOME. A BUGGY IS PARKED AT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THERE IS A SHINGLE ROOF AND A DRAIN PIPE RUNS FROM THE GUTTERING AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE TO THE REAR (BUT NOT, APPARENTLY, TO A WATER TANK UNLESS THE TANK IS S

Lunar Brogue said...

Here's another one: TWO MEN WITH A KANGAROO ON SIAM STATION. ONE HOLDS A RIFLE, THE OTHER HOLDS THE KANGAROO BY ITS TAIL.

This may be an example of where the title is more interesting than the photo.

boynton said...

I think the photo is great...

re: my random example:

- UNK IN THE GROUND)*

Lunar Brogue said...

This idea of a speculative title is amusing. Applying it to the captive roo photo might give ... THE OTHER HOLDS THE KANGAROO BY ITS TAIL (BUT NOT, APPARENTLY, WITH ANY FEELINGS OF DISAFFECTION - MERELY A PRAGMATIC ACCEPTANCE OF THE FACT THAT SURVIVAL IN A HARSH ENVIRONMENT SOMETIMES (OFTEN?) INVOLVES CRUELTY).

boynton said...

THE OTHER HAS HIS LEFT HAND IN HIS POCKET (BUT NOT,APPARENTLY,AT REST, UNLESS THERE IS A GUN IN HIS POCKET. OR A BUTTON) THERE IS A BLUR IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER (BUT NOT, APPARENTLY, AN ATTITUDE, UNLESS THERE IS A VISION)THERE ARE LONG SHADOWS.

Dick said...

This could run and run!

boynton said...

...round and round!

(through the cycle of the blogosphere)