YSaC, Vol. LII
COOL WEIRD TREASURE
tried to have yard sale last week, rain…
have been a collector of old cool stuff for years, making my escape to warmer climate, it all must go. i’m not selling a lot of furniture so if that’s what you’re looking for you might want to skip this yard sale. but if you are looking for a black madonna print, a vintaqge silk wedding kimono, an 80 candle candelabra, bull horns, victorian steamer trunk, old mirrors, stained glass, vintage marrionettes, etc, etc, etc… stop by. all yard-sale priced, not ebay priced!
You know what’s weird in this listing? Not the black madonna print, not the 80-candle candelabra, not the bull horns. (Okay, maybe that’s a little weird.) No, the really weird thing about this listing is the dog wearing the vintage silk wedding kimono.
Submitted by AM — thanks!
That’s not a dog in a vintage silk wedding kimono. It’s a vintage marionette dog in a silk wedding kimono.
Aw it’s good to see she got the traditional Japanese themed wedding she wanted. It’s just a shame her owner is making her sell her wedding dress.
I’m especially interested in the etc, etc, etc …
Why is the dog’s eye yellow? I mean, I know some pictures give you red eyes, but I’ve never heard of yellow before…
Weren’t Zul’s eyes yellow, come to think of it?
Anyone else notice the pink table, the chair and the basketball in the background all look to human-scale with that dog? I’m no expert, but I though dogs like that were little beasties, not people-sized.
So, rather than the weirdness of this listing, or the blue whatever-it-is (ashtray? Novelty cocktail glass?) in the foreground, I will spend my night stressing about a race of dogs, as big as people, which will take over the world and force unfortunate kitchsy fashion on us all.
that’s definetly an ashtray
I actually did write comics about a world full of canine-people in clothes that had the whole earth to themselves when I was younger. heh….
Hmm, maybe it’s Texas, maybe it’s from knowing too many folk with Great Danes, Mastiffs, wolfhounds and the like–but 100-130# dogs are pretty commonplace to me. Far more so than 15-20# lap-creatures.
I’m getting married in the morning!
“Woof woof,” the bridesmaids all will bark.
Pull out the stopper!
Let’s have a whopper!
But get me to the dog-run park!
Maybe it’s time to redo the snark lounge. This seems like the perfect opportunity. First we can get some etc, etc, etc… and the 80 candle candelabra and go from there. I’m skipping the vintage marionettes, I know they are possessed. We’d come into the lounge one evening and those things would be dancing around all by themselves.
Actually, marionettes dancing by themselves in vintage silk wedding kimonos might be just the thing we need to class up the snark lounge.
Even dogs can find their soulmates!
And what better way for them to dress up?
Um, any way?
My dog is a nudist (well, other than her collar). Most dogs are
“But Geppetto, I said boy not Borzoi!”
At first I thought it was this dog:
http://bergerpicardclubofamerica.com/blog/?page_id=16
But I keep thinking there is a different breed that is more exactly what I’m thinking of. I’ll be back later after some research.
Looks like a briard with a trimmed face, or some sort of giant schnauzer mix (has to be rather large in order for the kimono to not engulf it.)
There are a number of “child-sized” wedding kimono out there, too. Some of those are for bridal part membership/attendance, some just for that Japanese sake of making things in miniature.
True bridal kimono is about three layers ‘deep’ too, not including juban or cloaks/outerwear. Would have about three different obi, as well, outer one being around 60cm wide.
Yeah, I’d say probably a Schnauzer/ Airedale mix. It’s got the Airedale coloration with the Schnauzer coat. Given it’s clothing, I’d hazard that there must be some Shiba Inu in there as well.
No, that only indicates the dog’s dresser was a Shiba Inu.
I’m more worried about the beady little eyes upper right of the basketball.
it’s a ninja!cat
Does the jug below the light-blue turkey thermometer come with moonshine already in it? Or do you have a distillery for sale, too, so I can make my own?
A KIMONO Toshio Nakae
Feeling myself tied to
some deep wonder,
I tie several strings,
fasten the obi tightly and look in the full-length mirror.
Feeling myself tied
with some bewildering bond,
I fold many times over the psychological folds of womanhood
which is linked to motherhood.
I wrap my cold and burning body
with infinite tenderness and warmth,
while the man-woman relationship and four-season cycle
have passed over the unchanging woman’s pleasure –
and I found myself on that day in the fragrance of spring
when he embraced me in my long-sleeved kimono
showing yellow daffodils along a running stream.
He gently praised my twenty-year-old petals.
one light in the darkness gives us hope.
two lights in the darkness give us confidence.
three lights in the darkness gives us triangulation.
four lights in the darkness gives us .. you get the picture
so, kids, what does an 80 candle candelabra give us?
Yes – a nutter!
QED
Three lights on a match equal headshot from a competent sniper, too.
bullhorns calling a black madonna
to a warmer clime
making my escape, i don my silk kimono and place my
stained glass candelabra in a steamer trunk
it all must go
– e. e. sparky
I would only want to buy a silk wedding kimono if it’s been worn by a dog, so this is perfect!
Smedley, You’re such a flamer! Punchity Punch Punch!
G’Night, Sicily!
I need stronger refrigerator magnets.
Oh, and:
OOOOWWWWWW!!!!11!!!!
That’s not fair, giving a guy a shot down there!
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? 8)
I know, right? One minute, I was having a fun time at the party, and the next, I woke up under the pink table with a pounding headache, dressed like this. Someone is going to pay.
That just means you had a REALLY good time
Dave, I think you had to pay in advance for that one.
* quickly puts vintage silk wedding kimono inside victorian steamer trunk*
*slams lid*
Wha? Umm… Nothing, nothing at all! and umm, this isn’t what it looks like. Really. Umm, this isn’t mine. Honest! I don’t know how it got here. It’s umm, well… I gottagobye!
Sure, you have a birthday, and all of a sudden things go wonky on the site. Coninkydink? I think not!
Why thank you Windrose.
Wait a minute….what if that dog is stuffed and Sparky wants to sell it too? Oh Sparky, no.
“a vintaqge silk wedding kimono”
Ooh, I just noticed that there is a cue in vintage. Why did the poster put it there? Was it because (s)he was thinking of the word antique while typing? I have a typothesis. (S)he accidentally hit the cue key at the same time as the a key. But I digress…
What I was going to comment on was…OH NO! I FORGOT! IT WAS FUNNY! IT WAS HILARIOUS! I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO SAY IT WAS…quaint. And now it’s just GONE!
(sigh) Fame is a fleeting thing, and I almost had it. (double sigh)
*skritches Brer between the ears* There, there, it’s okay. What comes around goes around. You’ll wake up at 2 am screaming it at the top of your lungs.
A thousand doors for “typothesis”.
Dave and FT, your labors of snark got you into the box! Now go enjoy a day off! Punchity Punch Punch!
Good Morning, Worker Bees!