Wednesday, April 15, 2009

atypical submission


Colleen cracked me up with this email: "I saw this guy at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston recently. It's a sculpture of a Chinese demon, but it inspired my boyfriend to immediately say, "Those air quotes are totally unnecessary." So of course I'm sending it to you."

12 comments:

Laura Mae said...

I was an art major, so naturally I think this is the most awesome pic I've seen you post!

k-bro said...

Thank you Colleen and Colleen's boyfriend. That was a good laugh.

KatieMB said...

That is just awesome!

Anonymous said...

Say, could it be that a demon *invented* air quotes?

(I actually don't mind air quotes where appropriate. The only other unambiguous way to convey quotation marks in speech is to say "quote" and "unquote," which is cumbersome, frequently messed up, and no less annoying.)

lattégirl said...

I hope that demon didn't see me laughing at my computer. Fantastic!

Sara Jo said...

The demon is air quoting what you told him your Chinese symbol tattoo means, because he knows what it really says.

Erin said...

This is awesome... as I've often thought that there should be a blog for unnecessary air quotes.

FlagFreak said...

Which "dynasty" did this dude come from? Hilarious!

Bere said...

Lols, awesome post. :)

Stephanie said...

I love it, b/c so often I want to say something to someone when they use Air Quotes, but never speak up.

Melanie said...

I love everything about this!

mary said...

I just spit coffee all over my monitor. Thanks.