We were working on V-sign words and this song came to mind:
A Rastaman friend of mine recently posted this picture and I immediately recognized the bowl as one I had made.
Based on that question the only response is this.
A while ago I asked Chip, the master of the pop-up book how those things work. He 'splained it and I built a display rack based on what I learned. Now that my photo editor allows me to edit details of a picture I can post a pop-up box I made last year. It has three racks to hold my work, the first picture shows it unfolded and unloaded, the second shows it stocked. All three pieces fold into the box which has handles so I can carry it. Think of it as a pop-up book made out of plywood.
Lastly, my dog looked at me and wondered why I had a spring in my step. Well, sometimes politics can invade even my sequestered life.
Rock and roll! Kick out the jams!
Edit - I just watched that video, and as much as I like the energy throughout, the plasticman dance starting at 2:53 is funny as hell.
Edit.2 - here are two more pictures of my pop-up box - first, closed:
Edit - I just watched that video, and as much as I like the energy throughout, the plasticman dance starting at 2:53 is funny as hell.
Edit.2 - here are two more pictures of my pop-up box - first, closed:
Next, box partially opened:
It's never too early on a foggy morning for a bit of pickin' an' such.
Sunrise this morning.
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Teacher, Sixty's showing off again!
Does your V-word list contain "victim?"
There's a couple of way to say it. One way is similar to "vampire" A "V" at the neck. Vampire V is crooked, Victim V is straight on.
Does it include "ride?" It's like "stand" except riding the the other hand like a horse.
"Visit" two V shapes cycling around.
Here's one they don't teach in class. Double Z words are made with a V shape hand.
A "Z" is an index finger tracing a Z shape in the air.
A double Z, "ZZ" is two fingers tracing a Z in the air, a savings of one Z motion.
Try it with "pizza" although pizza has its own sign. Here's how it looks spelled. That zz stick out like a ... like a ... like sticking out thing that really sticks out. You don't even see the individual letters, just the shape of the whole sequence, and boom PIZZA right there in front of your face.
blizzard
gizzard
grizzly bear
guzzle
fizz
buzz
fuzz
frazzle
embezzle
dizzy
muzzle
dazzle
mozzarella
whizz
wizzard
jazz
mezzanine
dazzle
pazazz
puzzle
razz
quizz
nozzle
tizzy
scuzzy
sizzle
snazzy
swizzle
And many more useless zz words, many of these have their own signs.
Does your V list have
Viet Nam? It's simply "VN"
Vinegar? It's like "water" except with a V instead of a W.
Snake? It's shown with a forked tongue. A hooked "V"
"Supervise?" They're actually "K" shapes but they look like to "V" shapes when viewed straight on. It's the same configuration for "keep" A supervisor keeps things in order.
"look at me" is the same thing as "seeing" except turned inward, and that look can be anything looking at anything. A song I practiced has the line, "All the fishes in the sea are looking at me, whoooa ah oh oh oh oh oh." So you get your little fish swimming in front of yourself then where the fish are stop and have them looking at you from their spots with the "looks" still moving as the fish were to connect the looks with the fish.
There's a way to say "bandit mask" using V shapes place over the eyes, and "Halloween" the same way. An elegant way to say "Halloween mask" is pantomime mask on a stick, a V-shape bent sideways and twisted so index finger is on bottom and then placed over one eye like an old fashioned ball mask. It's a bit funny and not textbook but unmistakably a halloween mask, even though you never see such things on Halloween, they're recognized from movies.
They're all based on "raccoon."
Anything with "2" or "22" uses a V configuration. Duh. Obviously.
"Voice" uses a V configuration, rising from the throat.
"Vermont" is the same as Viet Nam. "VN"
"Virginia" is "VA" Duh. Obviously.
"West Virginia is "WV" Duh. Obviously.
"Colorado" is a "C" tracing a mountain range along the opposite arm. PSYCH! You thought it would be "CO."
"2 hours" is the sign for hour using a V(2) shape instead of a "1" shape.
Words based on "stand" all use the V for two legs, The video "Somebody That I Use to Know" Azora shows the phrase "Like when you said you felt so happy you could die" with signs for "satisfied" and a sign indicating "sinking in comfort" or "drowning" two legs dropping alongside a wall indicating depth. She's left handed so the sign she's making is obscured, nonetheless, it's one of her most lovely signals. She really is impressive with her idiosyncratic non-standard signs that mean what she shows without adhering to textbook convention. "relax" plus "sinking" is perfect for the English lyrics.
Fall, plummet, are those legs. A conversation describing sexual activities uses the same V for legs.
"runner up" is "2" plus that same V sideways zipping across like in a race.
"sneer at" is the V for "look at that over there" held lower than the eyes, sneaky, and actually sneering.
"truncated text" is shown as one hand showing a paper and a V hand zipping across the bottom snipping it off without scissor action.
"lipread" is a crooked V circling the lips
"Peru" is a V tapped to the side of the head
"Smoke a cigarette" is pantomimed with a V
"Vegetable" is V tapped to the side of the mouth, inverted and tapped again.
"Sheep" is V scissors clipping the opposite arm. A friend's name is Jim Shepherd and that V "sheep" sign is used for his name.
There are instances where you can use a V where they don't belong. Because who's going to stop you?
A convention around these parts that I've not seen elsewhere is to show the steering column for any vehicle that you drive. It start with "Car" the non-dominant hand forms a C forthe base of the steering wheel column and the dominant hand is a another C placed on top then zipped upward to show the whole column.
Then for "bus" the dominant hand changes to "B".
And changes to "T" for truck.
And changes to "V" for van.
You do not see this system in books nor online.
Another system not seen in books nor online, nor in any songs is a V for video that based on the original sign for "movie" Non dominant hand is flat like karate chop in front of the torso, and dominant hand is flat along side it but opened fingers and flicking back and forth like a projector flicking light.
Then videos came along and we changed that open hand to a V.
So video game is that movie flicking V added to "game"
Or pantomime holding a game controller and moving the thumbs.
I've used these signs in other states and I've never been corrected, but I do get asked, "where you from?"
Denver.
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I thought this was posted by ChipA.
Chip, you rock. We did cover ride as in ride a bicycle or ride a horse. The vampire one is cool. Thwap!
I will try out some of those signs on my *signs teacher*
As for regional dialects - no kidding.
Life Expansive
Sun and plants and water,
All rippling rays out and out and out,
Like the pieces Sixty bodies his boxes with,
His boxes none too stout.
Oops, I guess racks is more accurate than boxes. But racks wouldn't do at all. Oh well.
The key to a project like that is using wood of just the right thickness - not too thick, not to thin. Don't want to haul around excess weight, that's for sure, but you want it to be strong enough to support the product. So far, so good. Also, both of the fold out pieces lock in place so that they can't fold in or out when they are not supposed to. Clever, eh?
Clevah, velly clevah. ;^)
Regarding "not too thick, not too thin," when I was a kid there was a radio advertisement for Brioschi, a powder that when added to water produced a lemony drink that acted as a calmative for an upset stomach. Anyway, the ad consisted of a jingle, which, I think, went "Not too bitter, not too sweet, try Brioschi, try Brioschi." Brioschy was pronounced Briosky. So smartass kid that I was I would sing "pishky poshky" over the second "try Brioschi."
You're welcome.
Clever indeed on the show-box construction. Peppers in a bowl made me smile with recognition. And the call for a teacher did not go unanswered!! Yielding a blizzard from a wizzard. Abundance in a blog bowl!!
As for showing off, at this stage of the game, having made it thus far, I say go for the gold and shine like a star! Dazzle like a whizz, razz, puzzle and quiz when necessary.
All rippling rays out and out and out is especially fine too! As good as seeing the peppers of another in a turned bowl of one's own crafting.
Always liked Foggy Mountain Breakdown but I've never seen it done with those all-stars. I also like the way your display rack breaks down to save space and time.
Chip taught me that - I wanted a compact box that would fold out into a much larger display and I kept bugging Chip until he showed me how the pros do it. *signs Thanks Chip!*
And yeah, that is quite an amazing group of musicians assembled in that clip. I had that cut on a CD years ago and it was good to see the video so I could associate each solo with the actual player. Ol' Leon - looks immobile but his hands are goin' a mile a minute!
Leon just makes me laugh, the perfect contrast and presence to accompany all the bouncing energy in the room.
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