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'Alien' gargoyle on ancient abbey
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| August 23, 2013
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Posted on 08/23/2013 8:05:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:05:16 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:06:00 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: SunkenCiv
rumor has it that hillary clinton was hoping to be prominently featured in the new masonry....
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:07:12 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team / al-Kilab Division)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
This gargoyle proudly brought to you by the dental association.
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:08:16 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: SunkenCiv
Rather obvious that block is new...
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:10:40 PM PDT
by
BreezyDog
To: SunkenCiv
We’re The Stonecutters
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do
Maybe this a conscience-stricken mason.
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:16:42 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: SunkenCiv
I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a friggin’ awesome gargoyle, and I’d pay good money for it.
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:20:10 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: SunkenCiv
Darth Vader is not amused.
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:24:48 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
To: SunkenCiv
In space, no one can hear your vow of silence.
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:25:23 PM PDT
by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: Charles Henrickson
To: SunkenCiv
Nice, but not quite as cool as the Predator pumpkin...
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:27:44 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack
If obamma had a gargoyle would it look like this or a moose
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posted on
08/23/2013 8:45:37 PM PDT
by
shadeaud
(Stay Thirsty My Friends)
To: SunkenCiv
Given the purpose and original meaning of “gargoyle”: The term originates from the French gargouille, which in English is likely to mean “throat” or is otherwise known as the “gullet”;[2] cf. Latin gurgulio, gula, gargula (”gullet” or “throat”) and similar words derived from the root gar, “to swallow”, which represented the gurgling sound of water (e.g., Portuguese garganta, “throat”; gárgola, “gargoyle”).
I’d say that is perfect. Giger’s creation is most famous for its relationship to throats (the “hand” stage attacks through the throat, and the “adult” stage has that terrifying projectile throat). Not to mention the creature is certainly frightening enough to keep any evil spirits at bay. Who cares if it’s not “period”; it fits the spirit of the gargoyle perfectly. As another noted above, I’d pay good money for one, were I in the market for a gargoyle, and further, I’d support any effort to “officially” elevate the xenomorph to legitimate status as a modern addition to the catalog of gargoyle types.
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posted on
08/23/2013 9:00:13 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: Little Pig
Should add too that gargoyles are supposed to be elongated, in order to “throw” the water farther from the building, and the xenomorph’s head is uniquely suited to that purpose by dint of its shape.
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posted on
08/23/2013 9:01:30 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: SunkenCiv
Great, 10,000 years from now liberals will say those were their ancestors
and evolved from Rolly Polly bugs.
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posted on
08/23/2013 9:01:51 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/23/2013 9:05:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Charles Henrickson
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/23/2013 9:27:28 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Without the Right to Life, all other rights are meaningless.)
To: Slyfox
That’s scary, right there. That’d chase the rats out of the grain bins for sure.
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