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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17775 on: November 05, 2017, 10:38:39 AM »
And copper oxide also gives a green flame, that may be easier than your methanol/borax solution.

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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17776 on: November 05, 2017, 12:07:56 PM »
This morning I was reading on a local Wisconsin paper's website about an old, fondly remembered, Norwegian tradition called Julebukking which is described as "a rowdier version of Halloween".  I was just wondering if it is still a thing in Norway?
On the decline, it seems, except for one very popular spin-off in Sweden.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17777 on: November 05, 2017, 01:02:49 PM »
On the decline, it seems, except for one very popular spin-off in Sweden.
Oh, so that's what those goats are. I've seen them at a weird hippie/old people/flower shop/cat place where I help.
I think the lady who runs the store just has them labeled as "Christmas Sweden Goats"
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17778 on: November 05, 2017, 01:16:16 PM »
Oh, so that's what those goats are. I've seen them at a weird hippie/old people/flower shop/cat place where I help.
I think the lady who runs the store just has them labeled as "Christmas Sweden Goats"
FWIW, I'm totally in favor of being wary of purported forgeign countries' Christmas traditions. :P The Gävle Goat's genuinely a hot thing in Sweden, though.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17779 on: November 05, 2017, 06:09:05 PM »
FWIW, I'm totally in favor of being wary of purported forgeign countries' Christmas traditions. :P The Gävle Goat's genuinely a hot thing in Sweden, though.
This most certainly goes off on a tangent, but somebody has to have made some sort of crossover work between SSSS and SATW.
If not, somebody needs to. Not me though, I'm a s*** artist.
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On another tangent, I'm surprised that the artist used Kathleen Ni Houlihan for the personification of Ireland. I figured most comic artists would use the more politically neutral Ériu/Érin
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17780 on: November 05, 2017, 06:36:22 PM »
This most certainly goes off on a tangent, but somebody has to have made some sort of crossover work between SSSS and SATW.
If not, somebody needs to. Not me though, I'm a s*** artist.

There's an Art Ideas Repository over on the SSSS board. You could post it there and see if someone takes it up.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17781 on: November 05, 2017, 07:42:22 PM »
There's an Art Ideas Repository over on the SSSS board. You could post it there and see if someone takes it up.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17782 on: November 05, 2017, 11:33:53 PM »
I know that this is a complete jerk thing to do, but I can't help but point out that he left out an "an" in the description for the dickpic card.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17783 on: November 06, 2017, 08:17:27 AM »
FWIW, I'm totally in favor of being wary of purported forgeign countries' Christmas traditions. :P The Gävle Goat's genuinely a hot thing in Sweden, though.
Yeah could we not burn it down immediately after raising it, that would be great!
Last year it didn't even survive the first night!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17784 on: November 06, 2017, 10:40:34 AM »
Yeah could we not burn it down immediately after raising it, that would be great!
Last year it didn't even survive the first night!
Swedes seems to be playful.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17785 on: November 07, 2017, 01:05:54 AM »
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17786 on: November 07, 2017, 10:21:42 AM »
some sort of crossover work between SSSS and SATW.
As in ... an armless Sister Sigrun? >:D
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17787 on: November 07, 2017, 11:08:07 AM »
As in ... an armless Sister Sigrun? >:D
I'm sure someone'll love it.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17788 on: November 10, 2017, 08:37:00 AM »
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17789 on: November 10, 2017, 11:04:18 AM »
This most certainly goes off on a tangent, but somebody has to have made some sort of crossover work between SSSS and SATW.
If not, somebody needs to. Not me though, I'm a s*** artist.
Spoiler: show
On another tangent, I'm surprised that the artist used Kathleen Ni Houlihan for the personification of Ireland. I figured most comic artists would use the more politically neutral Ériu/Érin


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