Comments on: Ridiculous $550,000 crystal Earth-pustule watch (want)

By: Bob W.

Bob W. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh, so THAT’s what a poetry slam looks like.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You know, forgive me for being observant, but I think the $500,000 to â‚¬3,21 thing was, well, a joke.

In fact, I would go out on a limb and say it was cute. Just my humble opinion, that’s all. ;)

By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

(BREAK FOR COMMERCIAL)

Oooh, kettle, you don’t look a day over thirty!
Have you been using Grecian Formula for Pots?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve always wanted a huge Tesla Coil too. Are we really talking about the thing with eletricity or was that code?

I want a Tesla Coil big enough to fill the sky with lightening! It will require its own fushion reactor, but so what!?

By: mjfgates

mjfgates — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

So, if I get my *own* skull encrusted with diamonds, is that still consumerism, or is it just accesorizing? Because, you know, I’ve already GOT the skull.

By: GonzoMultiverse

GonzoMultiverse — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

#8 So glad to be disenvoweled…Nice

By: Mark Frauenfelder

Mark Frauenfelder — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’d give Gary 1st place. MinTphresh a close second.

By: wingbatwu

wingbatwu — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If it doesn’t measure continental drift, I’m not interested.

By: DMcK

DMcK — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I noticed the fellow in the photo has his Colosso on backwards, so that it’ll be upside-down when he checks the rotation of his pustule. I know it’s just so it looks “nice” in the photo, but shouldn’t a fine watch look good either way up?

By: Jamie Sue

Jamie Sue — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

you lost me at “pustule”

Ick.

By: Gary61

Gary61 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

InsectFeets and Monseur Antinous,
I bow before your superior wordsmithing. My humble prose was dashed off at a moment’s thought, tis obvious yours took a longer measure of time, deep thought, and clever wordplay to accomplish what my words could not – trigger the joy and sheer delight of the Happy Mutants.
Bravo, good people, bravo!

The cake has lied before .. it shall again.

By: Nasty_boy

Nasty_boy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Beautiful watch.I just couldn’t see myself paying that kind of money.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@16
you misapprehend. Anyone rich enough to own the watch obviously has a servant watch bearer carry it for him. When he desires to know the time, the watch is presented for viewing.

By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Jeff, that’s it, down to the last detail.

Lab coat, WWI goggles, and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor are strictly optional.

By: Robotech_Master

Robotech_Master — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think that Cory’s snide “currency conversions” (where some small Euro figure is converted into a billion zillion dollars, or vice versa) was amusing the first time, but it’s really gotten old. Please either use a currency conversion website to get an accurate conversion (in this case, $500,000 rounds to 320,992.71 Euros, or you could call it 321,000 to round offâ€”but that’s not “3,21″ Euros however you slice it) or just leave it off,

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Marley9,

Well said… however

Prediction: That comment will be dsmvwld shortly. You will be accused of having an “ax to grind”. You will be directed to post your comment in a thread that is never read.

I will suffer the same fate… My behavior is certainly inappropriate….

By: mdhatter

mdhatter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like good insults,
I like wrist orreries,
Exaggeration!
all in http!

boom-de-yata
boom-de-yata
boom-de-yata
boom-de-yata

By: Deadmeat

Deadmeat — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If you haven’t noticed lately, Cory likes to make slight exaggerations about the $ to â‚¬ exchange rate.

Keep it up.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

boy, that American peso must really sting you

By: enginerd94303

enginerd94303 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t know… looks to me like it is a 3D Studio model. Look closely.

By: Talia

Talia — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

#66: nah.

If marley does get disemvoweled its for posting totally off topic. Like totally and completely.

Its called threadjacking, and its a no no on 95% of message boards out there. Simple net etiquette, not totalitarian regime.

By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

(Huron Bob: To recover your footing, read Ross @79 and take it from there.)

By: insect_hooves

insect_hooves — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

[Enter insect_hooves in black undertaker woolens and white choker scarf, face painted pasty white with bulging latex forehead prosthesis, muttering, "mumble ... posting under the influence .. grumble .."]

[Ahem] “Two verses of ‘Raving’, a Bad Poem” -

Once upon a Boing thread gnarly,
As I quaffed fermented barley,
Past occas’nal bland or snory comments by a trollish bore.
While I nodded, nearly napping,
Clicking ’round, (postponing fapping),
Suddenly there flashed a snappy rapping on my monitor.
”Tis an aberration only,
Rapping on my monitor –
Only this, and nothing more.’

Steering true the Watch discussion,
Using syllabic percussion,
Sparked rejoinders from curmudgeons written off as sore.
”Tis creative moderation!
For the Win Repudiation
Fuels our palpable elation –
Stuff of intartubey lore!’
Negentropic opination,
Commentary paramour.
Others, I advise: Lurk moar!

[insect_hooves strides dizzily off stage, wrist to forehead]

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

whatever. Fact is, having to explain the same things over and over gets tedious. As does having an endless string of complainers that refuse to see their “new” comments in the context of all those that went before. Right on about the threadjacking, Talia! And Huronbob? anyone who wishes can review your entire comment history by clicking on your name – and draw their own conclusions about who is a crank here.

By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

All other things being equal, the person who replies in rhyming verse wins.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve seen the light now,
a wonderful thing!
Ridiculous watches,
and comments that sing.
TNH posting,
mightily changing
the course of self-pity
in online venues.
If only I’d grown up
somewhere with schools,
I’d function poetically,
know all the rules,
but still and all, really,
when once you get started,
I see now that somehow
it gets hard to stop.

So I will.

By: mgfarrelly

mgfarrelly — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Is that the actual earth in the watch?

By: Antinous

Antinous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

A new winner, I think.

By: ROSSINDETROIT

ROSSINDETROIT — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That’s gorgeous. I don’t care if it’s illegible. If I had the kind of dough to splurge on that I wouldn’t give a damn what day it was much less what time.

By: willibro

willibro — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Description of the watch at the Hysek site contains some machine-translation poetry:

“…as hanged up in wheels Milky Way, a three dimensions’ earth of 12mm diameter at 12 O’Clock turns on itself in 24 hours…”

“…this mechanism transforms by request the intangible hours, quarters and minutes in a crystal sound….”

“…will fascinate the amateurs of pure mechanic….”