Comments on: 1930s version of the Human Centipede http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898830 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898830 <blockquote>The vomitous Human Centipede movie</blockquote> Correct me if I'm wrong, but the human centipede wasn't really constructed for efficient vomiting. The flow seems very much front to back.

The vomitous Human Centipede movie

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the human centipede wasn’t really constructed for efficient vomiting. The flow seems very much front to back.

]]> By: bob_calder http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-899619 bob_calder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899619 Strictly speaking, I'm not sure the Shrine should be considered main line Masonic. But hazing is not part of the first 32 degrees. After that, you can join the fun guys that don't do anything but raise money for charity and have fun doing it. The Shriners. Yes, they have funny initiation rites. Funny on purpose because they're Shriners and proud of driving miniature cars, dressing up in clown suits, getting potted and marching through town. Strictly speaking, I’m not sure the Shrine should be considered main line Masonic. But hazing is not part of the first 32 degrees. After that, you can join the fun guys that don’t do anything but raise money for charity and have fun doing it. The Shriners. Yes, they have funny initiation rites. Funny on purpose because they’re Shriners and proud of driving miniature cars, dressing up in clown suits, getting potted and marching through town.

]]> By: revnoah http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-899378 revnoah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899378 Thanks for the support, Art. And you're right, this centipede is hilarious, it just bothers me that it is being incorrectly associated with Freemasonry. It looks like something out of the Church of the SubGenius (which I also belong to, as well as many other Freemasons). Thanks for the support, Art. And you’re right, this centipede is hilarious, it just bothers me that it is being incorrectly associated with Freemasonry. It looks like something out of the Church of the SubGenius (which I also belong to, as well as many other Freemasons).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898638 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898638 The third one looks like hitler The third one looks like hitler

]]> By: Rose http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898641 Rose Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898641 Ugh. Every time the human centipede idea is brought up, I get nauseated and don't sleep well for several nights. Ugh. Every time the human centipede idea is brought up, I get nauseated and don’t sleep well for several nights.

]]> By: mst3kmoxie http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898643 mst3kmoxie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898643 Oh, those crazy Masons! Oh, those crazy Masons!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-899177 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899177 Not that there's anything wrong with those things... ;-) Not that there’s anything wrong with those things… ;-)

]]> By: sbarnes2 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898669 sbarnes2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898669 Sounds like a new kink. Porn producers should get on this-literally! Sounds like a new kink. Porn producers should get on this-literally!

]]> By: Thad E Ginataom http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898670 Thad E Ginataom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898670 is that "predated" as in came before, or as in predator? is that “predated” as in came before, or as in predator?

]]> By: agonist http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898671 agonist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898671 $52 in 1930's money seems like a lot for what must essentially be a long pillow with suspenders and joke buzzers. $52 in 1930′s money seems like a lot for what must essentially be a long pillow with suspenders and joke buzzers.

]]> By: artaxerxes http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898675 artaxerxes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898675 That thing looks brilliant. "Attendance at our meetings has increased!" "[T]hey always know there is a good time in Edgewood when we have a meeting." Whoo-hoo! Knowing a bit about Thos. Edison's personality, I could see him taking a personal interest in the development of the gadget. I just read "War and Peace". Tolstoy did a good job of describing the basic Masonic initiation rituals. Hilarious. I knew the Masonic rituals were pretty silly and loopy but I had no idea of the degree of puerility. No wonder people were into that shit. It sure sounds like it beat playing whist night after night. But then again, it got boring over time. Enter the Human Centipede. I'm having a really great time imagining "War and Peace" with the Human Centipede included at Pierre's meetings. Oh but for a few decades… That thing looks brilliant. “Attendance at our meetings has increased!” “[T]hey always know there is a good time in Edgewood when we have a meeting.” Whoo-hoo!

Knowing a bit about Thos. Edison’s personality, I could see him taking a personal interest in the development of the gadget.

I just read “War and Peace”. Tolstoy did a good job of describing the basic Masonic initiation rituals. Hilarious. I knew the Masonic rituals were pretty silly and loopy but I had no idea of the degree of puerility. No wonder people were into that shit. It sure sounds like it beat playing whist night after night. But then again, it got boring over time. Enter the Human Centipede.

I’m having a really great time imagining “War and Peace” with the Human Centipede included at Pierre’s meetings. Oh but for a few decades…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898677 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898677 when I became a mason all the old guys would say things like "ready to ride the centipede?" or "you are gonna ride the goat" I had no idea what that meant until now! when I became a mason all the old guys would say things like “ready to ride the centipede?” or “you are gonna ride the goat” I had no idea what that meant until now!

]]> By: bsdnazz http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898702 bsdnazz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898702 That human centipede is Hallucigenia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucigenia That human centipede is Hallucigenia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucigenia

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-899231 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899231 i definitely vomited when seeing the film Human Centipede! i definitely vomited when seeing the film Human Centipede!

]]> By: revnoah http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-899241 revnoah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899241 Nothing in the ad even remotely suggests any Masonic ties. This is more likely targeted toward the Greek fraternities, whose rituals tend to be more about humiliation than building moral character. Masonic initiation centres around the allegorical story about building King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. Initiates are taught that charity, equality and truth are some of the most important elements to building moral character. Every single thing in Freemasonry has a symbolic moral lesson. If a lodge tried to use something like this in their ritual, their charter would be revoked and the members kicked out of the fraternity. I have been a Freemason for about three and a half years. There is nothing even remotely Masonic about this bizarre contraption. When I was initiated, I expected weird things like a big goats head or hazing and encountered nothing of the sort. What I found instead was a greater sense of civic responsibility, more confidence in myself and a stronger appreciation for other cultures. Nothing in the ad even remotely suggests any Masonic ties. This is more likely targeted toward the Greek fraternities, whose rituals tend to be more about humiliation than building moral character.

Masonic initiation centres around the allegorical story about building King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. Initiates are taught that charity, equality and truth are some of the most important elements to building moral character. Every single thing in Freemasonry has a symbolic moral lesson. If a lodge tried to use something like this in their ritual, their charter would be revoked and the members kicked out of the fraternity.

I have been a Freemason for about three and a half years. There is nothing even remotely Masonic about this bizarre contraption. When I was initiated, I expected weird things like a big goats head or hazing and encountered nothing of the sort. What I found instead was a greater sense of civic responsibility, more confidence in myself and a stronger appreciation for other cultures.

]]> By: BadIdeaSociety http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898997 BadIdeaSociety Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898997 Men's Clubs: Unconvincingly Disguising Closeted Homosexual and Masochistic Tendencies for Centuries. Men’s Clubs: Unconvincingly Disguising Closeted Homosexual and Masochistic Tendencies for Centuries.

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-899284 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899284 I'm a 24 year Freemason and twice Past Master (for credentials). I got such a kick out of this post! And yes, I agree with Bro. Revnoa #14 on all points. Well said. This paraphernalia is as strange and as spooky to me as it is to everyone else. It's also as funny as can be :) Thanks! I’m a 24 year Freemason and twice Past Master (for credentials).

I got such a kick out of this post!
And yes, I agree with Bro. Revnoa #14 on all points. Well said.

This paraphernalia is as strange and as spooky to me as it is to everyone else. It’s also as funny as can be :)

Thanks!

]]> By: kip w http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-899806 kip w Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899806 Does anybody here know of a book, which I seem to remember as being by an author named Darwin A. Hinman (or perhaps there was another d in the name)? The title consisted of some number, like 1,000 or so, followed by something like "tricks, snares, and stunts" (I'm pretty sure "snares" was one of them). This book was an impressive aggregation of things to do to other people, ranging from the barely mean ("'Oh Wah, Ta Goo, Siam!' ... Hey, WAIT A MINUTE!") to the inventive ("Knight of the Blanket," where a blanket is extended across two chairs with a chair-sized gap between, and the victim is induced to sit on the middle one) to some really nasty stuff I seem to have forgotten. I can't seem to get enough of the title right to find a used copy of this book. Or maybe they've all been bought up and destroyed by some military wing of the US government. Anybody know the one I mean? Does anybody here know of a book, which I seem to remember as being by an author named Darwin A. Hinman (or perhaps there was another d in the name)? The title consisted of some number, like 1,000 or so, followed by something like “tricks, snares, and stunts” (I’m pretty sure “snares” was one of them).

This book was an impressive aggregation of things to do to other people, ranging from the barely mean (“‘Oh Wah, Ta Goo, Siam!’ … Hey, WAIT A MINUTE!”) to the inventive (“Knight of the Blanket,” where a blanket is extended across two chairs with a chair-sized gap between, and the victim is induced to sit on the middle one) to some really nasty stuff I seem to have forgotten.

I can’t seem to get enough of the title right to find a used copy of this book. Or maybe they’ve all been bought up and destroyed by some military wing of the US government. Anybody know the one I mean?

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898793 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898793 Hi there, gentle reader. Wondering what this "Human Centipede" malarky is? Tempted to click on the link to find out? PLEASE GOD STOP NOW! DON'T DO IT! WALK AWAY! ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN PEACE! NO, REALLY! STOP! Hi there, gentle reader.

Wondering what this “Human Centipede” malarky is? Tempted to click on the link to find out?

PLEASE GOD STOP NOW! DON’T DO IT! WALK AWAY! ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN PEACE! NO, REALLY! STOP!

]]> By: Dave Hustava http://boingboing.net/2010/09/29/1930s-version-of-the.html#comment-898813 Dave Hustava Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-898813 My boss is a Mason. This may explain more than a few things. Although - The creepiest fact is that the damn thing appears to originate in my Mom's home town. Which may explain even MORE things. My boss is a Mason. This may explain more than a few things.

Although – The creepiest fact is that the damn thing appears to originate in my Mom’s home town. Which may explain even MORE things.

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