Comments on: D20 fez! http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brad Zimmerman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1506181 Brad Zimmerman Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1506181 I just whistled a little bit. I just whistled a little bit.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1506163 Donald Petersen Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1506163 We have a winner. "Death.  Eternal punishment.  For.  Anyone.  Who.  Opens.  This.  Casket." We have a winner.

“Death.  Eternal punishment.  For.  Anyone.  Who.  Opens.  This.  Casket.”

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1506155 Donald Petersen Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1506155 You get to drive one of them <a href="http://rockrivertimes.com/wpapp/wp-content/uploads/parade-pic-3.jpg" rel="nofollow">miniature cars</a>, too, don'tcha?  Makes it look worth the sacrifice. You get to drive one of them miniature cars, too, don’tcha?  Makes it look worth the sacrifice.

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1506145 Culturedropout Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1506145  His passion for slightly pudgy male geeks?  ;-)  His passion for slightly pudgy male geeks?  ;-)

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1506143 Culturedropout Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1506143 "I seem to have underestimated you, Mister Bond..." (Take off that suit, oh yes, oh yes, but you can keep your fez on.) “I seem to have underestimated you, Mister Bond…”

(Take off that suit, oh yes, oh yes, but you can keep your fez on.)

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1506010 Marc Mielke Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1506010 Leverage, if you consider hacking a super-power. Leverage, if you consider hacking a super-power.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505972 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505972 Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505966 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505966 I liked Wesley Crusher, and anyone who has a problem with that can blow it out their ass. I liked Wesley Crusher, and anyone who has a problem with that can blow it out their ass.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505866 Gyrofrog Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505866 I'm in a similar situation.  My head is (at least) a size 8.  It's very difficult to find any hat that will fit around my head, and if it does, then the crown is too short/low.  I did find a nice newsboy cap that fits, but in order to fit it also looks oversized.  But maybe no worse then the gentleman in this photo. In addition to all that, my better half insists that brim hats are only suitable for those over forty - then when I reached 40 she raised the age to 50. I’m in a similar situation.  My head is (at least) a size 8.  It’s very difficult to find any hat that will fit around my head, and if it does, then the crown is too short/low.  I did find a nice newsboy cap that fits, but in order to fit it also looks oversized.  But maybe no worse then the gentleman in this photo.

In addition to all that, my better half insists that brim hats are only suitable for those over forty – then when I reached 40 she raised the age to 50.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505858 Gyrofrog Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505858 Doesn't the little pocket of air (between one's scalp at the top of the hat) help one to cool off? Anyway, I'm told that's how a taqiyah works. If true, then presumably it's the same with songkok/peci/kopiahs. Doesn’t the little pocket of air (between one’s scalp at the top of the hat) help one to cool off? Anyway, I’m told that’s how a taqiyah works. If true, then presumably it’s the same with songkok/peci/kopiahs.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505851 Gyrofrog Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505851 "No I'm never gonna do it without the fez on Oh no That's what I am Please understand I wanna be your holy man" Sorry, couldn't resist. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. You're welcome. “No I’m never gonna do it without the fez on

Oh no

That’s what I am

Please understand

I wanna be your holy man”

Sorry, couldn’t resist. I haven’t been able to get this out of my head. You’re welcome.

]]> By: vickytnz http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505779 vickytnz Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505779 And battle the 11th Doctor. FEZ. OFF! And battle the 11th Doctor. FEZ. OFF!

]]> By: L_Mariachi http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505778 L_Mariachi Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505778 The little boxes are put into the same size containers as the kitchen appliances and cars. There aren’t stacks of loose parcels on board. The little boxes are put into the same size containers as the kitchen appliances and cars. There aren’t stacks of loose parcels on board.

]]> By: EvilTerran http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505690 EvilTerran Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505690 I get the impression that the problem with intercontinental surface mail is that you end up with your little box in the hold of a ship with a load of huge crates holding things like kitchen appliances and cars, so it's rather likely to get lost. I get the impression that the problem with intercontinental surface mail is that you end up with your little box in the hold of a ship with a load of huge crates holding things like kitchen appliances and cars, so it’s rather likely to get lost.

]]> By: Joe Cache http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505667 Joe Cache Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505667 ffabian:  We feel your pain, honestly.  However, we used to ship standard post but it seemed that some very unscrupulous fellows would hijack the fezzes in transit.  And, after losing many, many fezzes to this lesser shipping method with no tracking, we had to insure that any llama's and their shipment would get to the new insanely happy client. Imagine you've ordered an extremely limited edition fez, with signed documentation from someone akin to Mike Mignola, Derek Yaniger, or if we did a collaboration with say... Wil (it could happen!)  Now see the horror of this fez going missing with no tracking and no insurance...   the horror... The Horror!!! If you'd like, place an order and leave me a note... I'll ship it standard post and refund the difference, but I can only send a 'proof of life' as it's handed over to the postal system - after that, it's a roll of the dice. - Joe Cache Fezmonger Fez-o-rama ffabian:  We feel your pain, honestly.  However, we used to ship standard post but it seemed that some very unscrupulous fellows would hijack the fezzes in transit.  And, after losing many, many fezzes to this lesser shipping method with no tracking, we had to insure that any llama’s and their shipment would get to the new insanely happy client.

Imagine you’ve ordered an extremely limited edition fez, with signed documentation from someone akin to Mike Mignola, Derek Yaniger, or if we did a collaboration with say… Wil (it could happen!)  Now see the horror of this fez going missing with no tracking and no insurance…   the horror… The Horror!!!

If you’d like, place an order and leave me a note… I’ll ship it standard post and refund the difference, but I can only send a ‘proof of life’ as it’s handed over to the postal system – after that, it’s a roll of the dice.

- Joe Cache
Fezmonger
Fez-o-rama

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505657 James Agenbroad Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505657 hmm...wants a matching smoking jacket I think... hmm…wants a matching smoking jacket I think…

]]> By: Joe Cache http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505654 Joe Cache Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505654  Oh... just you wait!   Jason has a slew of ideas and if you see the 'Retired' section, you'll note that we go about 45/45 Red and Black - it's just right now, we're in a black phase. Stay Tuned!  Oh… just you wait!   Jason has a slew of ideas and if you see the ‘Retired’ section, you’ll note that we go about 45/45 Red and Black – it’s just right now, we’re in a black phase.

Stay Tuned!

]]> By: Joe Cache http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505653 Joe Cache Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505653  Yes.  Yes.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505642 Gilbert Wham Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505642  You missed 'being an awesome hat'  You missed ‘being an awesome hat’

]]> By: Steven Lord http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505641 Steven Lord Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505641 Hmmm indeed. After seeing this picture, IDW Comics _really_ needs to draw Wesley Crusher into Assimilation^2. Make it so, Geronimo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation/Doctor_Who:_Assimilation2 Hmmm indeed. After seeing this picture, IDW Comics _really_ needs to draw Wesley Crusher into Assimilation^2. Make it so, Geronimo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation/Doctor_Who:_Assimilation2

]]> By: DreamboatSkanky http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505638 DreamboatSkanky Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505638 I, too, suffer from this affliction.  Often, I'll see a hat I like, and on purchase, immediately look like a goober.   Dreamboat (on discovering a hat he likes):  "Ooh, I like this!  This is the one!  I bet I could pull <i>this</i> hat off." Mrs Dreamboat:  "I wish you would." This same hat, however, always manages to look great on other wearers, such as wife and sons and daughter, and the rest of humanity. I, too, suffer from this affliction.  Often, I’ll see a hat I like, and on purchase, immediately look like a goober.  

Dreamboat (on discovering a hat he likes):  ”Ooh, I like this!  This is the one!  I bet I could pull this hat off.”

Mrs Dreamboat:  ”I wish you would.”

This same hat, however, always manages to look great on other wearers, such as wife and sons and daughter, and the rest of humanity.

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505619 Ramone Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505619 They also did a d12 (now retired), which is aces in my book. D12 is often passed over for its pologonally ostentatious cousin d20. http://www.fez-o-rama.com/retired-styles-d12-wc-edition-c-44_12_166 Show some respect, yo. They also did a d12 (now retired), which is aces in my book. D12 is often passed over for its pologonally ostentatious cousin d20.

http://www.fez-o-rama.com/retired-styles-d12-wc-edition-c-44_12_166

Show some respect, yo.

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505614 Ramone Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505614 Depends on your point of view of "functional". If your definition extends to "honoring God by not offending him with your vanity" then it works just fine. Depends on your point of view of “functional”. If your definition extends to “honoring God by not offending him with your vanity” then it works just fine.

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505611 Ramone Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505611 Thirded. Wheaton is king among nerds and has a mile-long record of legit nerd cred to show for it. Thirded. Wheaton is king among nerds and has a mile-long record of legit nerd cred to show for it.

]]> By: lev36 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505591 lev36 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505591  Indeed! Wil Wheaton is living proof, and inspiration to so many, that you can transcend your awkward and (extremely) unpopular youth to become an awesome person and an (extremely) respected internet personality.  Indeed! Wil Wheaton is living proof, and inspiration to so many, that you can transcend your awkward and (extremely) unpopular youth to become an awesome person and an (extremely) respected internet personality.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505583 Robert Baruch Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505583 Came here to say that. You win an Internet. Came here to say that. You win an Internet.

]]> By: Andrew Pam http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505547 Andrew Pam Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505547 Didn't I see that fez in "What's New with Phil & Dixie"? Didn’t I see that fez in “What’s New with Phil & Dixie”?

]]> By: Kiddharma http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505518 Kiddharma Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505518 One of the best appearances of a fez in a movie: on the head of Victor Mature in von Sternberg's "The Shanghai Gesture"... I need one. The burnoose would be excellent, too. One of the best appearances of a fez in a movie: on the head of Victor Mature in von Sternberg’s “The Shanghai Gesture”…
I need one. The burnoose would be excellent, too.

]]> By: Jer_00 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505495 Jer_00 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505495  As, apparently, are bow ties. Who knew?  As, apparently, are bow ties.

Who knew?

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/08/12/d20-fez.html#comment-1505494 Halloween_Jack Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176087#comment-1505494  Somebody should have brought some spirit gum (used to attach fake beards on stage, among other things).  Somebody should have brought some spirit gum (used to attach fake beards on stage, among other things).

]]>