Comments on: Our lady of telephones http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 09:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Francisco Vila http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1673918 Francisco Vila Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1673918 And this is Her temple: Palacio de las Comunicaciones (Madrid) https://www.google.es/search?q=temple&hl=es&client=ubuntu&hs=otF&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=wbI5UduvEqfR7AbR3YGACg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1440&bih=640#hl=es&client=ubuntu&hs=SEv&channel=fs&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=palacio+comunicaciones+madrid&oq=palacio+comun&gs_l=img.3.0.0l2j0i24l2.7777.10681.0.13084.13.9.0.2.2.1.202.1144.2j6j1.9.0...0.0...1c.1.5.img.74f5FG3nCM8&fp=1&biw=1440&bih=640&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&cad=b&sei=GsY5Ucm0CILcyQGVhoDADg And this is Her temple: Palacio de las Comunicaciones (Madrid) https://www.google.es/search?q=temple&hl=es&client=ubuntu&hs=otF&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=wbI5UduvEqfR7AbR3YGACg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1440&bih=640#hl=es&client=ubuntu&hs=SEv&channel=fs&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=palacio+comunicaciones+madrid&oq=palacio+comun&gs_l=img.3.0.0l2j0i24l2.7777.10681.0.13084.13.9.0.2.2.1.202.1144.2j6j1.9.0…0.0…1c.1.5.img.74f5FG3nCM8&fp=1&biw=1440&bih=640&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&cad=b&sei=GsY5Ucm0CILcyQGVhoDADg

]]> By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1673618 Ernest Valdemar Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1673618 This is probably as good a place as any to link to one of my favorite one-act SFF/H plays, Andre de Lorde's 1902 <em>Au telephone</em> ("At the Telephone"), written for the original Theatre du Grand Guignol. http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/atteleph.htm This is probably as good a place as any to link to one of my favorite one-act SFF/H plays, Andre de Lorde’s 1902 Au telephone (“At the Telephone”), written for the original Theatre du Grand Guignol.

http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/atteleph.htm

]]> By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1673006 ChickieD Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1673006 Direct line. Direct line.

]]> By: diginferno http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672845 diginferno Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672845 So that's why so many people use their phones at inappropriate times: their religion demands it! ;-) On a serious note, awesome painting! So that’s why so many people use their phones at inappropriate times: their religion demands it! ;-)

On a serious note, awesome painting!

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672601 Preston Sturges Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672601  I'm not sure how that scroll is staying her lap, because she is clearly sitting in a gale force wind.  I’m not sure how that scroll is staying her lap, because she is clearly sitting in a gale force wind.

]]> By: redesigned http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672551 redesigned Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672551 Ma Bell is that you? Ma Bell is that you?

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672536 pjcamp Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672536 Our Lady of Perpetual Gossip? Our Lady of the Tubes? Saint Lily of Information? Just one moment please, Mr. FuhBuckley. Our Lady of Perpetual Gossip?

Our Lady of the Tubes?

Saint Lily of Information? Just one moment please, Mr. FuhBuckley.

]]> By: DevinC http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672491 DevinC Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672491 Watson, come here.  I need you. Watson, come here.  I need you.

]]> By: Editz http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672477 Editz Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672477 Based on that thousand yard stare, I'd say she's on hold. Based on that thousand yard stare, I’d say she’s on hold.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672461 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672461 Hmm. Hmm.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672432 Preston Sturges Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672432 Typically this was the sort of thing you'd see at the top of a big old stock certificate.  I guess the Treasury Department quality engraving was to prevent counterfeiting. This one is tame - a lot of them featured the conceit of bare-boobed-blondes-as-classical-art themes. Typically this was the sort of thing you’d see at the top of a big old stock certificate.  I guess the Treasury Department quality engraving was to prevent counterfeiting.

This one is tame – a lot of them featured the conceit of bare-boobed-blondes-as-classical-art themes.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672338 Brainspore Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672338 Unfortunately the patron goddess of the internet is totally NSFW. Unfortunately the patron goddess of the internet is totally NSFW.

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672334 Art Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672334 WOW~!  What an illustration! WOW~!  What an illustration!

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/our-lady-of-telephones.html#comment-1672282 noah django Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217026#comment-1672282 ｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!! ｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!!

]]>