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September 14, 2005

Fangle

Belle went shopping for toys in Chinatown and came home with some good ones. (Click for the larger versions.)

First, there is a plangency - nay, a pathos of distance - to this table tennis net box. Indeed, table tennis should be happiness for two, not an invitation to agoraphobia. (The loneliness of the long distance ping ponger.)

Doublehap

The makers of Make missed a better name. If it can be 'new fangled' there must also be an imperative form of the verb: fangle! ('Begin and begin.' Can any upbuilder deem any exhortation more edifying?)

Fangle

"In the eder days of Art, Buiders wrought with greatest care."

Toos

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Phil

The table tennis set does look rather... Hopper-esque.

Posted by: Phil | September 15, 2005 at 12:14 AM

Jane Dark

The Toos set reminds me so much of Dunglish. How odd.

Posted by: Jane Dark | September 15, 2005 at 03:57 AM

Daryl

Had the same thought about the table tennis pic being Hopper-esque... I suppose no one does alienation like Hopper

Posted by: Daryl | September 19, 2005 at 11:29 PM

ben wolfson

To me the table tennis set is reminiscent of Chris Ware.

Posted by: ben wolfson | September 20, 2005 at 02:02 PM

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