Somebody suggested we add a “kvetch” tag for cases like this.
I’m not sure: let say it’s in beta.
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I’m thinking “shades” as in “sunglasses”: “the choice is up to you cause they come in two classes
Rhinestone shades or cheap sunglasses” “Cheap Sunglasses by ZZTop. In which case he needed to be wearing one of those Gary Larson rhinestone numbers.
Well, the first one has acne, the fifth one is sporting a receding hairline, and the rest are too small for these old eyes to see. Doesn’t that count?
Okay, a pun on shades but … why make a pun on Dorian Gray if you make *no* reference to Dorian Gray at all?
> Well, the first one has acne, the fifth one is sporting a receding hairline, and the rest are too small for these old eyes to see.
I’m actually *really* afraid that was the cartoonists intent. That he didn’t notice he had failed and didn’t attempt to fix it is disturbing.
I thought I understood what “kvetch” means, but seeing it here makes me reconsider. How is “kvetch” defined for this usage?
kvetch = complain, generally without any endgame other than complaining.
The tag was suggested for certain submissions that didn’t fit existing categories such as CIDU, Oy, etc.
“Okay, a pun on shades but … why make a pun on Dorian Gray if you make *no* reference to Dorian Gray at all?”
Because the joke requires someone with “Gray” in the name. That’s all. It’s a pun on shades, makes a reference to a popular book/movie, and we can assume that there are 50 such photos/paintings. Isn’t that enough?
The first comment mentions rhinestone, which always makes me think of the Glen Campbell song, which always makes me think of the parody “Like a wine stoned plowboy”.
I think I’ve only ever had 1 pair of sunglasses at a time; or even if I’d had two, a retrospective would probably be sectioned by year.
See, there are these two book titles, and they (almost) have a word in common: Gray, Grey.
An American Tail of Two Cities.
@ MiB – I thought it was supposed to be “…Too Cities”.
“Because the joke requires someone with “Gray” in the name. That’s all. It’s a pun on shades, makes a reference to a popular book/movie, and we can assume that there are 50 such photos/paintings. Isn’t that enough?”
But, but…. how can anyone *not* think of aging distorting portraits?
And although I usually don’t encourage people to make the obvious and easy jokes, in this case making it is better than *not* making it.
I don’t want to take this discussion into Arlo territory, but given the pornographic nature of the book(*), it seems like he should be increasing in perversion rather than age.
P.S. (*) – Let’s be honest: they didn’t sell a zillion copies and make a mint on multiple movies because of any intrinsic literary appeal. As Tom Lehrer said (in the introduction to “Smut”): “Dirty books are fun!“).
The Portrait of Dorian Grey is a smutty book?
The *picture* sports a progression of sunglasses 😎. (It would be nice if we really could see a progression, and even more if it were an evident deterioration in some way.) Meanwhile, the *guy* goes on forever looking smashing in his Ray Ban Aviators.
In the movie at least, the portrait reverted to its original perfection when Dorian dropped dead and suddenly became the dissipated wreck he truly was. And he kept the portrait locked up, killing the few who saw it. So logically this would be a posthumous exhibition.
That begs the question of why there are fifty portraits, Wealthy socialite Dorian may well have had additional portraits painted during his extended youth. Or he might have become a celebrity endorser for expensive sunglasses, and these were painted or photographed for advertisements. They would presumably be unaffected by the curse that affected the original portrait. If none of these is the original, Dorian might still be out and about.
@ larK – That was facetious, I hope everyone realizes that I was talking about the other “Grey” trash.
@ larK, “The Portrait of Dorian Grey is a smutty book?” Yes. During his infamous trials in 1895, the prosecuting attorneys used the novel against Wilde, referring to it as a “sodomitical book.”
The name of the book is The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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I’m thinking “shades” as in “sunglasses”: “the choice is up to you cause they come in two classes
Rhinestone shades or cheap sunglasses” “Cheap Sunglasses by ZZTop. In which case he needed to be wearing one of those Gary Larson rhinestone numbers.
Well, the first one has acne, the fifth one is sporting a receding hairline, and the rest are too small for these old eyes to see. Doesn’t that count?
Okay, a pun on shades but … why make a pun on Dorian Gray if you make *no* reference to Dorian Gray at all?
> Well, the first one has acne, the fifth one is sporting a receding hairline, and the rest are too small for these old eyes to see.
I’m actually *really* afraid that was the cartoonists intent. That he didn’t notice he had failed and didn’t attempt to fix it is disturbing.
I thought I understood what “kvetch” means, but seeing it here makes me reconsider. How is “kvetch” defined for this usage?
kvetch = complain, generally without any endgame other than complaining.
The tag was suggested for certain submissions that didn’t fit existing categories such as CIDU, Oy, etc.
“Okay, a pun on shades but … why make a pun on Dorian Gray if you make *no* reference to Dorian Gray at all?”
Because the joke requires someone with “Gray” in the name. That’s all. It’s a pun on shades, makes a reference to a popular book/movie, and we can assume that there are 50 such photos/paintings. Isn’t that enough?
The first comment mentions rhinestone, which always makes me think of the Glen Campbell song, which always makes me think of the parody “Like a wine stoned plowboy”.
I think I’ve only ever had 1 pair of sunglasses at a time; or even if I’d had two, a retrospective would probably be sectioned by year.
See, there are these two book titles, and they (almost) have a word in common: Gray, Grey.
An American Tail of Two Cities.
@ MiB – I thought it was supposed to be “…Too Cities”.
“Because the joke requires someone with “Gray” in the name. That’s all. It’s a pun on shades, makes a reference to a popular book/movie, and we can assume that there are 50 such photos/paintings. Isn’t that enough?”
But, but…. how can anyone *not* think of aging distorting portraits?
And although I usually don’t encourage people to make the obvious and easy jokes, in this case making it is better than *not* making it.
I don’t want to take this discussion into Arlo territory, but given the pornographic nature of the book(*), it seems like he should be increasing in perversion rather than age.
P.S. (*) – Let’s be honest: they didn’t sell a zillion copies and make a mint on multiple movies because of any intrinsic literary appeal. As Tom Lehrer said (in the introduction to “Smut”): “Dirty books are fun!“).
The Portrait of Dorian Grey is a smutty book?
The *picture* sports a progression of sunglasses 😎. (It would be nice if we really could see a progression, and even more if it were an evident deterioration in some way.) Meanwhile, the *guy* goes on forever looking smashing in his Ray Ban Aviators.
In the movie at least, the portrait reverted to its original perfection when Dorian dropped dead and suddenly became the dissipated wreck he truly was. And he kept the portrait locked up, killing the few who saw it. So logically this would be a posthumous exhibition.
That begs the question of why there are fifty portraits, Wealthy socialite Dorian may well have had additional portraits painted during his extended youth. Or he might have become a celebrity endorser for expensive sunglasses, and these were painted or photographed for advertisements. They would presumably be unaffected by the curse that affected the original portrait. If none of these is the original, Dorian might still be out and about.
@ larK – That was facetious, I hope everyone realizes that I was talking about the other “Grey” trash.
@ larK, “The Portrait of Dorian Grey is a smutty book?” Yes. During his infamous trials in 1895, the prosecuting attorneys used the novel against Wilde, referring to it as a “sodomitical book.”
The name of the book is The Picture of Dorian Gray.
This discussion reminds me of this:
or this:
A follow-on ….