Comments on: Of Free Will and Suggestion Boxes http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/ Recycling Cultural Waste Since 2005... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Missing Hen http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-1154481 Missing Hen Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:13:09 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-1154481 I found this website by Googling after watching tonight's Doctor Who. I've always been gripped by the idea of how far down the numbskulls go, as you can see from this sketch we made last year: http://bit.ly/nuTeYK I found this website by Googling after watching tonight’s Doctor Who. I’ve always been gripped by the idea of how far down the numbskulls go, as you can see from this sketch we made last year:

http://bit.ly/nuTeYK

]]> By: Father’s Day | Damian Trasler's Secret Blog – Do Not Read! http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-1119258 Father’s Day | Damian Trasler's Secret Blog – Do Not Read! Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:42:28 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-1119258 [...] used to be a comic I read when I was small. Among the many stories inside was one called the Numskulls, where tiny men operated a human being from inside his head. At moments of crisis, when Mrs Dim is [...] [...] used to be a comic I read when I was small. Among the many stories inside was one called the Numskulls, where tiny men operated a human being from inside his head. At moments of crisis, when Mrs Dim is [...]

]]> By: Stinky the Bumskull http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-1071163 Stinky the Bumskull Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:11:50 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-1071163 I always wondered if there were nether-region numskulls. I asked my kids if there was a Stinky numskull or similar and they just showed me a recent Beano with a gas-masked character referred to as "The Bumskull". Glad to see the Numskulls is as anarchic as ever... I always wondered if there were nether-region numskulls. I asked my kids if there was a Stinky numskull or similar and they just showed me a recent Beano with a gas-masked character referred to as “The Bumskull”. Glad to see the Numskulls is as anarchic as ever…

]]> By: lol http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-1043703 lol Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:51:42 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-1043703 I loved numskulls. I hope i have some of my own. I wonder if my cats do. I loved numskulls. I hope i have some of my own. I wonder if my cats do.

]]> By: Barry http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-1027527 Barry Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:07:09 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-1027527 52 and suddenly I felt the urge to look up comics I used to read in the late sixties, and visualising the numskulls as one of my very favourite strips, I could not, however, for the life of me, remember its name. Tried a few keyword searches, came across History of Comics and lo and behold Numskulls was mentioned. Bingo! Then to my surprise there were a number of hits on Numskulls and then this Blog! So many other people with the same nostalgic feeling of the Numskulls' charm and inventiveness! 52 and suddenly I felt the urge to look up comics I used to read in the late sixties, and visualising the numskulls as one of my very favourite strips, I could not, however, for the life of me, remember its name. Tried a few keyword searches, came across History of Comics and lo and behold Numskulls was mentioned. Bingo! Then to my surprise there were a number of hits on Numskulls and then this Blog! So many other people with the same nostalgic feeling of the Numskulls’ charm and inventiveness!

]]> By: Captain Cohen http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-662860 Captain Cohen Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:13:38 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-662860 oh, dear - so sorry about the spelling aove .. Typing in a hurry. Blame it on my numskulls! oh, dear – so sorry about the spelling aove .. Typing in a hurry. Blame it on my numskulls!

]]> By: Captain Cohen http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-662856 Captain Cohen Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:12:14 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-662856 Wonderful to have gone back to the 170s with yu folk by reding the comments. I'm 51 and I loved the Numskulls - and remeber the Numskulls within numkulls. It seemed so logical for there to be wheels within wheels .. Thanks folks for the uploads, the comments and the realisatio that my memory was NOT playing tricks on me... Wonderful to have gone back to the 170s with yu folk by reding the comments. I’m 51 and I loved the Numskulls – and remeber the Numskulls within numkulls. It seemed so logical for there to be wheels within wheels ..

Thanks folks for the uploads, the comments and the realisatio that my memory was NOT playing tricks on me…

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-78657 fústar Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:34:06 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-78657 <blockquote>Wow, those few extra Es were all that was needed to invoke the theme song, flashy art and the homicidal despair of trying to get it out of my head again. </blockquote> Ease off on the Es. All drugs lead to "homicidal despair" - or so the meedja tells me.

Wow, those few extra Es were all that was needed to invoke the theme song, flashy art and the homicidal despair of trying to get it out of my head again.

Ease off on the Es. All drugs lead to “homicidal despair” – or so the meedja tells me.

]]> By: niall http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-78559 niall Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:44:59 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-78559 <blockquote>Ulysee e ee ees</blockquote> Wow, those few extra Es were all that was needed to invoke the theme song, flashy art and the homicidal despair of trying to get it out of my head again. This post is like a distress signal from a haunted, malevolent frigate.

Ulysee e ee ees

Wow, those few extra Es were all that was needed to invoke the theme song, flashy art and the homicidal despair of trying to get it out of my head again. This post is like a distress signal from a haunted, malevolent frigate.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-77919 fústar Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:25:44 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-77919 <blockquote>It was infinite. Numkulls in Numskulls in Numskulls ad infinitum - or at least to the limit of printing resolution. </blockquote> I'm sure if you'd subjected the pages to examination by an electron microscope you'd have seen ever tinier (quark-like) Numskulls disappearing away to the boundaries of the infinite. The closing monologue in <em>The Incredible Shrinking Man</em> comes to mind. I'll ask around. Someone, somewhere may have that strip.

It was infinite. Numkulls in Numskulls in Numskulls ad infinitum – or at least to the limit of printing resolution.

I’m sure if you’d subjected the pages to examination by an electron microscope you’d have seen ever tinier (quark-like) Numskulls disappearing away to the boundaries of the infinite. The closing monologue in The Incredible Shrinking Man comes to mind.

I’ll ask around. Someone, somewhere may have that strip.

]]> By: James King http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-77917 James King Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:47:22 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-77917 It was infinite. Numkulls in Numskulls in Numskulls ad infinitum - or at least to the limit of printing resolution. Seriously, that comic strip changed the way I thought about and saw the world around me. I wish I had a copy. It was infinite. Numkulls in Numskulls in Numskulls ad infinitum – or at least to the limit of printing resolution.

Seriously, that comic strip changed the way I thought about and saw the world around me. I wish I had a copy.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-77910 fústar Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:56:28 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-77910 <blockquote>Yes, they did. There was a strip showing exactly that. It made a great impression on me as a child and I can clearly remember it over thirty years later.</blockquote> Oh to have a copy of that story in my greedy hands... Did they merely suggest that <em>our</em> Numskulls had their own Numskulls, or did they also hint at the mind-boggling possibility of <em>infinite</em> Numskullery? If the latter, then the strip really needs to be the subject of some serious scholarly attention!

Yes, they did. There was a strip showing exactly that. It made a great impression on me as a child and I can clearly remember it over thirty years later.

Oh to have a copy of that story in my greedy hands…

Did they merely suggest that our Numskulls had their own Numskulls, or did they also hint at the mind-boggling possibility of infinite Numskullery? If the latter, then the strip really needs to be the subject of some serious scholarly attention!

]]> By: James King http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-77873 James King Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:21:43 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-77873 "The thing that used to really bug me was whether the numskulls were operated by their own, smaller, numskulls, and so ad infinitum." Yes, they did. There was a strip showing exactly that. It made a great impression on me as a child and I can clearly remember it over thirty years later. “The thing that used to really bug me was whether the numskulls were operated by their own, smaller, numskulls, and so ad infinitum.”

Yes, they did. There was a strip showing exactly that. It made a great impression on me as a child and I can clearly remember it over thirty years later.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-43464 fústar Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:22:16 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-43464 Simon, Just in case there are any Ulysses-related gaps in your memory...have a listen: http://themes.kitjunkie.org/Themes/Ulysses_31.wav My favourite bit has always been the frantic "bringing-peace-and-justice-to-alllll!" which is ham-fistedly wedged into the tune. Possibly a result of unsatisfactory translation. Speaking of unsatisfactory - No-No (the nail-eating robot) was a wildly irritating sidekick...straight out of the Jar Jar mould. Simon,

Just in case there are any Ulysses-related gaps in your memory…have a listen:

http://themes.kitjunkie.org/Themes/Ulysses_31.wav

My favourite bit has always been the frantic “bringing-peace-and-justice-to-alllll!” which is ham-fistedly wedged into the tune. Possibly a result of unsatisfactory translation.

Speaking of unsatisfactory – No-No (the nail-eating robot) was a wildly irritating sidekick…straight out of the Jar Jar mould.

]]> By: Simon McGarr http://www.fustar.info/2006/12/02/193/comment-page-1/#comment-43459 Simon McGarr Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:05:10 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2006/12/02/193/#comment-43459 There was a whole sequence of Once upon Lifes, including ouat... Space, all sharing the familiar cast of charaters. It is an illness of mine that I am unable to forget theme tunes from the telly of my youth (could do Ulyssees-ees verbatim now) but have no memory of the OUAT melody. Ulysses 31, together with a faded cloth bound book of Greek myths in Dundrum library were largely responsible for my choice of degree subject. There was a whole sequence of Once upon Lifes, including ouat… Space, all sharing the familiar cast of charaters.

It is an illness of mine that I am unable to forget theme tunes from the telly of my youth (could do Ulyssees-ees verbatim now) but have no memory of the OUAT melody.

Ulysses 31, together with a faded cloth bound book of Greek myths in Dundrum library were largely responsible for my choice of degree subject.

]]>