The things you find when you self-Google... The Footman was apparently created in the early 70s as a curmudgeonly counterpart to the horribly ubiquitous Smiley. You know the rest of the story: Smiley became associated with everything from acid house to Nirvana to e-mail, while the rival went Betamax.
Obviously the world would have been a far better place had the Footman, with his cynical, pessimistic demeanour, achieved cultural supremacy. But would he have ended up in Watchmen?
"One of the most humerous books that I have read".....
ReplyDelete(From the blurb on your Footman link above.)
Wow man - now *there's* an idea for a graphic counterpart to the Smiley face....
"....Humerus Man"
If only I could do elbows. Just think what fun he could have - smashing into things and that...
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Mort
wv: uncheado - could it *be* less cheado?
Somebody Image-Googled me at work today, and... what can I say?
ReplyDeleteThat footman he got sole
ReplyDeleteThere's one thing we know...Molly Bloom likes to sleep upside down.
ReplyDeleteHappy Days Timster.
Mort: Fun-knee.
ReplyDeleteWe all do, Chris. Love you, not Google you.
Rog, you've come to the right plaice.
Molly, sweetie, what you been doing? But is it upside-down or top-to-toe? USD makes her sound like a bat...
Dagnabbit, I NEVER find anything unexpected when I self-Google! NEVAH. Of course, my name could be to blame...
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. You may already be famous!
Have you not made a Footman your avatar yet?
ReplyDeleteYou should.
That's a challenge to all of us, Valerie. Maybe we should just make stuff up about you and post it in unlikely places.
ReplyDeleteOnly on Fbook, Billy. Here, I'm loyal to René.