tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post5020104470332402094..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: Infernal DevicesPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-6981589357911787472010-03-09T07:14:11.527-08:002010-03-09T07:14:11.527-08:00Inexplicably? Not so!
When someone at a feast or ...Inexplicably? Not so!<br /><br />When someone at a feast or buffet seems to eat more than normal capacity would allow, a comment sometimes made is: "You/he/she must have a hollow leg."<br /><br />A curious remark, to be sure. One might wonder <b><i>why</i></b> anyone would bother to stuff a hollow leg with food, or where the food was destined. For the wearer's own larder?<br /><br />Now we know. Those stuffing their hollow legs are merely taking home food to supply their mechanical wombs. It's all perfectly reasonable.<br /><br />--Raven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-60253148182425360202010-03-08T20:58:21.544-08:002010-03-08T20:58:21.544-08:00I love the detached leg lying unexplicably below t...I love the detached leg lying unexplicably below the womb.Tom Banwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653951119916046131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-54418869846349238102010-03-08T05:58:51.444-08:002010-03-08T05:58:51.444-08:00And when the infant is born (or, rather, decanted)...And when the infant is born (or, rather, decanted) from the 17th century mechanical womb, it can be raised in the 20th century <a href="http://www.facsimilemagazine.com/2008/01/images/skinnerbox.jpg" rel="nofollow">Skinner Box, a.k.a. air-crib or "heir conditioner"</a>.<br /><br />Though please note that the rumors about B.F. Skinner using the box to experiment on his daughter were utterly <a href="http://www.snopes.com/science/skinner.asp" rel="nofollow">false</a>; he built it to keep her comfortable, clean, healthy, and warm, even in the Minnesota winters. As an adult, his daughter <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2004/mar/12/highereducation.uk" rel="nofollow">denounced</a> those rumors herself.<br /><br />--Raven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com