I do not like telephones; they are hard and cold and make annoying noises.
I do like sheep, which are soft and warm and make appealing noises. They also keep grass short, which certainly beats mowing the lawn.
Jean-Luc Cornec is thus a person after my own heart for converting nasty telephones and miles of phone cord into adorable sheep for an exhibit at the Museum für Telekommunikation in Frankfurt in January 2004. Check out the "hooves" in particular! And doesn't "telephone sheep" sound better in German?
I expect everyone else saw these on the net four years ago except me. My thanks to Meredith for alerting me to this important artistic happening.
(Picture courtesy of cualquiera, where more pictures of the flock may be found. Click the picture for a larger image.)
Interesting. I do like telephones, but not cell phones. They oblige a person to use language carefully and not depend on non-verbal cues which I often misunderstand. Thus, I often have much deeper and more profound conversations by telephone than in person. But I know a lot of people who feel as you do.
I do like the sculptures, however.
Posted by: David Bellamy | July 22, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Ring!!!
Ring!!!
Ring!!!
"Hello? Who? One moment. Dolly, it's for ewe."
(Whoa. That frying pan almsot hit me.)
Posted by: Serge | July 23, 2008 at 02:24 AM
I remember this from a few years ago, I must admit rather sheepishly.
Posted by: Fledgist | July 25, 2008 at 09:55 PM
Baaaaaah, I say to both of you!
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | July 25, 2008 at 09:57 PM
I guess we'd better stop cloning around.
Posted by: Serge | July 26, 2008 at 01:17 AM
I'll ruminant on the prospect.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | July 26, 2008 at 06:53 AM
On the next episode of Doctor Wool, the return of the Maaaaster.
Posted by: Serge | July 26, 2008 at 01:18 PM
And the Doctor will be on the lamb.
Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | July 26, 2008 at 05:28 PM
This thread is putting me to sheep.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | July 26, 2008 at 06:27 PM
Tonight, live, the Ramones.
Posted by: Serge | July 26, 2008 at 06:43 PM
Wether or not anyone says anything, I suspect this flock of puns will continue to grow.
Posted by: Fledgist | July 27, 2008 at 08:42 PM
It wool or it won't.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | July 27, 2008 at 09:17 PM
Ewe'll be sorry for that!
Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | July 27, 2008 at 10:47 PM
This thread is madness! Shear madness!
Posted by: Serge | July 27, 2008 at 11:16 PM
I do like sheep, which are soft and warm and make appealing noises.
Maybe it was too obvious, but I just realized that this explains some photos I saw that were taken at Boston's worldcon of 2004.
Posted by: Serge | July 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM
I'm just being a card!
Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | July 28, 2008 at 08:38 PM
You mean the sheep has been spade?
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | July 28, 2008 at 08:48 PM
Meanwhile, Hornblower, captain of the proudest sheep of the fleece...
Posted by: Serge | July 28, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Spade, spun, spatula'd!
Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | July 29, 2008 at 09:33 PM
(catching up on some old comments)
Serge:
The sheep associated with my MCing dates back to one of my very early outings as MC, where I made a topical joke about Dolly the cloned sheep. At the 1997 worldcon, Joni Dashoff and her compatriots made posterboard sheep and poked them out from behind the curtains whenever I wasn't looking. (It's good to have friends. I think.) After that, I gave up and ran with it. The sheep I had on the podium at N4 was a gift from a friend; I added the wings.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | September 19, 2008 at 10:44 AM
It's good to have friends. I think.
You think?
Me, I'm sure of it.
Posted by: Serge | September 19, 2008 at 04:02 PM