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When my father got angry, he'd swear "Jesus

  • When my father got angry, he'd swear "Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle". This was quite confusing. Harry? Herbert? Now, in the crypt of the Templars, the fresco clearly showed
  • a Jesus Hamford Christ on what looked like a Penny Farthing. Probably, this piece was made by Victorian Templars as a way to express their faith in such sinful and filthy times
  • new roman fonts. What an evil font it is. Its violent and narcissistic. Anyone who uses the font is likely guilty of racketeering or general beef-wittedness which
  • is hardly a crime. Times New Roman is undeniably evil, but it's all about how you use it. Simon switched to Calibri, loving the soft lines and curves of each unimposing letter.
  • Simon used Calibri everywhere.Inspired by its simple sans-serif typeface, he lived sans anything that complicated his life.That is, until the mix up with the #l and lower case "l".
  • Calibri flew into a rage. "Who is this Ca1ibri slut? How could you sneak around on me? You're breaking my <3." Simon tried to explain the mistake, but Calibri was done listening.
  • she flitted about wings beating 80 times per second and pecked at his eyes with her sharp beak. Fortunately his shades protected him. He filled his saxophone with honey
  • and the little bird drank from it while he played it 'Favorite Things' by John Coltraine, gloopily. Once finished, the hummingbird built a nest of cobwebs inside the sax and laid a
  • couple eggs in the horn which hatched into jellybean-sized hummingbirds that sort of adopted the man as their daddy. They buzzed around him while he played his sax and followed him
  • wherever he went, something like the Pied Piper only way, waaaaaay cooler. Somewhere in heaven, Coltrane was smiling.

9 Comments

  1. lucielucie Mar 07 2013 @ 16:42

    'Beef-wittedness' hahaha

  2. sundancer Mar 07 2013 @ 21:43

    Wait, how did you know about Coltraine? Is there something I don't know about connecting saxophones to hummingbirds that let you to know that the person above you mentioned Coltraine? I'm dumbfounded!

  3. PurpleProf Mar 08 2013 @ 07:43

    I was online about the same time you were and was reading the folds. I was thinking about LucieLucie's fold and asking myself if Coltrane had really done "My Favorite Things" and had to stop to look it up. Then when I came back, you had already posted your fold...so I just fnished it up! :) Wish I could say I that I have some kind of magical insight, but it's as simple as that. Loved your fold, by the way!

  4. SlimWhitman Mar 08 2013 @ 07:43

    Wikipedia says: John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane"; (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967[1]) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. I think he is one of the most famous Jazz saxophonists. Maybe for that reason. Really enjoyed the images on this one.

  5. PurpleProf Mar 08 2013 @ 07:46

    Agree, SlimWhitman...and it was your fold that opened the door for the hummingbirds to fly into this story!

  6. SlimWhitman Mar 08 2013 @ 07:51

    I was thinking about a certain kind of nectar decanter I saw at a humming bird feeding station in the Rockies. The shape reminded me of saxophones... Colorful notes flitting out of the bell.

  7. PurpleProf Mar 08 2013 @ 08:24

    Look what I found! Hummingbird font!! http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/laura-worthington/hummingbird/

  8. PurpleProf Mar 08 2013 @ 08:31

    And here is Coltrane font... Hmmm...maybe this story is more unified than I thought. Pretty cool! http://www.gooddesignmakesmehappy.com/2011/06/typeface-love-ywft-coltrane.html

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