Ric guitar

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:29 am

Okay, as my friend Andy used to say, "Yeah, Shee, "danger" is your middle name... huuuge danger"... just like this:

Back to guitars, uh?
Chris, do you mean you decided not to look for another RIC at the moment?

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:22 am

Good call Sheena

how about a lovely picture of a lovely V64?

anyone?

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:23 am

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:21 am

Jeffrey, that Firesign Theatre album was/is fantastic! As they all were. Great stuff. (“I think … we’re ALL Bozos on this bus!”)

By the way, just in case someone thinks the names under the photos really spell Marx or Lennon/Lenin.
The letters under Groucho spell something like: “M'dyach.”
Under John, it doesn’t say anything pronounceable, as there is no ‘L’-looking-thing in Russian Cyrillic alphabet.
An ‘L’ sound in Russian is sort of an upside-down squared-off ‘U’ with a tail.
An ‘L’ turned upside down in Russian is actually a ‘G.’
But I’m rambling.

More rambling… speaking of the Marx Brothers and Russian. In his autobiography, Harpo Marx writes about his tour of the USSR and a funny story about when he came back and met his friends (including George S. Kaufman).

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:34 am

Did someone mention a pic of a V64....

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:38 am

I see nothing wrong with the spelling, in fact... since the age of 3, i read Russian, and the letters always looked this way:

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:36 am

No, Sheena, not there, on the Firesign Theatre LP cover. (The other graphic.)
Yes, of course, what you attached spells those names.
In case anyone interested: Groucho was the youngest of the five brothers and real (English) name was Julius.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:44 am

And Dane is his reincarnation I believe

Really one of the funniest people ever. Both of you

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:46 am

Mark: Oh, i see now... i thought you meant the picture Dane has posted... as far as FT cover, methinks it's just sort of a "mirror image"... (BTW, did he have a brother named Karl? Sorry, couldn't resist...)
Back to guitars, huh?
(UPD: was so impressed that typed "Marx" instead of "Mark"... corrected myself, though

)

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:51 am

happy to oblige, but it didn't go too well on the last attempt!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:56 pm

Just thought I'd mention...the image I posted is of an actual set of limited edition commemorative postage stamps issued by the Government of Abkhazia...I saw them advertised in the Sunday funnies about ten years ago and jumped on 'em...they've been a part of my home office decor ever since.

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:10 pm

Abkhazia is a region of 8,600 km² (3,300 sq.mi.) in the Caucasus. It is formally an autonomous republic within Georgia but is de facto independent, although not recognised as such internationally. The capital is Sukhum (Sokhumi)

Interesting Dane. How many sets did you buy?

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:18 pm

Just the one: issue number C 6754. Guess I should have gotten more, but I never think about things that way.

Judging from their postage stamps alone, Abkhazia seems like my kinda place...

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:40 pm

Well they certainly have good taste when it comes to entertainers. IMO

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:41 pm

"Judging from their postage stamps alone"...
Abkhazia is in fact a really lovely place... but i wouldn't recommend to move in right now...