Heraldic amusement

[damont]

In response to a recent inquiry on an email list about blazoning a couple of possible designs, I used the following:
"Quarterly X and Y, an arrow fesswise between four widgets".
"<field>, on a bend sinister between two widgets a thingy".

I then concluded by saying:
"Yes, I am resorting to highly technical terms here. ;-)"

X-posted to sca_heralds

Comments

[montuos]

How can you say you're using highly technical terms? There is no mention of either aardvarks or kumquats!

[craig trader (from livejournal.com)]

The technical terms being 'Quarterly', 'fesswise', and 'bend sinister', right?

[laurensa.livejournal.com]

It's a thingy!

A fiendish thingy!

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

My next badge must consist of widgets and thingies. Oh yes!

[h3salthea.livejournal.com]

Widgets! A Thingy!


...if that was the description of the arms I had to put on a scroll...well, now I know who to harrage to get a description of how to depict those...since you seem quite knowledgable about them...

....widgets??

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Yes. Among others. ;->

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Heck, your guess is as good as mine on how to depict a widget.

I will note that, when appropriate, I (and many other heralds) have also been known to use the technical term "stuff".

[donal-mac-r.livejournal.com]

HEHEHEHe, I Know where that comes from!

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

If you figure out a good way to depict those, please inform h3salthea (see below). ;->

[donal-mac-r.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I'm old school. I insist on using "whatchamacallit," "thingamajig," and "thingamie."

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

You betcha!

Oooh, maybe winged widgets and horned thingies. Muahahaha!

[h3salthea.livejournal.com]

....*winged* widgets and *horned* thingies???

BFWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! *falls over*

[shades-of-nyx.livejournal.com]

foo between two sets of goo?

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

well, if we're going with computer-tech-y terms, a baz between two foo's... ("foo", "bar", and "baz" are the first 3 entries in that sequence but "bar" actually has a pre-existing heraldic definition.)

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I thought that last was spelled "thingummy".

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

(this idea of sets of goo has interesting possibilities...)

[montuos]

The top right item is what I was first given as a definition for a widget.

[laurensa.livejournal.com]

It is perhaps my favorite movie quote ever. :-)

[donal-mac-r.livejournal.com]

That dates us, y'know . . . me at least. I saw it as a new release in a real theatre . . . back when there still were real theatres

[laurensa.livejournal.com]

My kids love it too, but their current favorite movie is Yellow Submarine. Tommy walks around singing "When I'm 64", and they love going to see a tribute band called Beatlemania now.

They don't quite get it that it's not the real Beatles, though. Jimmy came to us the other and exclaimed in horror "Mommy! John Lennon got shot!!" He thought his friend was dead. It was quite sad.

[donal-mac-r.livejournal.com]

I was in my teens when "Revolver" came out, and I liked that song - too well, it seems. My father (in his 60s at the time) didn't like it and didn't like me to sing it.

A few years ago I bought my sons the "Beatles 1" CD, and they were mildly impressed that I could sing all the songs - at least sing along with them. Most I could sing on my own, and all of them I knew the opening lines though perhaps not all the way through.