Well, he WAS rising rapidly in the hierarchy….no surprise, here he is, undergoing
specific leadership-candidate hazing. It’s those damn high-heels; he ought to have handled those clowns VERY quickly. Among my prejudices: high heels are a devil’s plot to keep women subservient and incapable.
I suppose that if he ‘offs’ or adjusts Green’s position, he would take over, and that would constitute a victory. Of sorts,
In the right hands…uhh, feet…high heels can be a deadly weapon. A 1/16 inch spiked heel worn by an average-sized female can exert 1,500 psi. They ain’t called stiletto heels for no reason. And Tip’s a bit bigger, and would know just where to stomp and kick.
I’ve never understood the psychology of high heels. Some women seem addicted to them. I knew one who topped 6’2″ barefoot and still insisted on wearing jacked up platforms.
High heels were actually historically worn by men at first, although in a different form. They were used by the Persians when riding horses, with the heel meant to help keep the foot in the stirrup. Horses were expensive and limited to the wealthy, so the heels that went with such horses came to be a signified of wealth and status.
European men adopted heels as a fashion statement in the 1600s during a period of “Orientalist” fascination. Women soon started to adopt them as well, and for a time they were universal across the sexes. However, women’s fashion soon trended toward more ornamental shoes, while men’s fashion began to be more utilitarian, and thus heels came to be viewed as “feminine” and thus “unmanly”, and fell out of fashion for men.
…unless, of course, you are riding horses, where boots still retain their heels, and no one would suggest that a cowboy in his high heeled boot seems “feminine”. Fashion is weird.
The correct words are important. “Dungeon” implies stairs, small windows, guards and rats, all of which can be used to escape (especially the rats.) “Pit” implies cosplaying that one scene from 300 with no way out.
The Loyalty Pit really is more like a dungeon than a pit. It’s actually rather easy to get out of – especially if you went into it of your own accord. (It’s basically just a really poorly furnished employee lounge.)
An oubliette, on the other hand, is much more cruel – even gruesome – than a pit.
Together we’ll win,
Divided, the same
Come on, here, Captain,
Let’s get on the game.
We’ll work together
C’mon, c’mon,
We’ll work together.
Now, now, Wilkin.
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave.
Forget all that’s happened,
Forget what you’ve seen.
I’m still more Ira
Than I’m Mr. Green.
We’ll work together
C’mon, c’mon,
We’ll work together.
Now, now, Wilkin.
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave.
Stay a few hours,
Or stay a bit.
You’ll cool your high heels in the
Loyalty Pit.
We’ll work together
C’mon, c’mon,
We’ll work together.
Now, now, Wilkin.
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave.
Your gang at Skin-Horse
Did win a round
But haven’t fought the troops that
I’ve brought to town.
We’ll work together
C’mon, c’mon,
We’ll work together.
Now, now, Wilkin.
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave.
Ah, yeah,
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave,
Ah, yeah.
—from “Let’s Work Together,” written by Wilbert Harrison (originally as “Let’s Stick Together”), sung by Canned Heat. (And I’m sure I parodied it before, somewhere.)
Well, we’ve only seen the voluntary side of it. If you go in voluntarily, you can leave voluntarily. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be placed there against your will, and locked in your cage.
Yeah, that was apparent a long time ago. Like when he deluded himself into thinking that if he captured and tortured Virginia – and threatened her with permanent extirpation – she would change her mind and want to go out with him.
He is definitely a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Of Tip, Ira claims to be fond. Together, he thinks they will bond. But if that isn’t it, then the Loyalty Pit will await this cross-dressing faux blond.
Tip must be lulling Ira into a state of overconfidence to glean information…
Villain explication is irrational, perhaps because of loneliness. Maybe Ari has the hots for Tip. After all, he couldn’t get the girl…
God, whenever the Ira side of Mister Green comes out, I expect him to begin with “Pepperidge Farms remembers…”
Well, he WAS rising rapidly in the hierarchy….no surprise, here he is, undergoing
specific leadership-candidate hazing. It’s those damn high-heels; he ought to have handled those clowns VERY quickly. Among my prejudices: high heels are a devil’s plot to keep women subservient and incapable.
I suppose that if he ‘offs’ or adjusts Green’s position, he would take over, and that would constitute a victory. Of sorts,
In the right hands…uhh, feet…high heels can be a deadly weapon. A 1/16 inch spiked heel worn by an average-sized female can exert 1,500 psi. They ain’t called stiletto heels for no reason. And Tip’s a bit bigger, and would know just where to stomp and kick.
I’ve never understood the psychology of high heels. Some women seem addicted to them. I knew one who topped 6’2″ barefoot and still insisted on wearing jacked up platforms.
The joke goes that high heels were invented by a girl who had just been kissed on the forehead
High heels were actually historically worn by men at first, although in a different form. They were used by the Persians when riding horses, with the heel meant to help keep the foot in the stirrup. Horses were expensive and limited to the wealthy, so the heels that went with such horses came to be a signified of wealth and status.
European men adopted heels as a fashion statement in the 1600s during a period of “Orientalist” fascination. Women soon started to adopt them as well, and for a time they were universal across the sexes. However, women’s fashion soon trended toward more ornamental shoes, while men’s fashion began to be more utilitarian, and thus heels came to be viewed as “feminine” and thus “unmanly”, and fell out of fashion for men.
…unless, of course, you are riding horses, where boots still retain their heels, and no one would suggest that a cowboy in his high heeled boot seems “feminine”. Fashion is weird.
They were also in fashion (for men) around about 1978. I had 2″ heels and a velour suit. I saw Isaac Hayes wearing pretty much the same thing.
My mother wanted me to wear heels that thick…even after I reached six feet.
The correct words are important. “Dungeon” implies stairs, small windows, guards and rats, all of which can be used to escape (especially the rats.) “Pit” implies cosplaying that one scene from 300 with no way out.
It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again
That’s what I was thinking. “Dungeon” implies the possibility of getting out.
See also “oubliette”, which is longer and fancier but has much the same meaning.
The Loyalty Pit really is more like a dungeon than a pit. It’s actually rather easy to get out of – especially if you went into it of your own accord. (It’s basically just a really poorly furnished employee lounge.)
An oubliette, on the other hand, is much more cruel – even gruesome – than a pit.
Unless you know what door to open, bribe a guard.
Just remember they have no power over you.
“Dungeon” suggests the possibility of dragons.
“Dungeon” also implies you should bring dice.
There are dragons. They’re currently fighting on behalf of Skin Horse.
So does the Loyalty Pit have a Pendulum? 🙂
Tip is now hatless.
Of course, his hat was stomped until he cried.
And Ira’s goons are holding his arms, otherwise he would suddenly be holding an even fancier one.
He could just mojo himself a complete new outfit, but only when the timing’s right. (Read: for now, it’s funnier not to.)
Together we’ll win,
Divided, the same
Come on, here, Captain,
Let’s get on the game.
We’ll work together
C’mon, c’mon,
We’ll work together.
Now, now, Wilkin.
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave.
Forget all that’s happened,
Forget what you’ve seen.
I’m still more Ira
Than I’m Mr. Green.
We’ll work together
C’mon, c’mon,
We’ll work together.
Now, now, Wilkin.
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave.
Stay a few hours,
Or stay a bit.
You’ll cool your high heels in the
Loyalty Pit.
We’ll work together
C’mon, c’mon,
We’ll work together.
Now, now, Wilkin.
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave.
Your gang at Skin-Horse
Did win a round
But haven’t fought the troops that
I’ve brought to town.
We’ll work together
C’mon, c’mon,
We’ll work together.
Now, now, Wilkin.
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave.
Ah, yeah,
Because together we can save
Every drudge, serf, minion, every slave,
Ah, yeah.
—from “Let’s Work Together,” written by Wilbert Harrison (originally as “Let’s Stick Together”), sung by Canned Heat. (And I’m sure I parodied it before, somewhere.)
Oh Tip, please, the Loyalty Pit is a *voluntary* program. You would have to go through far worse.
Well, we’ve only seen the voluntary side of it. If you go in voluntarily, you can leave voluntarily. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be placed there against your will, and locked in your cage.
In the words of the monumental Sgt. Detritus : ‘It ain’t compuls’ry, you just gotta,’
The keys to the Loyalty Washroom will be his.
Shoe care re-orientation lectures, seminars, workshops and self-criticism groups
“The Pit of Loyalty!”
“Don’t even think about trying to escape…”
WEBB IS AT L2!
Mr. Gira?
If he’s telling what he thinks is the truth, Mr. Green’s capacity for self-delusion is as strong as anyone’s.
Yeah, that was apparent a long time ago. Like when he deluded himself into thinking that if he captured and tortured Virginia – and threatened her with permanent extirpation – she would change her mind and want to go out with him.
He is definitely a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Really, the whole nature of A-Sig proclaims that it’s run by loonies. (_Talented_ loonies, but crazy all the same.)
The only talent required of the ones running the asylum is that they know how to acquire talented individuals who don’t ask too many questions.
Of Tip, Ira claims to be fond. Together, he thinks they will bond. But if that isn’t it, then the Loyalty Pit will await this cross-dressing faux blond.
Ah… of course, it needs to be the piT of Loyalty, to turn Tip around!
Nice.
Supposedly hgih heels returned to fashion for men when a French kng was short and made high red heels fashionable.