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Chortle here too from near Melbourne, L. for the Putin cartoon. B On 28/04/2014, at 8:59 PM, Lawrence Upton wrote: > I had thought of doing more. Not along that line, but that's interesting > too. Sent it to my mate near Melbourne - along with a cartoon where Putin > says "I want you to move your borders away from my troops" (Private Eye) > -- and he seemed to chortle, which isn't easy in txt. I'll see. Thanks for > the enthusiasm and idea. > > > On 26 April 2014 22:52, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Like the idea of Big G's robot conspirator, L. Well, rather the passive >> manequin as co-conspirator I suppose, coming to be far-seeing, practical at >> planning stages. Big G taking advice from the shop floor. I foresee a >> series of these. How eyes were limited to front-seers etc. Or a series on >> the first failur models or the streamlined post-humans. >> >> Bill >> >>> On 27 Apr 2014, at 12:23 am, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hands on head! said God and the robot complied. >>> >>> >>> No, said God slowly, surveying the robot's work; I cannot imagine that >>> working. >>> >>> >>> What about, said the robot, at the top corners? >>> >>> >>> I don't see how that would work, said God. >>> >>> >>> Have the bit underneath the head stick out a bit at the sides and then >> put >>> the hands there. I mean, went on the robot, on the end of something. >> Maybe >>> something like the legs, flexible and muscled, but thinner; and then the >>> hands on the end. As with the feet. >>> >>> >>> Feet! said God. Huh. They're just to make it stable. Oh ok try it, try >> it. >>> >>> >>> The robot shuddered briefly and the virtual mannikin beside it assumed >> the >>> shape of a human being. >>> >>> >>> Oh! said God. Not bad at all. OK, print that. >>> >> >