Amusing Coincidence

[vakkotaur]

While looking about web/blog-space for Penguicon and ACME images and reports I encountered a jewelry blog. Normally I'd skip right over such a thing as it holds no interest. But not this time for the image that caught my attention looked rather familiar. I know it's not the same, but... well, have a look.

The third image down is of an ox carrying a big sack of stuff. A very happy ox. A bipedal ox wearing a short sleeved shirt and shorts. I'm not sure what all the stuff he is carrying is, but in a way that also fits.

No, I'm not buying the item, but I do find it amusing. And now, between Chinese mythology, an old Rexall slogan, and perhaps insufficient sleep I think of, "Good luck to thee... from ACME!"

Comments

[thepita.livejournal.com]

i'm sure it's probably expensive but it would be cute to have somebody make a clay model of that for you....
hints going out to anyone who can work in that medium...
or you could use it as an icon...

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

When they don't list a price, I tend to take it as a sign I can't afford it. I'm sure it would be neat to have something like it, but I'm not going to go begging for it.

I have saved the image and have already tried a quick & dirty resize in GIMP which showed me that it would need some color tweaking to preserve sufficient detail. I might do that yet, but I have quite a number of things to do (deal with Penguicon images, get ready for RCFM) that will keep me plenty busy for some time.

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Like this?

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Or, without cropping off the rear edge of the bag:

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Narf. That's better than what I managed to do.

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

I just cropped it as close as possible and Sharpened the heck out of it.

[kiwihunter8.livejournal.com]

That is amazingly coincidental!

When you have thought about Orvan in the past, were you aware about the Chinese mythology, or bringing good luck and riches?

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

No, I really didn't think of Chinese mythology at all. According to that, or at least the highly simplified restaurant placemat version of, I am a ram (or "fire sheep" but that's just the year, I know there's rather more to it than that) and it always seemed disappointing that I wasn't "horse."

I have NO plans for a ram fursuit, btw.

[michaelmink.livejournal.com]

Call for you from a Mr. Remley, Line 1.

[jmaynard.livejournal.com]

Wrong number. He's looking for a Mr. Diamond.

[michaelmink.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'd forgotten that that show was sponsored by Rexall's, too. The shows I have with the original commercials intact are all Camel cigarette sponsored shows. The line Vakko quoted is fixed in my mind from the opening of the Phil Harris-Alice Faye show, which shows something, I guess.