:: painted/s'ail vous/bite the hand/dropping the bomb ::
by Shae, greenviolet, wotty, and bill porter
::| an.exquisite.corpse : discussion : 51 |::
Freky. This one get's more disturbing with each successive panel.
On a side note: I don't know... does bill porter's Poop Boy count as a signature or an obsession? :)
LGM at August 8, 2005 8:49 AM
Let me try that first line again:
Freaky. This one gets more disturbing with each successive panel.
LGM at August 8, 2005 8:50 AM
I don't know either, but his "signature" is really getting old. It's not funny, clever, or in the spirit of the game. It's annoying to see how many corpses he's ruined with his stinky agenda.
anon at August 8, 2005 8:54 AM
The cat-woman came out good.
FogBaron at August 8, 2005 9:11 AM
I agree with anon.
anon 2 at August 8, 2005 9:40 AM
Cool! This one came out nice, color-wise, transition-wise, etc. Greenviolet's panel is especially nice.
Although I agree with the anons: I'd personally prefer not to see any more poop.
Shae at August 8, 2005 10:05 AM
Nice patch work of colors...and...cool negative space cat!...and...nice blending of the tree branches...and...cool tiger-bird chomping Mr Glove-hand in front of blue bushes...and...DOH!! It's poop-kid...again. (sigh)
Sorry Bill, but I agree with the others as well.
Poncho Man at August 8, 2005 10:31 AM
With respect to the opinions above, I don't really understand the outcry. Despite Bill's 'signature' being a boy pooping, I'm impressed by the versitility of its use.
People thought Robert Rauschenberg's work was deplorable with its corporeal overtures, but we still study it today.
Nice corpse, by the way.
-Not anonymous
enclosed at August 8, 2005 11:16 AM
all of you can bite me.
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 11:16 AM
No really. Bite me.
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 11:17 AM
I was going to stop after ten, but now I might keep doing it since everyone loves it so much.
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 11:19 AM
It's not funny, clever, or in the spirit of the game.
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 11:21 AM
how about butterflies and kitty cats?
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 11:23 AM
you've not seen the last of Diarhea boy!!
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 11:26 AM
Great, because what this game really needs is more spite.
Bill, personally I've got no problem with the scatology, it's the repetitititititiveness that's getting old. Would be the same if it were kittens or butterflies or anything else. I understand you're unhappy that people aren't treating your work with the reverence you think it deserves, but maybe it's time to let this particular running gag take a rest.
Wotty, I really like your bird.
Daniel at August 8, 2005 12:10 PM
you've not seen the last of Diarhea boy!!
don't be so sure & threatening.
i think perhaps Phineas could choose to pass your panels onto someone else if "Diahrea boy" appears again...
not saying he would, but he certainly could, y'know.
hasfurrychildren at August 8, 2005 12:17 PM
Daniel said it best. The "Diarhea boy" has outworn its welcome, just as any other imagery repeated in literally every section a member submitted would. Let it go and move on.
The Polar Gull is awesome.
Andrew at August 8, 2005 12:48 PM
i don't see poop boy as an offensive element at all. in fact, each panel he's appeared in has blended well with all visual aspects of each corpse...the color choices & textures he's been involved in have been quite striking and serve each work with great skill. in fact, until i look more deliberatly, he never really seems to stick out (>:O) and overpower the rest of the piece. he can poop in my corpse any time...besides, its really fun typing the word 'poop'...i don't get many chances to do that in my day job ; )
fence at August 8, 2005 1:08 PM
Dude, HFC, are you actually suggesting that Phineas would censor someone's work just because it happened to include a graphical element that you don't like? I don't know the guy, but he doesn't seem that petty to me.
I've never seen Bill Porter do a fresh prince, and I've never seen him do a terrible seam.His color choices are usually in line with the rest of the piece, and in general his slice works. What more do you want?
Whirr at August 8, 2005 3:28 PM
I also doubt Phineas will censor (and incidentally, wouldn't really want him to). Those of us who are tired of looking at poop can certainly pass on Bill's slices when we play after him though.
Unfortunately there isn't much we can do when we play before him since he seems to care more about his poop than getting a new idea or playing well with others.
Shae at August 8, 2005 3:38 PM
"Those of us who are tired of looking at poop can certainly pass on Bill's slices...
Heh, heh..."pass on Bill's slices..."
FogBaron at August 8, 2005 5:29 PM
We have some VERY naughty little boys around here don't we!! WASH your mouths out with soap! Repetitititititiveness is NOT the way to spell repetitive Daniel, however you get a gold star for hitting Bill Porter's problem on the bottom.
Very Strict Headmistress at August 8, 2005 5:34 PM
hey headmistress it looks like you've got a bit of a titie fixation going on there. i like it. lets get back to talking boobs!!!!
bone at August 8, 2005 6:03 PM
I'd love to take full credit for the polargull but it's a downloaded image :( but it does work really well
think I might use it in all my corpses from now on ha ha
only joking Bill, I like your work but would like to see something without him as it's like talking to someone that has a huge zit on their nose. once you see it you can't look at anything else. and as said before, your seams and composition are excellent, it's just that the poop is overpowering everything else :(
but if that's what you want to put in your slice you go for it, it's your artistic expression and statement
wotty at August 8, 2005 6:39 PM
ROFLWPIMP! I haven't ever read a corpse-specific thread that has been so laugh-out-funny. I appreciate Bill bieng such a good sport, and taking constructive criticsm so darn well. Grace under pressure shows the true measure of a man (or of a pooping boy for that matter).
Fiddler at August 8, 2005 6:41 PM
I thought the suggestive chilli thread was pretty funny myself :D
wotty at August 8, 2005 6:50 PM
One person's obsession is another person's snoozefest. That schtick is old. As in not clever, funny, or endearing. If I get a piece with anything that looks like poopy boy I'm passing it. After sitting on it (hehe, she said "sitting on it") as long as possible, of course (peer pressure kicking in yet?). Unfortunately, he seems to get the last piece in most corpses. Intentional, perhaps?
burlyq at August 8, 2005 8:44 PM
of course you know that now we've had this discussion, whoever starts the next corpse (probably in the range 219 to 230) is going to have poop boy in it in the same way that Will Smith made his return to the corpse on a background of text.
my guess is poop boy surrounded by kittens chasing butterflies in a children's story illustration setting
wotty at August 8, 2005 8:54 PM
Wow. I seem to have created a big stink with Diarhea boy. (that's diarhea boy not poop boy.) Let's see if I can answer everyone's comment subjectively. Daniel. I think it really fun FOR ME to use the same element as much as I deem fit. Sorry if it's no fun for you. I don't care.I don't care. I don't care.
Anon. I think I already said bite me. hasfurrychildren....ooh. I'm scared. If I am to be sensored for and image that mind you is (or was) on public display in Nicaragua, then go right ahead. I'll find another group of geeks to play with. Jesus H. Christ ya bunch of crybabys. You are beneath me. Andrew. I'm guessing you're thinking.."jeez grow up". To you I say...aww... jeez...grow old an die.
Very Strict Headmistress.Sheep.
wotty..again...I thought you were ok man... I dunno...
Fiddler... ? Thanks?
burlyq...another sheep. I think it's pretty goddamn funny you're all getting so worked up. I hope you get a hernia from trying to lift your fat ass egos off that computer chair that's covered in your own DNA.Endearing? Clever? Hmm I think a few of my pieces are clever indeed. Endearing maybe not, I wasn't shooting for endearing anyhow.
Shae. Poor baby doesn't want to look at poop. Haha. I'm sorry. But not really. Art imitates life right? Deal with it, or get me kicked off somehow. I really don't give two fucks. As long as I get corpses sent to my mailbox, I'm including him.
playing well with others? That statement reminds me of a report card I once got.
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 9:57 PM
how will you know it's my slice?
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 9:58 PM
enclosed, fence, and Whirr. I'd like to thank for thier kind words. Perhaps you all should take a lesson from people like this, and not be so damn stuffy.
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 10:03 PM
If I've forgotten anyone... oh well.
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 10:04 PM
I apologize to you, Bill Porter. You have done a very nice job incorporating diarhea boy into all of your pieces. In fact, I like diarhea boy so much that I'm enslaving him as my signature. You should get a new one, this one's taken.
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\ * -anon
anon at August 8, 2005 10:26 PM
that would be a good idea actually
Bill Porter at August 8, 2005 11:18 PM
hey Bill
I never said you shouldn't include diarhea boy in your work or that I would check the list to see which corpses you had worked on so I could pass on them or anything like that.
I did say that to me the image has become a focal point no matter where he is in the corpse and I would like to see some of your work without him so that I could appreciate the transitions and composition (although in some of your earlier work D. Boy is less obvious and those work very nicely) I didn't mean that D. Boy was something negative like a zit, I could have said it's like having a conversation with a woman who has spectacular breasts that you can't stop staring at while you try to talk to her. and I said it's YOUR artistic statement and expression so YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT.
the 2nd post was more in sadness that someone will do to D. Boy what was done to Will Smith after all the talk of the fresh prince corpses and my guess would be to include him in a corpse with all the elements that you hate in an "ironic" way.
I still think your transitions are always great quality and that you do contribute well balanced slices.
if you have a problem with any of that then bite me
wotty at August 9, 2005 4:39 AM
Guys. GUYS!! Enough already! It seems you're so fixated on diarhea boy that you're missing the outstanding effect of the corpse in toto. I especially like Shae's slice and what greenviolet did with it. Let's move on!
murfinator at August 9, 2005 6:40 AM
ffs A few people around here are terribly good at reading things into my comments which simply are NOT there!
1) i NEVER expressed my opinion about "diahrea boy" one way or the other.
2) i NEVER said anyone's pannel should be "censored".. Read again. What i did say was Phineas could, NOT necessarily should, pass over any panel containing the image of this discussion. & i also expressed that i have doubts he would. I am not Phineas. I do not know what he will do, but i know what he can do.
3) it is Phineas' website & he can manage it & the players' contributions however he feels fit. He generously foots the bill. Phineas also seems open minded & has a great sense of humor.
4) Phineas did say, "How about this? We promise to lay off the butterflies if Bill promises to do *anything* without that pooping kid in it? Sounds fair to me." Reference: http://anexquisitecorpse.net/crypt/2005/08/neighborhood_wa.php
5) So what gives Bill Porter the right to bemoan over & over about the HORRORS OF BUTTERFLIES, but NO ONE is allowed to utter a complaint about his ever present image which it appears that several players seemed to have grown very tired of seeing?? hrmm...
6) Bill Porter has good corpsing skills. I never said he did not.
7) Lastly, i HATE arguments. Thus since it seems my comments around EQ are typically taken offensively (or words put into my mouth) & i am tired of defending my comments, i have for the most part decided to be mostly silent around here lately. This corpse discussion is just another example/lesson (to me) to keep my misunderstood mouth shut since i obviously lack eloquence of speech & good tact.
8) OK. Go on. Rip it up. :)
hasfurrychildren at August 9, 2005 10:32 AM
Hey everybody.
Pooping is part of life(although diahrea is an admitedlly unplesant part) and if people want to use it then i say good on em!!
Everybody shits, even the queen and if it's good enough for her then it's good enough for me. People spend to much time worrying about little unimportant things. Remeber that this is, at the end of the day when you get right down to it, JUST A GAME!!!!(of sorts) So come on people get a grip, lighten up. Whatever happened to to just doing it and sitting back basking in your work without having to defend yourself from other peoples opinions.
I say shit and be proud, then shit again. It keeps the system clean and if done reguarly enough can probably help you lose weight. I find the smallest room provides a safe and quiet retreat from the stress and strain of busy family life, a place to sit and reflect and enjoy the paper or a good book.
God i love a good rant i'm probably just talking bollocks now but i'm having fun.
If you feel the need to continue this disscusion then go ahead but if not then then i hope your next corpse presents the opportunity to piss a few people off and thus present me with more ranting opportunities.
Good luck people
bone at August 9, 2005 5:26 PM
On second thoughts ignore everything i've just said.
Let's put an end to diareah boy right now it's old and quite honestly it's been done before.
bone at August 9, 2005 5:29 PM
Ah fuck it!! what do i know, go ahead and do your thing and enjoy every last pixel of it.
bone at August 9, 2005 5:30 PM
This comment thread has given me diarhea.
So, I have to go now.
Reid at August 9, 2005 5:40 PM
I reccomend chilling your toilet paper first. Ultimatley it makes life more plesant.
bone at August 9, 2005 6:28 PM
I like the kitty cat.
FogBaron at August 9, 2005 8:45 PM
I like the irony that Bill with his adorable defacating child has had not one, not two, but three coprses with cats in the top half of the corpse. You know what fucking annoys me, CATS!
BTW Bill I hope your kitty comes home soon. Usually if they do come back they appreciate the love and the food.
Keep on Pooping!
eighmie at August 10, 2005 12:41 AM
Bahhhhh
Very Strict Headmistress at August 10, 2005 8:53 AM
wow...if all these comments had been drawn instead of written, we would be looking at the most amazing corpse ever...
Dax at August 10, 2005 9:53 AM
If you want you can add to these poetic corpses. By clicking here:
http://bluestem.hort.purdue.edu/ecs/FMPro?-DB=corpse.fm3&-Format=add.htm&-Max=20&done=no&-Find
Has anyone stopped to consider the socio-economic commentary of Bill Porter's Diarrehea( again I can't spell this word) Boy? Imagine living without indoor plumbing and having to defecate all over the internet, I mean, no Charmin's nothing. Maybe we could all send bill porter 60ยข a day so little pedro could poop in a toilet, or at least an out house of some sort. Poop on Bill Porter.
Eighmie at August 10, 2005 6:18 PM
I don't have a problem with diarhea boy or the repetitive use of him but I do object to him being the subject of all the posts about this corpse as it totally detracts from the hard work of all the contributers, Bill included.
the rest of this corpse has got the praise "nice patchwork, nice cat, nice polar gull". the seams/transitions have hardly been mentioned.
and yes I am starting to get a bit narked, not at Bill for including it but because it is being made into the focal point of all corpses that Bill contributes to and to be honest, if it wasn't pointed out everytime I probably wouldn't notice it but someone always just has to point it out.
wotty at August 11, 2005 1:28 AM
I *like* the use of diarrhoea boy. No, really, I do. I think he has been used well and he has never detracted from a corpse he's been in. When I see a corpse with him in it, I think "Hey! Bill Porter's back!" If he was taking something away from corpses, I would object, but he's not, not really. If a talented and interesting contributor like Bill Porter quits our project because of a small-minded tirade against his techniques, that would be very sad. Bill, please don't quit, and please don't stop putting in diarrhoea boy.
Patrick Beverley at August 13, 2005 9:52 AM
ok. strike all my previous comments. everyone has the right to their opinion. you're all right. I am not in the spirit of the game. I am rather drab and boring in real life. I think turds are funny. Still at the age of 31 going on 32. I think poo is funny. And I LIKE BUTTERFLIES. I LIKE CATS TOO. Louis Wain is the shit. I guess I felt a bit unable to accept your criticism at first but now I can simply just say ok whatever. I am going to continue my little project with db for as long as I think it's fun. When I get tired of it, then I will stop. Unless someone higher up in the anexquisitecorpse.net hierarchy puts a stop to it first. If this offends you. Don't look at it. Or... don't do an exquisite corpse anymore. Then you can be SURE that you won't have to look at db all intermingled with your piece of exceptional art. Sorry if I've offended any of you with anything I've said. As for db offending you... I can't help it. I didn't invent him, and it wasn't my idea for him to express himself through me... or vice versa. Thanks to all corpsers everywhere.
Bill Porter at August 14, 2005 3:12 PM
I love that little sea gull morph creature. That is the BEST!
Renee at August 17, 2005 7:27 PM
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