May 29 2012

Blending in

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I’ve been doing the tourist thing this morning, and I bought a hat. I thought it would make me look more like the natives.

Except that it’s warm and sunny, and Icelanders don’t look like madmen. Rats, foiled again.

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dianne

29 May 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Looking at that picture, I feel a sudden and inexplicable urge to get off your lawn.
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New England Bob

29 May 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

LOL!
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Jim

29 May 2012 at 10:12 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“YOUR HIDE WILL MAKE A FINE PONCHO.”
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Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trolls

29 May 2012 at 10:13 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

It does look appropriate for your winters though.
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chigau (違う)

29 May 2012 at 10:14 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Looks more like satw Finland.
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Irene Delse

29 May 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

@ chigau: Or SatW’s Russia. *shudder*
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Larry

29 May 2012 at 10:18 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You look like that Tuetel guy who builds choppers on the discovery channel TV show.

Either that, or Snoopy with a beard.
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RFW

29 May 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

And just how many sides of long pig do you have hanging in your shed to age, Professor Meyers?

P-zed, put that hat away. It makes you look like an insane, murderous mountain man. Seriously.
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MichaelE

29 May 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Yeah…you kinda look like you should be standing on a street corner with a sign screaming at the top of your lungs that the space nazis, or something equally crazy, are coming…
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Louis

29 May 2012 at 10:23 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Why did the phrase “MAW! WE GOT OURSELVES A READER!” spring to mind?

Louis
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Glen Davidson

29 May 2012 at 10:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

and Icelanders don’t look like madmen

Well, there’s Bjork. Madwoman, whatever.

Glen Davidson
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oskarkettler

29 May 2012 at 10:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Well speaking from experience I could be led to believe that you were a farmer from the Vestfjords.
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kompani

29 May 2012 at 10:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That is one damn fine hat.
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PZ Myers

29 May 2012 at 10:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I don’t look a thing like Bjork in that picture.
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epicure

29 May 2012 at 10:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Don’t look, Fiona – it’s one of those strident, militant atheist chappies… I SAID don’t look…
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Ye Olde Blacksmith - in bed with absolute evil

29 May 2012 at 10:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You look like you are auditioning for a role in Rare Exports 2.

you should totally wear that when rebutting creationists.
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Loqi

29 May 2012 at 10:29 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

PZ, you look like a northern Minnesotan, not an Icelander.
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Randomfactor

29 May 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I was somehow reminded of the Python character from the “I get email” series…
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Desert Son, OM

29 May 2012 at 10:31 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You know, without the glasses, he does kind of look like Captain Amazing …

[/Mystery Men]

Still learning,

Robert
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ignoranthuman

29 May 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Looking good PZ!
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Lynna, OM

29 May 2012 at 10:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Poopyhead, no one is going to take you seriously now.
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PZ Myers

29 May 2012 at 10:54 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Now? Like ever.
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Aquaria

29 May 2012 at 10:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I didn’t know you were in Canada…
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Rev. BigDumbChimp

29 May 2012 at 10:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Am I the only one thinking wood-chipper here?
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Aratina Cage

29 May 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Hahaha! Great pose. It makes it look like you were very upset with the person taking your picture. This photo needs to come with a warning:

Don’t disturb Teh Pharyngulord while he’s enjoying an animal carcass on his brow, or your hide might be the next one he tries on.
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Katherine Lorraine, Chaton de la Mort

29 May 2012 at 11:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Oh PZ, that’s a fantastic picture. You should use that instead of your River Thames picture XD
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apedant

29 May 2012 at 12:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You look more Finnish to me
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Susannah

29 May 2012 at 12:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“Who called me a teddy bear?”
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Rev. BigDumbChimp

29 May 2012 at 12:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Wood Chipper
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Rip Steakface

29 May 2012 at 12:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“YOUR HIDE WILL MAKE A FINE PONCHO.”

Excuse me while I laugh my ass off, followed by busting a gut, slapping my knee and hurting my sides.

…Man, descriptions of comedy are violent!
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Weed Monkey

29 May 2012 at 12:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Very nice!

My sister brought me a quite similar looking rabbit fur hat from Iceland, except that the fur on those cheek flaps is on the inside. Mighty warm.
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Post-Redneck

29 May 2012 at 12:41 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You were born for the internet! Proof of god.
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NelC

29 May 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Dianne @1: Thread won with the first post!

I was going to say that PZ needs a set of red long underwear to go with the hat.
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john3141592

29 May 2012 at 1:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Yeti, right? I look at the photo and remember that somebody faked a yeti scalp using a musk ox pelt or something.
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robertoaguirre maturana

29 May 2012 at 1:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I think your face should be shopped on that “My god has a hammer” motivational…
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irisvanderpluym

29 May 2012 at 1:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Badass. I freaking love it. And I agree with robertoaguirre maturana: that shot of you would make a fine Thor-head.
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Desert Son, OM

29 May 2012 at 1:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

And of course, it’s only now that I’m remembering another applicable quote in re: subject post and hat:

Wash: “A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he’s not afraid of anything.”
-Firefly, “The Message,” 2002

PZ, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

Still learning,

Robert
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andusay

29 May 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Not that you shouldn’t have before, but now more than ever, you need to stick an “eh” at the end of every other sentence.
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robertoaguirre maturana

29 May 2012 at 2:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That’s what I’m talking about:

https://plus.google.com/100329492757117679903/posts/CRoKD9TBpYB
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DLC

29 May 2012 at 2:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

And your cousin Helgi got bit by a møøse.

Or are you one of the lost cast members of “Fargo” ?
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'Tis Himself

29 May 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That hat reminds me of Jayne from Firefly.
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johnberg

29 May 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I think you’ve outdone Mark Gisleson.
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radpumpkin

29 May 2012 at 3:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

The resemblance is truly uncanny.
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feralboy12

29 May 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Aw, jeez.
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The Amazing Rando

29 May 2012 at 3:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You better get the bastard that spilled all that Canada on you! Before long, you’ll come down with a bad case of “Hockey Hair.” And don’t forget to get vaccinated for the more dangerous disease “Grizzled Old Prospector.”
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summerminor

29 May 2012 at 3:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Anytime a creationist asks you to a debate, ever, you send them this picture. They will back away slowly and quietly.
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hyperdeath

29 May 2012 at 4:13 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Why did you give the hat to Alan Moore?
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Ichthyic

29 May 2012 at 4:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That is one damn fine hat.

+1
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Weed Monkey

29 May 2012 at 4:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I’ll just drop this here without explanation or excuse.
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mjmiller

29 May 2012 at 4:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

PZED: “At least I’m wearing (the locally accepted attire)”
Mona Lisa Vito: “Oh yeah, you blend.”
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Cosmic Snark

29 May 2012 at 4:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Sorry PZ, but I couldn’t resist.
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Wowbagger, Vile Demagogue

29 May 2012 at 6:28 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Well, I now know who to call when I want to make my long-awaited biopic of Randy Quaid.
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bobbyearle

29 May 2012 at 6:47 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That is a slick hat, but I won’t be able to sleep until I know…

How much were the Bachmann eyes??? (I might not sleep anyway)
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RFW

29 May 2012 at 6:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I see I misspelled “Myers” as “Meyers”.

Profound and abject apologies to P-zed. My first name is spelled “funny” too and it sorta pisses me off when people don’t pay attention and get it wrong.
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Owen

29 May 2012 at 7:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Nice hat, PZ. Nice t-shirt, too!
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Part-Time Insomniac, Zombie Porcupine Nox Arcana Fan

29 May 2012 at 7:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

PZ put away the crazy eyes, I have a hard enough time getting to sleep already. Although if you showed up at a debate wearing that hat, you might scare the opposition a bit.
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evader

29 May 2012 at 8:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Wow, what a bad ass! Whoever wants to take you on now better check themselves before they wreck themselves
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Ava, Oporornis maledetta

29 May 2012 at 8:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Bob and Doug McKenzie approve, eh, and send you a Molson’s.
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oaksterdam

29 May 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Is there any special place in the Louis Groop Secks Queue where the Wowbagger fanclub gathers? How ’bout right here? Can I noninate myself the West Oakland chapter assistant treasurer or something?
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Usernames are stupid

29 May 2012 at 8:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Ed, zat you?!

“Dig you later, baby”

Aaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!
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AlanMac

29 May 2012 at 9:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;
The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;
Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,
And watching his luck was his light-o’-love, the lady that’s known as Lou.
…
-Robert Service

Well, maybe not ‘Dangerous’, but those eyes show the madness of gold fever.
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John Morales

30 May 2012 at 2:19 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

The Gumby look suits PZ; he does it well.

(Yes, SATW reader here)
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benedic

30 May 2012 at 8:54 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You look rather red. Is your pressure OK?
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birgerjohansson

30 May 2012 at 2:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Chigau, Apedant, you got it right!

The Swedish stereotype* of a Finn is a bloke who lives in a log cabin, drinks gallons of vodka and always carries around a knife. Approx. Crocodile Dundee’s grumpy brother. If P Z had a half-eaten sausage in one hand and a knife in the other he would be perfect.

*(no, we don’t mess with Finns very often, why do you ask?)
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trinebm

30 May 2012 at 2:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“I come from the land of the ice and snow”
(I like the hat) … (Well .. the professor too of course, but that goes without saying)
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tomhail

30 May 2012 at 2:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I think this should replace your current profile picture.
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gunnar jakobbriem

30 May 2012 at 3:13 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Ahh, nice of you to call 12°C (54°F) warm. You have calibrated your thermoterminology to Icelandic standards. :-)
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Weed Monkey

30 May 2012 at 4:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

The Swedish stereotype* of a Finn is a bloke who lives in a log cabin, drinks gallons of vodka and always carries around a knife. Approx. Crocodile Dundee’s grumpy brother. If P Z had a half-eaten sausage in one hand and a knife in the other he would be perfect.

birgerjohansson, you’re calling? :P (and the picture I posted at #49 is just a coinsidence)
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ironflange

30 May 2012 at 5:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

You’ll fit right in next time you visit Winnipeg.
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birgerjohansson

31 May 2012 at 2:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Weedmonkey, spot on!
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wackal00n

31 May 2012 at 11:52 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Hmmmmmm. Obviously PZed is channeling Donald Sutherland from Kelly’s Heroes