Hm, I'm a big fan of Archie's avatar as is. Mainly because I associate it with him and not some gross fat dude doing a chick from behind on my TV. Thanks for that image, Strel and Stell.
I would prefer almost anything. At least the clean-cut peppy coffee guy with the butterflies around his head isn't associated in my mind with a hairy, chubby smelly dude screwing a woman from behind on a beach.
Though I will admit that the sight of a clean-cut peppy coffee guy with butterflies around his head screwing a woman from behind on a beach would be infinitely more terrifying.
I have no idea who you people are talking about. That university professors discuss such things is a sure sign of the imminent decline and fall of western civilization.
I didn't know anything about Ron Jeremy until I watched a Dave Chappelle skit ["If life were like the internet."]. I guess that actually just buttresses Frod's point.
I think I saw a single comment from Archie sometime in the last month. Something about grading on plane rides to and from some sort of academic event across the pond. But maybe Fab knows something we don't know.
And as far as the avatar goes, maybe the RGM could go with a fuzzied-up version of one of the hobos in the "prof or hobo" contest? I seem to remember Archie saying he could be a contestant, and choosing one of the hobos would eliminate the risk of accidentally outing him if he is, in fact, already a contestant (though I don't remember any of the contestants being in his field, or what I gather is his field).
As I recall Archie requested (or at least he once claimed to) the avatar by name. So I think whether or not any of us like it might be moot. I don't think he'd look on butterfly coffee guy as an inducement to return. (Besides, who is it? It sort of reminds me of those doofusy British comedy actors. Someone from Four Weddings and A Funeral perhaps?)
I like the old avatar as well. Wish it was just a little more distorted though, to make it harder to identify. My favorite avatar from RYS was Mid-career Mike because after several months of not paying attention I finally thought, "Wait, is that Liam Neeson?"
Yeah, where the hell is Archie? Though I have to admit his avatar has always freaked me out.
ReplyDeleteIt's the eyes...the original image was of "The Woodsman" himself, Ron Jeremy.
DeleteI know. I saw a Ron Jeremy scene from a porno once. It nearly turned me off sex entirely.
Delete"I saw a Ron Jeremy scene from a porno once."
DeleteAs opposed to his portrayal of Lear at Shakespeare in the Park? ;-) Which, come to think of it, would would probably put me off a lot of things.
Yeah, Archie, we miss you! And ditto on the avatar.
ReplyDeleteHm, I'm a big fan of Archie's avatar as is. Mainly because I associate it with him and not some gross fat dude doing a chick from behind on my TV. Thanks for that image, Strel and Stell.
ReplyDeleteI would prefer almost anything. At least the clean-cut peppy coffee guy with the butterflies around his head isn't associated in my mind with a hairy, chubby smelly dude screwing a woman from behind on a beach.
ReplyDeleteThough I will admit that the sight of a clean-cut peppy coffee guy with butterflies around his head screwing a woman from behind on a beach would be infinitely more terrifying.
How exactly does one know from watching a porno that the dude depicted there is smelly? Or is that just a logical deduction?
DeleteLet me put this delicately. If you saw what Ron Jeremy did in his movies, the fact that he smelled bad at the end of the show is not debatable.
DeleteI have no idea who you people are talking about. That university professors discuss such things is a sure sign of the imminent decline and fall of western civilization.
DeleteI didn't know anything about Ron Jeremy until I watched a Dave Chappelle skit ["If life were like the internet."]. I guess that actually just buttresses Frod's point.
DeleteActually, the decline began on July 21, 1969. The fall is what's imminent.
Delete@Ben: so it's a logical deduction. Fair enough; from others' descriptions of his oeuvre here, I think I'll take your word for it.
DeleteDid we make Angry Archie mad enough to leave?
ReplyDeleteNo! I just wish he'd come around again. He was a tremendous asset to the page.
Delete(the "No!" is for the ten emails I got asking the same thing...)
I think I saw a single comment from Archie sometime in the last month. Something about grading on plane rides to and from some sort of academic event across the pond. But maybe Fab knows something we don't know.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, come back, please, Archie. We miss you.
DeleteAnd as far as the avatar goes, maybe the RGM could go with a fuzzied-up version of one of the hobos in the "prof or hobo" contest? I seem to remember Archie saying he could be a contestant, and choosing one of the hobos would eliminate the risk of accidentally outing him if he is, in fact, already a contestant (though I don't remember any of the contestants being in his field, or what I gather is his field).
DeleteA new avatar would also avoid him self-identifying himself, in the admittedly unlikely event that Archie is actually Ron Jeremy.
DeleteI rather doubt Ron Jeremy is that articulate.
DeleteAs I recall Archie requested (or at least he once claimed to) the avatar by name. So I think whether or not any of us like it might be moot. I don't think he'd look on butterfly coffee guy as an inducement to return. (Besides, who is it? It sort of reminds me of those doofusy British comedy actors. Someone from Four Weddings and A Funeral perhaps?)
I think coffee guy is an old ad. For coffee.
DeleteI rather liked the old Avatar. It's how I imagined Archie..
ReplyDeleteLikewise. AA is forever associated with a smelly fat guy in my mind. Porking some blonde chick. On a beach. In the rain.
DeleteI like the old avatar as well. Wish it was just a little more distorted though, to make it harder to identify. My favorite avatar from RYS was Mid-career Mike because after several months of not paying attention I finally thought, "Wait, is that Liam Neeson?"
DeleteStill don't know who Beaker Ben is...