9/18/2003: Dickhead plate purchased

Undertoad · 09-18-2003, 11:38 AM

What do you do, if there's someone you really don't like? If you're really brilliant, you invent an insult so strong that it resonates through the ages, and then use the media to get it out to the world.

I dunno if that's exactly the case here, but according to the story, this plate was created by a 16th Century potter, who included that enscription: "Ogni homo me guarda come fosse una testa de cazi" (Every man looks at me as if I were a dickhead).

And according to the story, the plate was created "presumably with an individual in mind" but the insult "is still a common term of abuse in Italy and elsewhere."

Thus Cellar's own tw, in calling Ariel Sharon a "dichead", might be using an insult created in the 1500s in Italy? Dunno.

But in any case, an Oxford museum has paid L240,000 ($400,000 or so) for the plate.

dasviper · 09-18-2003, 01:30 PM

?sdrawkcab nettirw si noitpircsni eht yhw wonk enoyna

e unibus plurum · 09-18-2003, 02:31 PM

Maybe life isn't always a bowl of cherries

xoxoxoBruce · 09-18-2003, 05:08 PM

Perfect for serving cocktail wieners.

Slight · 09-18-2003, 07:55 PM

?cixelsid saw eh ebyam ro .daeh ruoy esu ot evah uoy esuac' "relooc" ti sekam ti dna taht .daer ot redrah ti sekam osla hcihw nobbir eht no is noitpircsni eht taht eciton .daer ot redrah ti ekam ot ylbaborp :repivsad

Torrere · 09-18-2003, 10:32 PM

.noitpircsni eht daer ot elba eb ot renwo eht tnaw t'ndid eh spahreP .etalp ynnuF

That Guy · 09-19-2003, 02:57 AM

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Originally posted by e unibus plurum
Maybe life isn't always a bowl of cherries

BWAAAHAHAHAAHHAHA.

warch · 09-19-2003, 04:22 PM

Great Plate!
Rockin' like Arcimboldo

ThisOleMiss · 09-19-2003, 11:03 PM

And here I was thinking a dickhead plate purchaser was one of those idiots who pay extra to get a NASCAR number on their liscence plate.

LUVBUGZ · 09-19-2003, 11:25 PM

:p won ti teg I tub, syug uoy htiw no gniog saw kcuf eht tahw wonk t'ndid I ereht etunim a roF

richlevy · 09-20-2003, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by Slight
?cixelsid saw eh ebyam ro

?cixelsyd naem uoy t'noD

dar512 · 09-22-2003, 03:01 PM

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Originally posted by warch
Great Plate!
Rockin' like Arcimboldo

Yeah. He's got a nice sense of humor.

I got a chance to go to the Louvre last year. That's how I discovered him. They had a nice collection of his and I wrote his name down.

warch · 09-22-2003, 03:42 PM

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They had a nice collection

cool! Ive never seen any Arcimboldo paintings or prints in real life. Composite heads seem to have been a rage from the royal parties to the wealthy merchants. I think old dickhead is the funniest I've seen.

Lord Feff · 09-23-2003, 11:04 PM

this is just plain disurbing...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-24-2003, 05:27 PM

You know, I wonder if they actually used it?

09-18-2003, 11:38 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/18/2003: Dickhead plate purchased What do you do, if there's someone you really don't like? If you're really brilliant, you invent an insult so strong that it resonates through the ages, and then use the media to get it out to the world. I dunno if that's exactly the case here, but according to the story, this plate was created by a 16th Century potter, who included that enscription: "Ogni homo me guarda come fosse una testa de cazi" (Every man looks at me as if I were a dickhead). And according to the story, the plate was created "presumably with an individual in mind" but the insult "is still a common term of abuse in Italy and elsewhere." Thus Cellar's own tw, in calling Ariel Sharon a "dichead", might be using an insult created in the 1500s in Italy? Dunno. But in any case, an Oxford museum has paid L240,000 ($400,000 or so) for the plate.

09-18-2003, 05:08 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Perfect for serving cocktail wieners. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-19-2003, 11:03 PM	#9
ThisOleMiss Resident President Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Very, very, rural Mississippi Posts: 83	And here I was thinking a dickhead plate purchaser was one of those idiots who pay extra to get a NASCAR number on their liscence plate. __________________ Why kill them when you can make them live and suffer?

09-19-2003, 11:25 PM	#10
LUVBUGZ Not aging gracefully. Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 530	:p won ti teg I tub, syug uoy htiw no gniog saw kcuf eht tahw wonk t'ndid I ereht etunim a roF __________________ You can't catch me...don't even try...go do something else...see ya next year. Mama Loves You Baby Girl ~ May You Rest In Peace

09-24-2003, 05:27 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You know, I wonder if they actually used it? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-18-2003, 01:30 PM	#2
dasviper Belt Conveyor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Hanover, NH, USA Posts: 67	?sdrawkcab nettirw si noitpircsni eht yhw wonk enoyna

09-18-2003, 02:31 PM	#3
e unibus plurum garbage in, refuse out Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 98	Maybe life isn't always a bowl of cherries

09-18-2003, 07:55 PM	#5
Slight Semi-Evil Genius Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 195	?cixelsid saw eh ebyam ro .daeh ruoy esu ot evah uoy esuac' "relooc" ti sekam ti dna taht .daer ot redrah ti sekam osla hcihw nobbir eht no is noitpircsni eht taht eciton .daer ot redrah ti ekam ot ylbaborp :repivsad

09-18-2003, 10:32 PM	#6
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	.noitpircsni eht daer ot elba eb ot renwo eht tnaw t'ndid eh spahreP .etalp ynnuF

09-19-2003, 04:22 PM	#8
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Great Plate! Rockin' like Arcimboldo

09-23-2003, 11:04 PM	#14
Lord Feff Recruit or Something Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4	this is just plain disurbing...

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