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Hi Naut, good to see you are still posting unimportant but highly entertaining stuff. Thanks for all the concern Matey and we are moving along steady. I'm sure he's love a
sometime from you now he's just sitting around. Love from us both
posted by
Kabu
on June 3, 2008 at 11:42 AM
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If they must cover her
They could go for an egyptian cotton sheet that could be lifted by those unfazed by her nakedness. Sounds like a trick to get visitor numbers up.
posted by
Azur
on June 2, 2008 at 3:12 PM
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Hi Naut -
woo hoo.. I don't have a problem with the naked mummies, but I can't help feeling the poor mummies might mind just a bit.. puts me in mind of the airport x-ray machines that render the passengers naked... not that I'm trying to worry anyone. Best incentive yet for keeping the weight under control !
posted by
mneme
on June 2, 2008 at 3:05 PM
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...And what are the Greek statuary weariing this season?
posted by
Ciel
on June 2, 2008 at 11:04 AM
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On one hand, there's the respect for the original owners,
and perhaps the modicum of courtesy after tearing up their patch of real estate, absconding with their goods, kidnapping and stripping them, perhaps a tasteful draping of Egyptian gauze is not entirely out of order...
They wore little enough alive!
Then the other hand... that people are afraid of their kids finding out about The Difference Between Boys and Girls on a trip to the museum that, while intended as educational is not hoped to be quite that educational...
On the third hand, there are those Chinese corpses in plastic, if you really want to depersonalize.
I think that is the key point: I see a mummy, I think of it in personal terms: who was this person, what did their eyes see, their fingers touch, their noses, when they had them, scent on the air? How were they like me, and how will I be like them an age from now?
They could dress them in matching floral coordinates... What my son a few years back dubbed 'Grammaflage.'
posted by
Ciel
on June 2, 2008 at 11:02 AM
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very interesting
i would say to let them roam nude in their beautiful bodys of old...mike
posted by
meeks2
on June 2, 2008 at 7:12 AM
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And I'm back -- laughing still over your subject line!
I like the way your mind works.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 2, 2008 at 6:58 AM
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Funny how you can take some perfectly ordinary thing like the human body
and by obsuring it, or shaming people for natural interest in it, make it a focus. When will we get past our need for fig leaves?
posted by
Pat_B
on June 2, 2008 at 6:57 AM
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Re: The British don't like nudity, even if it's bare bones...
Good point, Ariala!
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 6:11 AM
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Re: when I read this...for some reason......
LOL, Corbin. In Egypt they're called Pharaos, of course...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 5:48 AM
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I don't know, Justi! There are some sick puppies around...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 5:45 AM
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The British don't like nudity, even if it's bare bones...
posted by
Ariala
on June 2, 2008 at 5:44 AM
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Re: Well, would you not like to have your butt cover after your death?
Oh, I don't know, Auslander! Maybe I want to show people what they're missing...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 5:43 AM
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when I read this...for some reason......
I kept thinking of the story of "The Emperor's Clothes"
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 2, 2008 at 5:42 AM
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Re:
I'm sure you could find similar silliness in Germany, vogue! And digital cameras are easy: point and shoot! Get going, I'm really looking forward to some photo reportage from you...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 5:41 AM
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Re: I like
So do I, Kaboom!
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 5:38 AM
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The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, Elyse...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 5:37 AM
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Re:
Fabulous, TAPS! We'll have BBQ mummies...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 5:36 AM
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Great idea! Let's form a publicly traded company, sam, and issue shares! We'll be on the NYSE in no time...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 2, 2008 at 5:34 AM
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These just get better and better. This is a hoot. I don't think there is any danger of anyone actually attempting any molestation action. Have a good week friend.
posted by
Justi
on June 2, 2008 at 4:39 AM
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Well, would you not like to have your butt cover after your death?
I mean, who would like to be naked in their coffin in front of everyone?LOL Tschüs.
posted by
auslander
on June 2, 2008 at 1:46 AM
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What a laugh. But I belıeve every word. It could also have happened ın Germany. Thanks for your comment naut and for not forgettıng me. I hve to buy a dıgıtal camera learn how to use ıt and then I wıll post pıctures partıculalry when I am off to Capadocıa. Bless you!
posted by
vogue
on June 1, 2008 at 11:55 PM
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I like
Tap's idea
posted by
KaBooM62
on June 1, 2008 at 10:42 PM
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I don't know Naut...I'm finding this one hard to believe... ~
~ (go ahead you can tell me the truth...
really Naut?) I just have one thing to say, How is it we can send people to the moon and we still hold on to such archaic imbalance? --- (I always wanted to ask that...I find your blog the appropriate place to...LOL)
You're something else Naut
~Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on June 1, 2008 at 9:24 PM
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These would work if no one can get behind mummy:
posted by
TAPS.
on June 1, 2008 at 5:54 PM
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Instead of paper clothes for dolls, my company Mummy Inc. will supply paper clothes, mummy appropriate attire, made of papyrus. The tabs are available in several languages in the event this idea makes it off the shelf. I must say this entry could spark the interest. Now there is also a bridge in... lol sam
posted by
sam444
on June 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM
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