I (Veronica Karlsson, VK, vk@ludd.luth.se) made these pictures: These are the pictures from my advent calendar 2004. This one was fun, and there was a lot of discussion around it, and the end result was a big messy file that I've been avoiding for several years now. Anyway, the 2004 advent calendar was a game. I presented the pictures with the English title, and people were supposed to guess what the theme was. The theme was The Swedish Alphabet. (I seem to have added big BUAFs for the names of everything in Swedish since then, but that was not there in the original calendar.) The explanations are a bit messy, but I hope they make enough sense for you to enjoy this file anyway.
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14 December: Rose hip soup
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into the topic just fine.)
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recognized him only needed the first picture to see who it was... and
people got obsessed with the cleaning equipment in his hands, but those
are just "props"...)
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(A Christmas present: The man on the 17th is <rot13>Wbua Pyrrfr</rot13>)
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25. ZÅÄÖ Zebra och Åsna på Ö i Älven
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27 December: I know I said I'd tell you the theme today, but I'll give you
one more day to guess on it (partly because today is an ordinary Monday).
Here are some more clues (I will tell you the theme tomorrow).
First the answers to some questions Andrew asked in the chat yesterday:
* About John Cleese
- While Monty Python, Erik the Viking, Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda
and Harry Potter are all completely wrong, Harry Potter is "closer" than
the others.
- The props in his hands in the second picture was just clues to his
identity, not to the theme.
* About the runes
- They don't spell out anything. That's just the rune "alphabet", like a
font. The only thing spelled out in that picture is my name at the bottom
but it is not a clue in itself, it is just me testing my new "font".
* About the wish list
- In my advent calendars I have a wish list (you can see them in the last
few years too). I have been ordered by FS' mother to write one and I put
it into the advent calendar. It fits into the pattern too!
Then some clues:
* There are 29 items squeezed into 25 pictures (because I want to finish
this before the end of the year).
* Some days that contain clues are: 15, 17, 18, 22, 25. Of course, every
picture is a clue, but those are a little extra "charged" with clues.
* I'll be forgiving when it comes to theories for the 23rd. It was difficult
to get it to make sense.
* Extra "points" can be earned on answers to these days: 15, 21, 23.
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29 December: Comments and Explanations
Of course, since I'm Swedish I would use the Swedish alphabet:
ABCD
EFGH
IJKL
MNOP
QRST
UVXY
ZÅÄÖ
It is like the English alphabet, except there is no W and then there
are three more vowels, ÅÄÖ.
The "distortion" I mentioned yesterday is that I let in a little W anyway
in the 22nd, along with the V, and I let the last four letters be on one
and the same day (I don't know if this made it more or less confusing).
People have commented that anything and everything could go into this
calendar, and they were right, anything could go into it, but not any
pair of things, and not in any random order.
Also, because I'm Swedish, the words that are sorted in alphabetical order
are in Swedish. }:-)
English Swedish
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 A: Orange with cloves Apelsin med nejlikor
2 B: Banana Banan
3 C: Lemon Citron
4 D: Skull Dödskalle
5 E: Rowing boat Eka
6 F: full-rigged ship Fullriggare
7 G: Frog Groda
8 H: Caravan Husvagn
9 I: Athlete Idrottsman
10 J: Strawberry Jordgubbe
11 K: Canoe Kanot
12 L: Batman Läderlappen
13 M: Carrots Morötter
14 N: Rose hip soup Nyponsoppa
15 O: Obligatory wish list. Obligatorisk, Order, Orm, Omkring, Ordning
16 P: Penis Penis
17 Q: Who is this? John Cleese (He is the new "Q")
18 R: Runes Runor
19 S: Turtle Sköldpadda
20 T: TV TV
(definitely not "unplugged", as llizard insists must the theme)
21 U: Odd collection Udda samling
Owl, Ukulele, Dictionary, Uggla/Uv, Ukulele, Uppslagsverk,
Alien, Wolf, Urine Utomjording, Ulv, Urin
22 VW: Bug (the kind on four wheels) Bagge/Bubbla (Volkswagen)
23 X: Don't trip! Sex laxar i en lax-ask, Asterix, tax.
24 Y: Yacht Yacht
25 ZÅÄÖ: Zebra and donkey meet on an Zebra och Åsna träffas på en Ö i Älven.
island in the river
[To begin with (ca first half) I tried to pick words where the English
translation started with a different letter. Then I tried to make it
"easier" during the second half.]
Comments:
1-3: I thought these would be obvious to any Swede. I thought for sure that
either Joaquim (who is Swedish) or brojek (who is learning Swedish) or
some other person who knows Swedish, Norwegian or maybe even German,
would get it right here.
4-8: I start getting interesting suggestions for the theme. The most amusing
one is from Joaquim, who neatly counts through the days so far, in Swedish:
"Apelsinen this, Bananen that, Citronen bla bla bla".
8- : More guesses (se separate list). So far there appears to be two themes,
fruit and boats, plus a skull, which leads to WeeSaul's brilliant suggestion
that the theme is "Mutiny on the Bounty".
Then I start giving out clues.
13: The word for M is Morötter (Carrots), which is the name of a recent thread
in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (OK, not much of a clue, but I can't
*start* with the easy ones...)
(then there were some people who were biting chunks out of the carrots,
but that has nothing to do with the theme, that's just nosy behaviour)
14: N, for Nyponsoppa (Rose Hip Soup). The Swedish word occurrs in a URL to a
page where you can buy Nyponsoppa.
15: Here I'm simply heaping O's on the reader! "Obligatory", "Order", and the
snake ("Orm" in Swedish) is curled up in the shape of an O around (Omkring)
the wishes. Also, this one has a list of items, in Swedish, in alphabetical
Order, *and* a link to a Swedish/English dictionary. (The only thing it
doesn't have is a wish beginning with O.)
[The word "önskelista" does NOT begin with an O, it begins with an Ö!]
16: No clues, just a silly joke.
17: Q... This one had people thinking, and some did recognize him! That gives
a nice feel-good factor this far into the month.
18: Runes! That's a Swedish alphabet in itself! Nice, "obvious" clue!
19: Sköldpadda (Turtle) is a word that has been joked about quite a lot in the
chat (kind of a chat equivalent to the Morötter on the 13th).
This is also when I publish a file with the motivations for people's guesses
(just so that everybody can get a chance to read Joaquim's list of fruit in
Swedish).
20: Just to tease llizard. No clues there.
Phydeaux (who is one of the people who recognized John Cleese) sends in the
theme guess "Erik the Viking", which should be a clue for the rest of the
people (especially since I put his explanation on the "motivations" page).
Of course, a bunch of people who are actively looking for clues will omit to
look at such a page! }:-)
21: Here I just went crazy on the theme "things beginning with U".
Shortly after midnight, meow sends in the theme guess: "things from a large
encyclopedia". (apparently the stack of numbered books that the owl is sitting
on was a good clue, and one I didn't even realize I had given out until I saw
this guess!).
[This guess is good because a dictionary is a list of words in alphabetical order.]
And just one or two minutes later Jan sends the guess: "things which contains
the mysterious swedish letter å".
[This is a good guess because it implies translating all the words to Swedish.]
(Unfortunately, both meow and Jan gave up guessing at this point.)
22: VW, get it? (W is not really a "real letter" in Swedish, so I won't give it a
day of its own.)
23: "Sex laxar i en lax-ask" ("Six salmons in a salmon box") is something
you're supposed to say many times quickly without "tripping" on your tongue.
Add to that a couple of more words with X in them...
(YOU try to come up with something sensible for the letter X!)
24: Yacht... Just another boat to confuse things a little (*and* it turned out to
be hard to find good words beginning with Y in Swedish).
25: Squeezing the rest of the alphabet together on one picture, simply because
I happened to think of a combination that let me do that. It also allows me
to finish this a little sooner.
26: Andrew and Steve figure out the theme when I give out some clues. Now the
competition begins: who can figure out most letters?
Steve finds 20 of the words.
Andrew finds 22.
Quotes from when Andrew figured out the words were not in English.
In email:
> Trying to think.
>
> The only word I can come up with for 1st/A is 'Pomander', which of
> course doesn't start with the letter A.
>
> Unless.. I'm looking in the wrong language.. ???
and in the chat:
> Andrew Z Carpenter [email] [home] 26 Dec. 18:59, from: 84.65.121.225, grey
>
> AHAAA!!!
>
> Andrew Z Carpenter [email] [home] 26 Dec. 19:00, from: 84.65.121.225, grey
>
> <something just went DING>
(In the ObAscii for the day, note the Swedish flag next to the house)
27: Dragging it out a little... (unfortunately, that did not lead to anything
interesting)
(In the ObAscii for the day, note the portrait of the Swedish king)
Tomorrow: The Winners
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From Andrew:
Let me see if I can rationalise this at all..
1st = A = ?
2nd = B = Banana
3rd = C = Citrus
4th = D = Death
5th = E = ?
6th = F = Full-Rigged
7th = G = Green Frog
8th = H = Home on wheels
9th = I = ?
10th = J = Juicy
11th = K = Kayak
12th = L = ?
13th = M = ?
14th = N = ?
15th = O = Obligatory
16th = P = Penis 1
17th = Q = Q (from Bond) 2
18th = R = Runes
19th = S = Shelled creature
20th = T = Television 3
21st = U = Unusual
22nd = V = Volkswagon 4,5
23rd = W = ?
24th = Y = Yacht 6
26th = Z = Zebra 7
(X was skipped?)
---
Trying to think.
The only word I can come up with for 1st/A is 'Pomander', which of
course doesn't start with the letter A.
Unless.. I'm looking in the wrong language.. ???
---
1 - A - apelsin 1
2 - B -bananplanta
3 - C - citron 2
4 - D - dödskalle 3
5 - E - [rowing boat?]
6 - F - [full-rigged ship?]
7 - G - groda 4
8 - H - husvagn 5
9 - I - idrottsman 6
10 - J - jordgubbar 7
11 - K - kanot 8
12 - L - [batman?]
13 - M - morötter 9
14 - N - Nyponsoppa 10
15 - O - önske|lista
16 - P - penis 11
17 - Q - Q 12
18 - R - Runa 13
19 - S - sköld|padda 14
20 - T - television 15
21 - U - [odd collection?]
22 - V - Volkswagon 16,17
23 - W - [Asterix?]
24 - Y - jakt
25 - Z - Zebra 18
----
How many now?
> 1 - A - apelsin <orange> 1
> 2 - B - banan <banana> 2
> 3 - C - citron <lemon> 3
> 4 - D - dödskalle <skull> 4
> 5 - E - [rowing boat?]
> 6 - F - farkost <ship>
> 7 - G - groda <frog> 5
> 8 - H - husvagn <caravan> 6
> 9 - I - idrottsman <athlete> 7
> 10 - J - jordgubbar <strawberry> 8
> 11 - K - kanot <canoe> 9
> 12 - L - [batman?]
> 13 - M - morötter <carrots> 10
> 14 - N - Nyponsoppa <rose hip soup> 11
> 15 - O - önske|lista <Wish-List>
> 16 - P - penis <penis> 12
> 17 - Q - Q <Q from the Bond films> 13
> 18 - R - Runa <Runes> 14
> 19 - S - sköld|padda <Turtle> 15
> 20 - T - televisionen <television> 16
> 21 - U - udda <odd> 17
> 22 - V - [Volkswagon] 18,19
> 23 - W - [Asterix?]
> 24 - Y - jakt <Yacht>
> 25 - Z - Zebra <Zebra> 20
---
A few changes
>> 1 - A - apelsin <orange> 1
>> 2 - B - banan <banana> 2
>> 3 - C - citron <lemon> 3
>> 4 - D - dödskalle <skull> 4
>> 5 - E - eka 5
>> 6 - F - farkost <ship>
>> 7 - G - groda <frog> 6
>> 8 - H - husvagn <caravan> 7
>> 9 - I - idrottsman <athlete> 8
>> 10 - J - jordgubbar <strawberry> 9
>> 11 - K - kanot <canoe> 10
>> 12 - L - [batman?]
>> 13 - M - morötter <carrots> 11
>> 14 - N - Nyponsoppa <rose hip soup> 12
>> 15 - O - önske lista <Wish-List>
>> 16 - P - penis <penis> 13
>> 17 - Q - Q <Q from the Bond films> 14
>> 18 - R - Runa <Runes> 15
>> 19 - S - sköld padda <Turtle> 16
>> 20 - T - teve <television> 17
>> 21 - U - udda <odd> 18
>> 22 - V - [Volkswagon] 19,20
>> 23 - W - [Asterix?]
>> 24 - Y - Yacht <Yacht> 21
>> 25 - Z - Zebra <Zebra> 22
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From Steve:
A = Aroma
B = Banana
C = Cut
D = Dead
E =
F = Floating?
G =
H = Home
I =
J = Jam
K = Kiyak (sp)
L = Legend
M =
N = Nyponsoppa 1
O =
P = pen*s 2
Q = Que*r
R = Runes, alphabet of mystery
S = Soup
T = Television 3
U =
V & W = Volkswagon 4,5
X = Marks the spot
Y = Yacht 6
Z = Zebra 7
---
A = apelsin 1
B = banan 2
C = citron 3
D = dödskalle 4
E = eka 5
F = farkost
G = groda 6
H = husvagn 7
I = idrottsman 8
J = jord gubbe 9
K = kanot 10
L =
M = morötter 11
N = Nyponsoppa 12
O = önske lista
P = penis 13
Q = Queer cleese
R = runa 14
S = sköld
T = teve 15
U = udda 16
V & W = VolksWagon 17,18
X = X marks the spot
Y = Yacht 19
Z = Zebra 20
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brojek's list
1 Apelsin 1
2 Banan 2
3 Citron 3
4 Dödskalle 4
5
6 Fregatt
7 Groda 5
8 Husvagn 6
9 Idrottsman. Why do I keep reading 'idiotman' ? 7 :D:D::D:D:D
10 Jordgubbe 8
11 Kanot 9
12
13 Morot 10
14 Nyponsoppa 11
15 Orm 12
16 Penis 13
17
18 Runor 14
19 Sköldpadda. This one was particularly easy. 15
20 TV 16
21 Uppbörd
22 Vägglus or VolksWagen, to have the non-letter included 17,18
23 asteriX, boX, taX (but what if he tripped?) 19 +2 bonus
24 Yacht 20
.
25 Zebra, Asna, Älv, Ö. (Darn, one letter on my keyboard layout is missing)
This last one should not give too much extra points,
especially not to Joaquim :-) 21,22,23,24
5, 12, 17 missing. that would be 22 then.
brojek.
PS. Why have I kept guessing in English only, huh?
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llizard's list
A apelsin 1
B banana
C citron 2
D dödskalle 3
E rowboat
F fartyg
G groda 4
H husvagn 5
I idrottsman 6
J jordgubbe 7
K kanot 8
L
M morot 9
N nypon
O obligatorisklista 11
P penis 12
Q John Cleese as "Q" in James Bond movies ("The World Is Not Enough" and
"Die Another Day") 13
R runes
S sköldpadda 14
T TV 15
U uggla 16
V volkswagon 17,18
W walking??
XY xmas?? yacht 19
Z zebra 20
"final attempt":
A apelsin 1
B banana
C citron 2
D dödskalle 3
E: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (clearly I'm really hampered by not
speaking Swedish) I've tried skulling, oars, wake, row, gunwale, bow,
boat....
F fartyg
G groda 4
H husvagn 5
I idrottsman 6
J jordgubbe 7
K kanot 8
L
M morot 9
N nypon
O: orm snake is in shape of an 0 10, +1 bonus
P penis 11
Q John Cleese as "Q" in James Bond movies ("The World Is Not Enough" and
"Die Another Day") 12
R: runristning 13
S sköldpadda 14
T TV 15
U uggla 16
V volkswagon 17,18
W: Watch out!!
XY xmas?? yacht 19
Z zebra 20
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Everybody's best lists
Andrew Steve brojek llizard
A apelsin 1 A apelsin 1 Apelsin 1 A apelsin 1
B banan 2 B banan 2 Banan 2 B banana
C citron 3 C citron 3 Citron 3 C citron 2
D dödskalle 4 D dödskalle 4 Dödskalle 4 D dödskalle 3
E eka 5 E eka 5 E 5*
F farkost F farkost Fregatt F fartyg
G groda 6 G groda 6 Groda 5 G groda 4
H husvagn 7 H husvagn 7 Husvagn 6 H husvagn 5
I idrottsman 8 I idrottsman 8 Idrottsman 1* 7 I idrottsman 6
J jordgubbar 9 J jord gubbe 9 Jordgubbe 8 J jordgubbe 7
K kanot 10 K kanot 10 Kanot 9 K kanot 8
L batman? L L
M morötter 11 M morötter 11 Morot 10 M morot 9
N Nyponsoppa 12 N Nyponsoppa 12 Nyponsoppa 11 N nypon
O önske lista O önske lista Orm 12 O orm, in shape of 0 10+1
P penis 13 P penis 13 Penis 13 P penis 11
Q Q <from Bond> 14 Q Queer cleese Q "Q" in James Bond 12
R Runa 15 R runa 14 Runor 14 R runristning 13
S sköld padda 16 S sköld Sköldpadda 2* 15 S sköldpadda 14
T teve 17 T teve 15 TV 16 T TV 15
U udda 18 U udda 16 Uppbörd U uggla 16
V Volkswagon 19,20 VW VolksWagon 17,18 VolksWagen 3* 17,18 V volkswagon 17,18
W Asterix? X X marks the spot asteriX, boX, taX 4* 19+2 W Watch out!!
Y Yacht 21 Y Yacht 19 Yacht 20 XY xmas?? yacht 19
Z Zebra 22 Z Zebra 20 Zebra, Åsna, Älv, Ö. 21-24 Z zebra 20
1* Why do I keep reading 'idiotman' ?
2* This one was particularly easy.
3* Vägglus or VolksWagen, to have the non-letter included
4* (but what if he tripped?)
5* eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (clearly I'm really hampered by not
speaking Swedish) I've tried skulling, oars, wake, row, gunwale, bow,
boat....
-------------------------------
Censored from the chat:
Jan [email] [home] 28 Dec. 13:36, from: 217.225.6.90, orange
VK: so, my last thought at christmas eve was right. the 24th picture
was very obvious. :D
when give you us the list? Want to see how the 1st fits to the theme
(it works fine in German but not in English)
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30 December: The Winners
* Meow, for suggesting a similarity to an encyclopedia (21 December)
* Jan, for suggesting translating all the words to Swedish (21 December)
* Steve, for realizing that it's a list in alphabetical order and getting
20 letters right (26 December)
* Andrew, for figuring out that the list is in Swedish and getting 22
letters right (26 December)
I can't say that one of these is better than the other. Meow and Jan were
a little more vague, but they were also five days before Steve and Andrew.
Steve and Andrew cooperated, and had the whole alphabet to look at, and
some clues. Each person figured out one "factor" each (no single person
got both that it was alphabetical *and* that it was Swedish).
Smee's question: "What do I win?"
Winners who don't mind telling me their address will get some nyponsoppa.
Also, brojek and llizard sent in lists after the theme was revealed.
Here's everybody's best lists (I hope it makes sense):
Andrew Steve brojek llizard
A apelsin 1 A apelsin 1 Apelsin 1 A apelsin 1
B banan 2 B banan 2 Banan 2 B banana
C citron 3 C citron 3 Citron 3 C citron 2
D dödskalle 4 D dödskalle 4 Dödskalle 4 D dödskalle 3
E eka 5 E eka 5 E 5*
F farkost F farkost Fregatt 5 F fartyg
G groda 6 G groda 6 Groda 6 G groda 4
H husvagn 7 H husvagn 7 Husvagn 7 H husvagn 5
I idrottsman 8 I idrottsman 8 Idrottsman 1* 8 I idrottsman 6
J jordgubbar 9 J jord gubbe 9 Jordgubbe 9 J jordgubbe 7
K kanot 10 K kanot 10 Kanot 10 K kanot 8
L batman? L L
M morötter 11 M morötter 11 Morot 11 M morot 9
N Nyponsoppa 12 N Nyponsoppa 12 Nyponsoppa 12 N nypon
O önske lista O önske lista Orm 13 O orm, in shape of 0 10+1
P penis 13 P penis 13 Penis 14 P penis 11
Q Q <from Bond> 14 Q Queer cleese Q "Q" in James Bond 12
R Runa 15 R runa 14 Runor 15 R runristning 13
S sköld padda 16 S sköld Sköldpadda 2* 16 S sköldpadda 14
T teve 17 T teve 15 TV 17 T TV 15
U udda 18 U udda 16 Uppbörd U uggla 16
V Volkswagon 19,20 VW VolksWagon 17,18 VolksWagen 3* 18,19 V volkswagon 17,18
W Asterix? X X marks the spot asteriX, boX, taX 4* 20+2 W Watch out!!
Y Yacht 21 Y Yacht 19 Yacht 21 XY xmas?? yacht 19
Z Zebra 22 Z Zebra 20 Zebra, Åsna, Älv, Ö. 22-25 Z zebra 20
1* Why do I keep reading 'idiotman' ?
2* This one was particularly easy.
3* Vägglus or VolksWagen, to have the non-letter included
4* (but what if he tripped?)
5* eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (clearly I'm really hampered by not
speaking Swedish) I've tried skulling, oars, wake, row, gunwale, bow,
boat....
[After some complaints and posting of picture evidence I decided to approve
of brojek's "Fregatt".]
ObAscii:
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|Nyponsoppa|
.-| |-.
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| of |
| ridiculously |
| difficult |
J challenge F
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Here is the list of letters from people mentioned above:
Saker/bilder du kan se från din dator? Apelsinen skulle kunna hänga i rummet, sen åt du/FS en banan, citronen är på nån godis- eller yogurtförpackning, skeppet och roddbåten är på samma tavla i rummet och husvagnen ser du genom fönstret hos grannen mitt emot, osv.
Wee shall say that the advent theme is... um... "Mutiny on the Bounty'... And that is the answer Wee shall submit to the place were the answers are collected even though this place is far away in a land froze in time... Thank you so very much for the attention that you pay to this matter of great importance...
"Pairs" or "Twos" 1. Cloves + Orange 2. banana + banana peel 3. 2 halves of lemon 4. 2 skulls 5. 2 oars in the rowboat 6. 2 sails (plus one for good luck?) 7. frogs are amphibious - land + water = 2 8. caravan is added to the back of the car making 2 vehicles... or just that it has 2 wheels 9. 2 athletes 10. umm... the double "R" in StrawbeRRy? Okay, that's a stretch 11. 2 people in the canoe 12. the duality of being both bat and man *whew*
Second attempt, not very serious :) I see the pattern: fruit-mask-water repeating. Google for "fruit mask water" yielded: "Vegetable and fruit masks for your skin" This is The Theme. Or it might be: "How to make cosmetics at home" Or even "Make yourself perfect make-up for Christmas" But I have to admint that the latter is somwhat farfetched.
The theme is: things that have nothing whatever to do with Christmas. What do I win?
things unplugged (ie: no electricity or motor required)
The theme is...
42.
i.e. Life, Universe and Everything.
PS. Have FS served as a model?might be the theme be The Flonk? considering i saw dave's penis appearing in your artwork on the 16th ;-)
Det är ett recept. Blanda alltihopa så får man pyttipanna med hela kostcirkeln.
Batman and the carrots(Bugs Bunny) made me think Warner Brothers.
Okay... this one's a wag... "Erik the Viking" It works for the ships, the #17 guy, the runes (sort of), the penis (kind of), the skull (maybe), and the TV. I don't know what the food would have to do with it, because my local video store didn't have it (and I've never seen it).
The theme is The Spanish Inquisition. After all, nobody expects _that_, ever.
Patrick in St. Petersburg, Florida again. Never would have guessed the 17th was John Cleese. Don't get out to the movies enough. That being said I have to recall that your obligatory Christmas list looked to me like a snake(Python) and I am leaning toward believing your theme is Monty Python, but I don't know if you have a specific film in mind such as the Meaning of Life. I am not sure how everything ties in together other than how you might interpret things. Am I right? Merry Christmas to you!
