There are always a few strange leads to cephalopod miscellany in my mailbag…people have this odd idea that I like tentacled molluscs. So here we go, a few strange things on the strange ol' internet.
This t-shirt is anatomically incorrect! I'm not sure what that thing is, but it's no cephalopod I've ever seen. Although I suspect he's wondering what that strange pink beast does with those two stumpy tentacles.
I wish I had a giant squid at my dinner table. At least it's anatomically more reasonably drawn.
There are an awful lot of knitters with a strange fascination with cephalopods.
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For some reason that Family Guy picture makes me so happy. There have been many knitted cephalopods of various types — but why has no-one made a knitted Dr Zoidberg? A knitted Zoidberg why not?
The woman in the first picture is also anatomically incorrect. From her left hand hang two cups of her bikini top, below her right arm is another. 1-2-3.
The medical term is "polymastia". Google gives some interesting medical websites, some with pictures.
I got to animate a couple of giant squid scenes myself lately. Unfortunately, due to contract issues, I'm not allowed to post any images of it yet. =/
Here and here are some more Threadless cephalopod shirts. Makes me wish I had a job.
Over Memorial Day weekend, I watched a friend take the day of her birthday "off" from knitting the latest in an endless series of baby blankets so that she could knit that nautilus. She's an exhibit developer for museums. I now see that she is also on your payroll to push the cephalopod agenda.
My mother and grandmother have always knitted and I have usually avoided it but this may be a reason to try it (after almost 40 years of avoidance)!
Yeah, I thought you'd like that Family Guy episode.
Could it be that knitters like cephalopods because they are superficially a bag shape? (Whence easy to make, I suppose.)
Hey, crocheting cephalopods is fun, too!
The best part is that cats love crocheted cephalopods full of catnip.
Wow... is it that slow at the ol' U of Minn? For the love of pete, it's a CARTOON. Get over it.