Comments on: The Conch and Pony http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ethan Thompson http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-21243 Ethan Thompson Tue, 11 May 2010 20:32:30 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-21243 For seat covers, i prefer to use cotton or polyester woven fabric because i like its feel.-~. For seat covers, i prefer to use cotton or polyester woven fabric because i like its feel.-~.

]]> By: Perry Hermanstorfer http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-21213 Perry Hermanstorfer Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:26:46 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-21213 Lach, sehr gut. Komme nun auch Lach, sehr gut. Komme nun auch

]]> By: Miguel del Fuego http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Miguel del Fuego Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:06:27 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-255 As soon as I win Powerball I will be silent partnering the Conch & Pony! As soon as I win Powerball I will be silent partnering the Conch & Pony!

]]> By: sharky http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-243 sharky Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:26:53 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-243 This is so weird. I am recently obsessed with the conch. And to come across this theme in your blog, especially re: heraldry, which is a double obsession of mine! The conch carries much meaning, as you all must know, but have temporarily forgotten. It is the symbol of Pan, the god of chaos and mischief. Similarly, it was a crucial motif of Lord of the Flies by whatshisname (who can forget Piggy's shrill cry, "I have the conch, I have the conch!"??), used as the right to speak (as the mutually-agreed-upon mouthpiece or microphone of the group, and therefore a symbol for order) but paradoxically foreshadows the chaos that would soon ensue on the island. It is also a gastropod, one of my favorite categories of mollusks. Not to be confused with scallops (or their shells), which are bivalves. Point is: Conch and Pony=great name for a pub! But shouldn't you be painting and not opening pubs, Mitch???? This is so weird. I am recently obsessed with the conch. And to come across this theme in your blog, especially re: heraldry, which is a double obsession of mine! The conch carries much meaning, as you all must know, but have temporarily forgotten. It is the symbol of Pan, the god of chaos and mischief. Similarly, it was a crucial motif of Lord of the Flies by whatshisname (who can forget Piggy’s shrill cry, “I have the conch, I have the conch!”??), used as the right to speak (as the mutually-agreed-upon mouthpiece or microphone of the group, and therefore a symbol for order) but paradoxically foreshadows the chaos that would soon ensue on the island. It is also a gastropod, one of my favorite categories of mollusks. Not to be confused with scallops (or their shells), which are bivalves.

Point is: Conch and Pony=great name for a pub! But shouldn’t you be painting and not opening pubs, Mitch????

]]> By: kaveri http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-227 kaveri Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:00:24 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-227 oh no, i'm a heraldry ignoramus! oh no, i’m a heraldry ignoramus!

]]> By: Dyna http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Dyna Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:34:12 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-226 Wesleyan U's crest also featured scallops, as I recall. Wesleyan U’s crest also featured scallops, as I recall.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Mitch Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:26:44 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-225 Actually Winston Churchill's and the spencer coat-of-arms feature the scallop shell. http://www.carman.net/heraldry.htm I was going for a more 30's deco-poster look. I used Gill Sans on the ampersand to emphasize its "Britishness" Actually Winston Churchill’s and the spencer coat-of-arms feature the scallop shell.

http://www.carman.net/heraldry.htm

I was going for a more 30′s deco-poster look.
I used Gill Sans on the ampersand to emphasize its “Britishness”

]]> By: kaveri http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-224 kaveri Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:07:25 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-224 I very much enjoy the delicate pink shading of the conch. I am slightly disturbed by the eyelessness of the horse. The sleekness of the overall design is pleasing, though rather unlike what might expect from a bar named like an english pub. (example: ye harte and garter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndw/34933234/) Then again, perhaps tradition is not what you're after. I am pretty sure shellfish are unknown to British heraldry. so, when do you open? I very much enjoy the delicate pink shading of the conch. I am slightly disturbed by the eyelessness of the horse. The sleekness of the overall design is pleasing, though rather unlike what might expect from a bar named like an english pub. (example: ye harte and garter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndw/34933234/)
Then again, perhaps tradition is not what you’re after. I am pretty sure shellfish are unknown to British heraldry.
so, when do you open?

]]> By: Mitch http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Mitch Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:04:02 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-223 hmmm. hmmm.

]]> By: Mark http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Mark Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:58:27 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2006/02/26/the-conch-and-pony/#comment-222 I know this has nothing to do with what you just wrote, but it was really funny and I would like to share. Guess it might have to do with signage a bit -- that will be my segue. Anyway, I was in a toilet stall and on the dispenser of sanitary toilet seat covers was written, "FREE cowboy hats." It was the first time I ever read something I thought was funny written in a bathroom stall in, uhhh, forever. Anyway, Mitch, you can count on me (upon the opening of "The Conch and Pony") duplicating this very piece of grafitti in your bathroom stall, donning a sanitary toilet seat cover, holding tight to the crotch of my jeans a true Chicago-style dog with all the toppings, and yelling, "Giddy Up!" as I mosey up to the bar. It's just a dream of mine as it turns out. Please help me fulfill it. Please. I know this has nothing to do with what you just wrote, but it was really funny and I would like to share. Guess it might have to do with signage a bit — that will be my segue. Anyway, I was in a toilet stall and on the dispenser of sanitary toilet seat covers was written, “FREE cowboy hats.” It was the first time I ever read something I thought was funny written in a bathroom stall in, uhhh, forever. Anyway, Mitch, you can count on me (upon the opening of “The Conch and Pony”) duplicating this very piece of grafitti in your bathroom stall, donning a sanitary toilet seat cover, holding tight to the crotch of my jeans a true Chicago-style dog with all the toppings, and yelling, “Giddy Up!” as I mosey up to the bar. It’s just a dream of mine as it turns out. Please help me fulfill it. Please.

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