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 | Wed, 25 Jul 2007
Concrete Dude - 17:01
 
|  | Say hello to the Concrete Dude children. Okay so it may not be concrete, it
could instead be marble, or a tasty slab of granite chiseled out to look like
some dead bloke. The real question we need to ask though is what to call him
and what is he thinking. Really it is a bit of a wonder what a half man half
inscribed concrete slab creature could be called. Mermaid/Merman creatures are
half fish, A centaur is half horse. There is no word for concrete slab in
Latin such as Mare, nor is there a creature in Greek mythology, half man half
concrete slab. Really I am at a loss as to what to call him. Thus we will have
to stick with Concrete Dude (with thanks to 
Bill
and Ted for the inspiration). 
Next we are on to the thorny issue of what he is thinking, if anything apart
from what is this Serbian spruce and how did it end up in my hand? Maybe he is
hoping he does not fall over, with no legs it will be somewhat difficult to
get back up, I wonder what the weight limits on most wheel chairs are, would
they be able to support our friendly concrete dude or would they crumple like
a crumply thing? The other problem is the severe lack of colour in his outfit,
no pink granite or any real variety simply dark grey clothes perfectly matching
skin tone.
 
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