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Barbelith Closing Down Sale

 
  

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Sax
12:22 / 23.07.02
Everything must go! No reasonable offer refused!

Among our (morally) bankrupt stock:

Several crates of Lime Shower Gel.

The Complete Works of Stephen Patrick Morrissey.

Three bushels of pirate bandanas

12 dozen Ninja masks.

What else?
 
 
higuita
12:26 / 23.07.02
Yes, I think we have a large selection of puns and double entendres round the back, if you'd be so good as to follow me, sir.
Mind your head, sir.
 
 
Ellis says:
12:32 / 23.07.02
Eye patches?
 
 
Ariadne
12:35 / 23.07.02
Several half-read copies of Ulysses, slightly dented from bouncing off walls.
 
 
Sax
12:38 / 23.07.02
All good stuff, folks, and it has to go.

(Come on, let's make a massive list of all the great ideas, memes and concepts to come out of Barbelith, in the form of a pretent closing down sale. When Tom reads it, there'll be a tear in his eye. It'll be like the end of It's A Wonderful Life).
 
 
Ariadne
12:39 / 23.07.02
(Either that or it'll make him glad to see the back of us.)

One pile of sweaty rubber Torture Garden outfits, worn once.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
12:41 / 23.07.02
Collection of international Underground maps, Morningston Crescent: for the playing of.

Fictionsuit fusion set, which has been detached from, sterilised and polished up nicely by Haus and Ganesh.

One large throne, decorated with the skulls of leeser men, formerly occupied by Sir Jack Fear.

An entire bloody menagerie of squirrels, badgers, kakapos, and one star-nosed mole (comes with supply of fresh, evil earthworms).

First Edition boxed set of Huggles, signed by Haus.

Slightly used plastic bagful of Schnoogles, Prawn Cocktail Flavour.

Collected Poems of Captain Zoom (where is he?), bound in moroccan calf (requires daily milking...)

One fluffy, attractive bitchiekittie, requires to be rehoused in palatial splendour.
 
 
Ariadne
12:43 / 23.07.02
73 assorted personality tests, all designed to tell you you're kinda cool -- or a fool.
 
 
Ellis says:
12:43 / 23.07.02
Lots of Manifesto's, mainly comprised of lots quotes.
 
 
higuita
12:44 / 23.07.02
I think the word 'barbelith' in big letters on a bridge on the Birmingham-Redditch line might qualify - we never did find out who that was...

A rather large peace mango

As-it-happens commentary on Mayday 2001
 
 
Ariadne
12:44 / 23.07.02
Two barrels of filth beer
 
 
Persephone
12:45 / 23.07.02
One beagle, somewhere on the road between Oop North and London.

A lot of cheese smelling up the Policy.
 
 
Ariadne
12:46 / 23.07.02
Sax's leather trousers, unworn but much dithered over.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
12:47 / 23.07.02
Collection of international Underground maps, Morningston Crescent: for the playing of.

Fictionsuit fusion set, which has been detached from, sterilised and polished up nicely by Haus and Ganesh.

One large throne, decorated with the skulls of lesser mortals, formerly occupied by Sir Jack Fear.

An entire bloody menagerie of squirrels, badgers, kakapos, one unique and fluffily attractive bitchiekittie (requires to be rehoused in palatial splendour) and one star-nosed mole (comes with supply of fresh, evil earthworms).

First Edition boxed set of Huggles, signed by Haus.

Slightly used plastic bagful of Schnoogles, Prawn Cocktail Flavour.

Collected Poems of Captain Zoom (where is he?), bound in moroccan calf (requires daily milking...)
 
 
Ariadne
12:48 / 23.07.02
Hundreds of double posts - two for the price of one
 
 
Mourne Kransky
12:50 / 23.07.02
Oops, sorry about that.

Am obviously beginning the shut-down process already and these glitches keep happening.

Daisy, Daisy...
 
 
Sax
12:56 / 23.07.02
Your top five favourite records.
 
 
Jack Fear
12:57 / 23.07.02
Oh, lookie. Now the "board closing" thread is gone...
 
 
Ariadne
12:58 / 23.07.02
Maybe it's been sold?
 
 
Spatula Clarke
13:02 / 23.07.02
Damn. Beaten to it again.

One invite to wedding of tabloid journalist and goddess of destruction.

One dead spider. One dead frog.

One nearly-new lizardskin suit.

One worn manking suit.

One magic-working group, starter motor damaged.
 
 
Persephone
13:21 / 23.07.02
Blueprint for non-hairaising rollercoaster from Scotland to Isle of Wight.

ZoCher's rambly house with all the rooms and the pub at the top of the staircase.

Fiction suit manual, from back when fiction suits were in fashion.
 
 
gridley
13:27 / 23.07.02
Three fake blogs.
 
 
w1rebaby
13:30 / 23.07.02
Assorted sigils, slightly protein-stained.
 
 
rizla mission
13:47 / 23.07.02
Ther music forum offers a truckload of mix tapes, an extensive list of "the most invisible albums ever made", the term "beard-hop" and the realisation that Marillion might be quite good actually.

(It's kind of weird now the Closing Down thread has gone. Was it deleted with an "oops, I don't think I will close it down actually" or an "I've made my decision, I don't care what they've got to say"?
It's gone all paranoid-gnostic; what is the one who controls our continued existence thinking? or something like that.)
 
 
Spatula Clarke
13:51 / 23.07.02
One Heterosexuality Percentage Evaluating Machine.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
14:06 / 23.07.02
A whole bunch of rare Transformers.

A copy of "Jaws" (the book- wouldn't be a proper boot sale without it).

A job lot of gender-mapped kitchen appliances.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
14:29 / 23.07.02
Oh yeah. And a really great coat.
 
 
grant
14:49 / 23.07.02
A dictionary of Hellenic Greek insults, slightly damaged (someone scrawled three rather inane anti-French jokes on the inside back cover).

A mind control machine, partially assembled.

Selection of blueprints, "city of tomorrow," including moving buildings & hovercar landing platforms (apparently signed by a spiced sausage).

Gallery of "science art," including dramatic dinosaurs and diagrams of planetary motion.

Mixed bag of psychedelic drugs, some legal, all guaranteed effective.

One pair lizard-radar X-ray spex, with pedophile-sniffing attachment.

Set of large metal needles, previously used to surgically deflate egos. (several previous owners - comes with patch kit and hot air pump.)
 
 
Mazarine
15:03 / 23.07.02
Mazarine's box of stolen recipies. Cause who you gonna talk to now, Martha Stewart?
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
15:24 / 23.07.02
One van, containing Cthulhu. Slightly mouldy.
 
 
Naked Flame
15:32 / 23.07.02
One pub with a curious absence of spoons.

Multiple headfuls of drink-perforated memories.

Several (dozen?) relationships.

A rune library.

The Magick archive may well become revered as some kind of hypertextual grimoire someday.
 
 
w1rebaby
15:39 / 23.07.02
Perhaps the Closing Down thread disappearing is only the first thing to go. Gradually, all the things you love and hate will vanish, until you're left sitting alone in a blank white void.

You know, like in the NeverEnding Story.
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
15:41 / 23.07.02
The Unfinished Works of the Barbelith Collective - fact and fiction (39,997 copies from a 40k print run, three sold to Barbemums).
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
15:57 / 23.07.02
Blurry photos purported to show the mythical creature know as PC.
 
 
Bill Posters
16:21 / 23.07.02
A penis costume, somewhat above average size.
 
  

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