Sexual Selection and Severed Heads (GP rated)

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Bill Marsh

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I really love the Dayak art. See pictures below of a Dayak earring carved from hornbill ivory. Recently acquired in San Francisco. About 4" long.

Art is very important. I just ordered the book below.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/906832540X/103-2250090-7351048?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance

"He [the author] shows how art was used as a pre-literate scholastic aptitude test to ensure intelligent Iban [Sea Dayaks] married other intelligent Iban to increase the likelihood that their children were intelligent and were more likely to prosper. Women also chose men on the basis of their prowess at war to ensure the household, physically, was secure. That meant heads and headhunting."

Pease post quips......
 
Bill Marsh said:
I really love the Dayak art...Pease post quips...
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Um...nevermind...I thought you said "Daleks" as I know Dr. Who occasionally played golf.

:footinmou

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Bill Marsh said:
I really love the Dayak art. See pictures below of a Dayak earring carved from hornbill ivory. Recently acquired in San Francisco. About 4" long.
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Interesting it is.:D


Bill, whutindahell is a Hornbill? :rolleyes: :confused: :p ;) :D Pretty earring, a tad big for me though, I don't even really like the long dangly ones some ndn dancers wear.;)
 
Bringing severed heads to women does not work around here, unfortunately, but my female friends seem to be notoriously stubborn. Perhaps I didn't bring enough severed heads. I'll work on that.

My now-famous White Russian is a keeper, though. Cultural studies make for interesting contrasts. I suppose it's all the same in the end.

Maybe I need a change of location...
 
"My now-famous White Russian is a keeper, though"

Does it have a stimulating effect on women?
Please share with your brethren here at the Cantina :)

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There's a "head" joke in here somewhere.

Maybe, "Head, you have to take it to get it."?


Hey Satori, ever seen "The Big Lebowski"? The Dude prefers white russians too. Youre in good company.
 
I'm not a braggart by nature and will not do so now - I will merely speak the truth. The Satori White Russian is thus: "It tastes like chocolate milk, it smells like gasoline, and it gets you to where you obviously wanted to go." Were everything in life this simple.

I learned early on in life that there were several different kinds of successful men in this world - those that looked like Tom Cruise, those that could talk the devil himself out of an air conditioner...and those who could mix a good drink. Only one of these can really be learned and as I was lacking in the other two aspects of this I applied myself to the art of mixing a proper drink. The White Russian was my old favorite and is something like riding a bicycle; I was called upon last night to recall my knowledge after several years' worth of disuse and I must say, the results were sterling. Once learned, it cannot be unlearned.

(Side mention: the results were not what you might think they were from reading the above, but I am not longer the man that I was when I learned how to mix a White Russian. Overall, things were satisfactory...please trust me on this. No harm, no foul, and I now have a new friend. It was probably not what you think, and certainly wasn't physical, but I am quite satisfied with how things turned out. I'll leave it at that.)

In other words: yes, Bill, but it's difficult to express in words. And after last night, my record is not what it once was...but that's another story. The drink was sound but other factors were not.

If and when I ever attend a KK, I will demonstrate the Satori White Russian, as well as a (not the) proper technique for khukering (made up word) a champagne bottle. In both cases, it is better to see than to be told.

Jeb - while I was drinking these far before the movie you mentioned had been filmed, it's a worthy movie that never fails to leave me laughing hysterically and deserves to be mentioned as thus. Anyone who has not seen it, needs to. The, "Obviously you're not a golfer, man," crack gets used at work regarding anything from ballpoint pens to machine guns. We would not function correctly without it.
 
Yvsa said:
Interesting it is.:D Bill, whutindahell is a Hornbill? :rolleyes: :confused: :p ;) :D Pretty earring, a tad big for me though, I don't even really like the long dangly ones some ndn dancers wear.;)
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A Hornbill is a bird that symbolizes a semi-deity that is part of the upper world to the Dayaks in Borneo and also several other tribes like the Naga in northeast India. There are many varieties of hornbill. From the pretty to the ugly. They all have a huge bill in proportion to the body.

http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/hornbills.html

The first bird here is the one the Dayak prize. Particularly the head/beak and the tail feathers. "Heads or Tails?"
 
Yvsa said:
Thanks Bill.:D

Here's a couple of links you might find interesting. And you be careful out there,ya heah? :eek: ;)

http://www.environment-hawaii.org/504federal.htm

http://www.artareas.com/ArtAreas/home.nsf/Z/179BCEFD9817F98C852569B80053E11E
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Good point. I am not selling it. I ran this by a friend who is an environmental attorney and he said that it was pre-ban. Just don't sell it.

I saw an article where the Fish and Wildlife actually confiscated a head piece that once belonged to Geronimo because the it had eagle feathers on it.

Reminds me of a joke, a game warden came upon a young man on a beach cooking. Upon inspection it turned out to be a seagull he was cooking. The warden pulled out his citation book and started to write him up.

The young man begged and pleaded that he was penniless and starving, that he was very sorry and would never do it again.

Finally the warden relented and started to walk away. Then he stopped and turned back to the young man asking, "I have always wondered what a seagull tastes like?"

The young man replied, "Not bad. Somewhere between spotted owl and American eagle!"
 
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