Best avatar competition

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 29 Feb 2008, 11:14

Sally wrote:Mind you some atavars are confusing.

So is spelling.

Funny word really.

OED wrote:avater n. (Hindu Myth.) descent of deity to earth in incarnate form; incarnation; manifestation; phase.

Keela · Post by **Keela** » 29 Feb 2008, 13:03

biffvernon wrote:
Sally wrote:Mind you some atavars are confusing.
So is spelling.

Funny word really.

OED wrote:avater n. (Hindu Myth.) descent of deity to earth in incarnate form; incarnation; manifestation; phase.

Funny indeed - it's a word I've never "heard" used except online.

I didn't realise (until you pointed this out) that I "say" it in my head all wrong.....

jonny2mad · Post by **jonny2mad** » 29 Feb 2008, 14:29

my waving bear really isnt a great peak oil avatar but henry thats the bear is a hindu god and has his own religion ... shiva kali bear worship ...so far he has 6 converts on his facebook page to what is a branch of hinduism where both shiva and kali are dancing bears , sometimes good and sometimes something else entirely

correction he has 7 converts another person who I dont know just joined ,

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11928265502

I like andys dont panic avatar by the way

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 29 Feb 2008, 14:33

jonny2mad wrote:my waving bear really isnt a great peak oil avatar but henry thats the bear is a hindu god ...

Thank heaven for that! I thought you were going to say he was called M*******!

oilslick · Post by **oilslick** » 29 Feb 2008, 21:50

Erik wrote:Oilslick gets my vote for best avatar in the "Thank God its only an avatar and not a full-blown high-res picture" category.

Thanks Erik...here it is in full glory:

Apparently her name was Monica

Erik · Post by **Erik** » 29 Feb 2008, 22:45

oilslick wrote:
Erik wrote:Oilslick gets my vote for best avatar in the "Thank God its only an avatar and not a full-blown high-res picture" category.
Thanks Erik...here it is in full glory:

Apparently her name was Monica

Oh my god... Pippa!? Site admin?!! Make him delete it!

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 02 Mar 2008, 21:02

SunnyJim wrote:
RenewableCandy wrote:
SunnyJim wrote:In a shameless effort to win the competition and win the affection of RC I have uploaded a new avatar....

That's very nice of you but actually I really liked your "Resistance is Fertile" from way-back-when.
Yeah, I liked that one too.... I don't know why I got rid of it....

I think I was after something less confrontational at the time? Something more hopefull, hence the dove thing.

I think it was Patrick Whitefield who said "Permaculture is simply revolution dressed up as gardening..." Obviously a bit of a flipant comment, but in the context of the conversation at the time it made alot of sense. I mean self sufficiency is the ultimate revolution really isn't it? If we don't spend money, or earn it, then the goverment can't tax us, and loose power over us. We only really give goverment power by spending the pound. The more dependent we become on others to provide our necessesities in life for us (Supermarkets, heating oil and gas providers etc) the more we rely on the state owned Bank of England's currency. It is the use of this currency that we are taxed on (VAT) and by. It was this expression that gardening and degrees of self sufficiency are the ultimate form of revolution that the old avatar so brilliantly expressed.

I think I kind of felt that about "Resistance Is Fertile" but without being able to put it quite into words...