BetterMost, Wyoming & Brokeback Mountain Forum

Our BetterMost Community => The Polling Place => Topic started by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 01:50:42 pm

Title: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 01:50:42 pm
Besides a headache from too many martinis...

Let's play 20 (or however many) questions!

It's bigger than a postage stamp and smaller than a puppy!


Milli has inside info so she's ineligible for the prize...

If no one gets it right away, I'll answer and send a goodie in a week.

-Lynne
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 02:12:10 pm
Is it consumable?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: belbbmfan on January 04, 2008, 02:20:51 pm
Is it alive?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 02:33:29 pm
No, it's not alive nor consumable.  :wink:

This is fun!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 02:40:34 pm
Is it metal?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 02:41:27 pm
Not metal!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: MaineWriter on January 04, 2008, 02:56:17 pm
Is it made of a natural fiber, ie, cotton or wool?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: belbbmfan on January 04, 2008, 03:03:50 pm
Did it make you smile?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: southendmd on January 04, 2008, 03:06:21 pm
Is it BBM-related?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 03:13:28 pm
It is not made of natural fiber.

I am still grinning ear-to-ear, and it is DEFINITELY Brokeback Mountain related!!!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 03:14:30 pm
Is it meant to be hung on a tree?  
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 03:16:26 pm
No, it doesn't get hung on a tree.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: MaineWriter on January 04, 2008, 03:25:08 pm
Is it meant to be worn?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 03:28:46 pm
Yes, Leslie, but not in the traditional sense.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: belbbmfan on January 04, 2008, 03:29:04 pm
Are you supposed to cuddle it?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 03:32:20 pm
No, not specifically.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: MaineWriter on January 04, 2008, 03:38:46 pm
If someone saw this, would they be likely to say, "Oh, that's so beautiful!"?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: belbbmfan on January 04, 2008, 03:42:28 pm
Is it a miniature something?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Brown Eyes on January 04, 2008, 03:59:08 pm
Is it colorful?

Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 04:03:58 pm
Brokies will find it beautiful.

It is miniature though not particularly colorful.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: southendmd on January 04, 2008, 04:30:33 pm
Is it from Alberta?  (thinking about Milli...)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 04, 2008, 04:46:34 pm
Is it something you told me about when I was on cold medicine and I blacked it out?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 04:53:10 pm
No, Paul, it's not from lovely Alberta.

And yes, Truman, I may have already mentioned it to you :smile: though it's anybody's guess as to why you might block it out! :grin:
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 05:00:57 pm
Is it something that comes from the actual movie, "Brokeback Mountain"?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 05:06:01 pm
No, Shasta, it did not come directly from the movie, though inspired by both short story and film.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 05:12:50 pm
Is it a model vehicle?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Brown Eyes on January 04, 2008, 05:14:44 pm
Is it jewelry or some other kind of adornment?

Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: southendmd on January 04, 2008, 05:15:22 pm
is it a drawing?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 05:24:39 pm
Shasta - not a model truck...sorry.

Amanda and Paul - you are starting to make me squirm!!

It is not jewelry, but it is an adornment.  And it is based on a drawing, hence Milli's involvement.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 05:25:35 pm
Is it a tattoo??
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 05:28:21 pm
Shasta!!!!

You got it baby!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Brown Eyes on January 04, 2008, 05:28:31 pm
Is it a tattoo??

D'oh!  You beat me to it!  Tattoo was what I was trying subtly to imply with "adornment".
 ;D
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 05:30:03 pm
D'oh!  You beat me to it!  Tattoo was what I was trying subtly to imply with "adornment".
 ;D


LOL! Thanks for the hint, Amanda!  ;D

Are you gonna post a picture Lynne? I hope so!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 05:30:13 pm
Sid held my hand the whole time and is under strict orders to say I was as stoic as a Wyoming cowboy!!  ;-)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 04, 2008, 05:30:25 pm
Yeah you did tell me that.....when we were in the pink car driving across the bridge to France..... :laugh:
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 05:32:05 pm
Is it on your ankle?

That was fun -- got any more stuff for us to guess?
 
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 05:33:07 pm
I definitely will post a picture in a couple of days when the redness fades a bit.

We need a runner-up prize too for Amanda I think.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: southendmd on January 04, 2008, 05:35:17 pm
Wow! That's great!  So, Milli sent a drawing, and you're having/had it transferred via tatoo?  

Is it in a place suitable for mixed company to see?   ::)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: MaineWriter on January 04, 2008, 05:38:09 pm
Oh, a tattoo! Can't wait to see it.

So what is it? A pair of cowboy hats? A little mountain? What?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 05:42:07 pm
LOL Truman...did we drink martini's in France or whine??

It's on my right calf.  So Paul, if you're sure you can control yourself, I'll show you next time we meet :wink:
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 04, 2008, 05:45:14 pm
Leslie, y'all have to wait on pictures!  This was a fun way to spend a morning without electricity but my pda power is dwindling...someone else start a guessing game!!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Brown Eyes on January 04, 2008, 05:51:50 pm
I definitely will post a picture in a couple of days when the redness fades a bit.

We need a runner-up prize too for Amanda I think.

No, no, Shasta won the prize fair and square... no doubt about it.

Can't wait to see the pics!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Penthesilea on January 04, 2008, 06:16:05 pm
I'm dying to see the pics. This thread was such fun to read  :).
Congrats on your tattoo Lynne. You're a brave woman!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 04, 2008, 06:23:41 pm
No, no, Shasta won the prize fair and square... no doubt about it.

Can't wait to see the picks!

We can share! Brokies share.  ;)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: southendmd on January 05, 2008, 11:47:43 am
It's on my right calf.  So Paul, if you're sure you can control yourself, I'll show you next time we meet :wink:

I'll try; but I might still blush.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: serious crayons on January 05, 2008, 01:58:05 pm
Oh, I should have guessed it (I just found this thread, but didn't get it before you revealed it) because I remember you saying at the BBQ that you were GOING to get one. How exciting! I believe this is a Brokie first, isn't it?

Can't wait to see the pix!

Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: southendmd on January 05, 2008, 02:03:53 pm
Katherine, I believe Chuck has a tatoo of two cowboy hats on his arm.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 05, 2008, 02:15:28 pm



       I could so have gotten this...but I didnt see it until you had the reveal...  Good for you Lynne...
I remember the time in the room at the bar b que when you mentioned it.  Then we talked again
about it on the Brokie train.... good on ya...
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: belbbmfan on January 05, 2008, 04:15:51 pm
Congratulations Lynne! You are a very brave woman!  :)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 05, 2008, 04:49:13 pm
LOL Paul!

I have heard of a couple of DC folks having different things, but Chuck wasn't one mentioned...hopefully mine's original even if it's not the first. There's a deliberate flaw to weed out real Brokies from the rest ;-)

I contemplated a can of BetterMost beans on my a$$ but thought again :-)

Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 05, 2008, 04:51:53 pm
LOL Paul!

I have heard of a couple of DC folks having different things, but Chuck wasn't one mentioned...hopefully mine's original even if it's not the first. There's a deliberate flaw to weed out real Brokies from the rest ;-)

I contemplated a can of BetterMost beans on my a$$ but thought again :-)



 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sort of an appropriate place.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Penthesilea on January 05, 2008, 06:00:11 pm
There's a deliberate flaw to weed out real Brokies from the rest ;-)


You're teasing us, girl.
I hope you didn't have this tattooed:

(http://www.threetwoone.org/uggabugga/2005/brokeback-mountain-2.jpg)


 ;D ;) :laugh: ;) ;D :laugh: ;) ;D :laugh:
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 05, 2008, 07:11:56 pm



            You put a deliberate flaw in a tattoo??  huh :-\
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Brown Eyes on January 06, 2008, 01:22:04 am
I'm very intrigued by the "deliberate flaw" concept as well.  I hope I would pass the test if I saw it!  :laugh:

Title: Lynne's tattoo game part deux
Post by: Lynne on January 06, 2008, 09:22:33 pm
This train ride is very dull...so another prize to whomever can guess the text of the tattoo (RouxB anf Sid are not eligible) ;-)

)Ou may ask questions to help you narrow it down.

Have fun!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 06, 2008, 09:31:31 pm
"Let be, let be."
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on January 06, 2008, 09:37:39 pm
 ;)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 06, 2008, 09:40:35 pm
Excellent job, Shasta!  You got it in one!!

Now how am I s'posed to entertain myself, hunh?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shasta542 on January 06, 2008, 09:46:55 pm
  :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:  You're kidding! LOL

Well, we could guess --- some stuff about the tattoo artist.

Or, we could guess another one of your Christmas gifts.

We could guess who/what you and RouxB are seeing on the train!

I don't know.  :P  ::)

"I spy."   :)

Why is it boring -- is it just dark outside?
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 06, 2008, 11:29:45 pm
LOL...whoops I went to sleep.  Almost there now...just me.  I'll get more RouxB time next weekend.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Brown Eyes on January 06, 2008, 11:53:06 pm
That's a cool quotation to get Lynne.  I'm still curious about the "deliberate flaw" aspect of the tattoo.  What do you mean by that?  ???

"Let be, let be." appears to be the correct way to write this quotation (double checking with Close Range and all).
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 07, 2008, 03:29:36 am
And Amanda Brokie Extraordinaire finds the flaw!  :D

The artist wrote it in script on two lines as follows:

Let be...
Let be...


Clearly a departure from short story capitalization and punctuation...
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: southendmd on January 07, 2008, 05:08:03 pm
And Amanda Brokie Extraordinaire finds the flaw!  :D

The artist wrote it in script on two lines as follows:

Let be...
Let be...


Clearly a departure from short story capitalization and punctuation...

That's how Rodney would say  it.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 08, 2008, 02:05:16 am
That's how Rodney would say  it.

I think you're right, Paul - I can hear him doing just that!

Here's the finished product, tho there is still some irritation and redness I'm told will heal in the next 10 days or so.  Edit:  It's not as icky as it looks close-up...like I said the redness will fade.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Brown Eyes on January 08, 2008, 02:30:28 am
I think you're right, Paul - I can hear him doing just that!

Here's the finished product, tho there is still some irritation and redness I'm told will heal in the next 10 days or so.  Edit:  It's not as icky as it looks close-up...like I said the redness will fade.

Hi Lynne,

I think that looks great!  I love the way the script looks.  And, from what I can see, even the hat bands on the cowboy hats look right... especially the hat band on Ennis's hat (I can't really see the one on the black hat too well).

You're a brave woman!  I know I'd be too scared to get a tattoo.

Again, this one looks great!
:)

Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 08, 2008, 03:05:33 am
Thanks, Amanda!  Milli did the hats from one of the dozy embrace scenes - it was important to me that they overlap.  And I think the artist reproduced them really well in terms of the bands and the shadows and shading..kinda hard to tell with raw skin peeking thru at the moment.

I'm very pleased with it and I swear it only stung a little - I am a big baby about pain, so I wouldn't lie...Sid did a good job of laughing and keeping me preoccupied.  ;)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: belbbmfan on January 08, 2008, 03:28:13 am
Lynne, it looks great! I love the overlapping hats and the rope is very natural and flowing. It's a beautiful design.  :)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 08, 2008, 03:30:37 am
Lynne, it looks great! I love the overlapping hats and the rope is very natural and flowing. It's a beautiful design.  :)

Thanks, Fabienne!  Design credit goes to Milli and the tattoo artist...he kept the stencil, if you want me to send it to you.  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on January 08, 2008, 03:44:24 am



          It is lovely.Lynne.  I know you have been wanting this for a very long time...Its beautiful.  Capital
letters are beautiful............... :-*    :-*
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lynne on January 08, 2008, 04:00:37 am
Thanks, Janice!  I'm looking forward to showing you in person in the next week or two!  Sorry we got cut off our phone call today - my battery went dead, I think.
-Lynne
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Penthesilea on January 08, 2008, 05:40:18 am
It's beautiful Lynne. Love the Dozy Embrace positioning of the hats, and the script, but the best is the rope around the hats, holding them together.

Big compliments to Milli for designing it! You're truly an artist (as if we needed any more proof  ;)).

I'm very pleased with it and I swear it only stung a little - I am a big baby about pain, so I wouldn't lie...Sid did a good job of laughing and keeping me preoccupied.  ;)


Hm - hm - hm  It sure looks very hurtful, even a few days after the procedure.
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: serious crayons on January 08, 2008, 02:54:48 pm
Looks great, Lynne and Milli!

Lynne, if you're ever so inclined, I'd love to see a picture of it "in context" -- that is, where you can see your whole leg. Hope this request doesn't sound too weird, but that would give a better idea of scale and positioning, etc.

Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Penthesilea on January 08, 2008, 03:04:57 pm
Looks great, Lynne and Milli!

Lynne, if you're ever so inclined, I'd love to see a picture of it "in context" -- that is, where you can see your whole leg. Hope this request doesn't sound too weird, but that would give a better idea of scale and positioning, etc.




 :laugh:
I had the exact same thought. Am I also weird?  ;) :laugh:
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: serious crayons on January 08, 2008, 03:07:09 pm
:laugh:
I had the exact same thought. Am I also weird?  ;) :laugh:

Possibly!  :laugh: This is the first time I've ever asked anyone to post a picture of a body part!

Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: southendmd on January 08, 2008, 06:18:35 pm
How about a picture of the whole Lynne (with her leg well lit). :)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: serious crayons on January 08, 2008, 06:25:06 pm
How about a picture of the whole Lynne (with her leg well lit). :)

That would be especially nice!  :)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Lumière on January 08, 2008, 09:56:20 pm

You did it!!

The tatt looks awesome Lynne, I'm tempted to get one of me own!  8)
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Br. Patrick on January 13, 2008, 09:28:39 am
WOW~!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Brokeback_Dev on January 25, 2008, 03:19:27 am
I love your new Tattoo Lynne.  Very well done.  The art work is exceptional as only Milli can do..   Very cool

I too would like to see a larger pic, not so close up.  :)   

I have a tat on my inner calf.  Very large though, and most of the time I love her..She's my guiding light fairy.  Somehow i dont think all folks like her so much, but i do get compliments on it. 

The most embaressing one was from my doctor during my yearly exam.  Actually it pissed me off too.  After all I wasnt there to show off my tat....hehehehe
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Kelda on February 08, 2008, 04:30:32 pm
wow Lynne this is just me seeing this! Its great!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Kelda on February 08, 2008, 04:31:04 pm
oh and add it to the tats thread in bettermost people!
Title: Re: What did Lynne get for the New Years?
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on February 08, 2008, 04:43:25 pm
I think you're right, Paul - I can hear him doing just that!

Here's the finished product, tho there is still some irritation and redness I'm told will heal in the next 10 days or so.  Edit:  It's not as icky as it looks close-up...like I said the redness will fade.

Wow! That looks so painful, but worth it I am sure.

Owwwwwwwwww!