My best Ouija board memory was using one with two of my cousins. I created a ghost named Fred who had done some crazy shit in life. To this day, I don’t know if they were actually buying it because kids are dumb and I was an adequate actor, or if they just went along with it to humor whoever was playing Fred because it was funny.
And yeah, there are SO many times my life would be easier if I did, like, tube arms, but who’s got the time?
Ooh the alt text is lemony fresh. And That guy with the very 80s computer programmer styles has the last name of those furry creatures Allie Brosh made up. I hope she’s doin’ okay.
And speaking of things based on people not talkin english gud, I love how our tendency to make everything from bologna to piano end in ‘ee’ (depending how folksy you are) led to even ouija of all things (its name is literally yes-yes, what are you doing) being changed to WEEEGEE
IIRC the origin of the name “Ouija” is that the inventor/discoverer/marketer/whoever was in charge of naming it asked it what its name was and then it spelled out O-U-I-J-A. (Allegedly.)
Cold: The movie Witchboard 2 taught me at a very young age that it’s pronounced WEE-JUH. The common WEE-GEE pronunciation has been one of my stupidest and most persistent pet peeves ever since.
That film also gave me unrealistic expectations for having a bitchin’ loft apartment in my 20s. C’est la vie.
Circle: If my wife had been that whoever, the board would be called B-A-L-L-S.
Gotta love sleeves on stick arms.
I tried using a Ouija board once. The planchette always rested atop the Ouija board, so I figured the ghost must have been really into Ouija boards.
My best Ouija board memory was using one with two of my cousins. I created a ghost named Fred who had done some crazy shit in life. To this day, I don’t know if they were actually buying it because kids are dumb and I was an adequate actor, or if they just went along with it to humor whoever was playing Fred because it was funny.
And yeah, there are SO many times my life would be easier if I did, like, tube arms, but who’s got the time?
Ooh the alt text is lemony fresh. And That guy with the very 80s computer programmer styles has the last name of those furry creatures Allie Brosh made up. I hope she’s doin’ okay.
And speaking of things based on people not talkin english gud, I love how our tendency to make everything from bologna to piano end in ‘ee’ (depending how folksy you are) led to even ouija of all things (its name is literally yes-yes, what are you doing) being changed to WEEEGEE
IIRC the origin of the name “Ouija” is that the inventor/discoverer/marketer/whoever was in charge of naming it asked it what its name was and then it spelled out O-U-I-J-A. (Allegedly.)
Cold: The movie Witchboard 2 taught me at a very young age that it’s pronounced WEE-JUH. The common WEE-GEE pronunciation has been one of my stupidest and most persistent pet peeves ever since.
That film also gave me unrealistic expectations for having a bitchin’ loft apartment in my 20s. C’est la vie.
Circle: If my wife had been that whoever, the board would be called B-A-L-L-S.
Sometimes you are just me, isto. But other times you’re that college exam test question format.