RE: tunefl and other web services

[Philip Thomas]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 at 18:37:00 +0200 David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

>The overall more convex shape of women lends 
itself better for smooth
>light gradients lending plasticity to a two-dimensional rendition.  When
>aiming for a more 
abstract rather than an anatomical impression of
>beauty, the fair sex offers definite advantages.
>
>One can further 
enhance visual plasticity by working with large brushes
>and graduations of powder makeup.  That does not work well 
with the
>knotted landscape of a "handsome man".

David shows uncharacteristically loose thinking here in ascribing the 
effect simply to "convex shape". There are some other unspoken factors that are 
nonetheless essential to take into 
account. For example, I myself am decidedly "convex" to the tune of some tens 
of kilos, and I don't have much in the 
way of a "knotted landscape". The word "plasticity" would be a less apt word to 
use in connection with my anatomical 
features than, say, "doughiness". Any large brushes and powder used to enhance 
my image would be more akin to those 
used in a bakery to glaze pies and flour-dust loaves of bread. But as convex as 
I am, using my semi-naked image on a 
website would be likely to attract criminal sanctions -- not from me, but from 
the poor victims who felt aggrieved, if 
not visually assaulted, by the effect my image had on their psyches.

So there's more to it than just convexity, I 
suspect. Whatever the missing parameters are, I am personally lacking in them. 
Not that I'm suggesting a more serious 
analysis would be all that productive.

>Anyway, I did once beat a dead horse for a while (I tried getting it to
>stand 
up again, as the first thought after it had collapsed with a
>sudden aorta rupture on the riding ground was a severe 
colic attack).  A
>rather traumatic experience I would not wish on anybody.

Now, here David's touch is more readily 
apparent: I didn't immediately know whether it was easier to believe him or not 
to. So I'll just have to wait to see 
whether in future posts he starts mentioning sleeping dogs that he has let lie, 
dead cats that he's swung by the tail, 
and so on.

Anyway, my convex body was shaken by a good belly laugh when I read it. And 
yes, I admit that am prepared 
to take the horse story at face value, and I did feel sorry for the horse and 
it's rider, even while I was momentarily 
convulsed with laughter.

Cheers, Philip