Cowabunga Dude

[lirion]

Whilst creating a new personel file today a co-worker was commenting on the person's name _something_ Donatello _something_ _something_. Then he said "Donatello, wasn't he a famous painter or soemthing?". And jsut as I was thinking, "It's bad when the first thing your brain brings up is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - think he was the one with the orange bandanna?" another co-worker popped up over the partition with "Wasn't he the one with the sword?".

I'm glad it wasn't just me...Popular culture has a lot to answer for really... :)

Comments

[aeduna.livejournal.com]

http://www.xkcd.com/c197.html
(and for an explanation of how it was done: http://blag.xkcd.com/2006/12/15/renaissance-artists-in-a-half-shell)

[lirion.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Well at least I feel vindicated now.

[lokicarbis.livejournal.com]

Purple bandana, bo staff. (Michaelangelo had orange, Leonardo had sword.)

And I only know this because my nephew's obsessed with them, honest.

I certainly don't have any 20 year old TMNT comics, no ma'am. :)

[lirion.livejournal.com]

Of course, there could be no other reason...

No, no, you wouldn't have, not you...

But I suppose I should say ta for clearing that up :)

[lokicarbis.livejournal.com]

Glad to be of service :)

[psuedonym777.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad I wasn't the only one who did that.

Although at the same time. I think that show came from MY era of television..... ;o)

[lokicarbis.livejournal.com]

I'm young at heart. And certain other parts of my body.

[psuedonym777.livejournal.com]

Some call it..... "Tim" ;o)

[lokicarbis.livejournal.com]

Not even close. You can ask fizit sometime if you like - she knows ;)

[psuedonym777.livejournal.com]

I chose not to on pain of being stripped of my immortal soul. *nods*

painfully stripped......

[lokicarbis.livejournal.com]

Wus!

BTW, go vote. Filling up fast here.

[black-pawn.livejournal.com]

They're all red in the comic, dude. Not that I'd know...

[lokicarbis.livejournal.com]

They're red in the original comic. In the shitty spin off comic from the animated series, they all have their signature colours and weapons.

Uh, or so I'm told...

[black-pawn.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. Are the cartoon-based comics 20 years old already? Wow.

Hi! You don't know me but...

[elderwoodpixie.livejournal.com]

Heh, doesn't an opening like that just raise your hackles? Sorry. I found you while searching for people with whom I share several interests and I was wondering if you'd mind if I added you to my friends list. I see from your profile that we have much in common, and I'm interested in getting to know you better. Feel free to visit my journal to see if you're also interested.

[stilkil.livejournal.com]

Heh.
My most absolutely _favourite_ of _favourite_ renaissance sculptures of the Magdalaine is, in my tiny, tiny mind, by one of the 'minor' Turtles.
We all do this - its burnt onto our psyches. I've just learnt not to fight it *shrug*