simonjrogers ([info]simonjrogers) wrote,
@ 2008-02-01 17:36:00
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Entry tags:pelgrane, trail of cthuhlu

Caption Competition
Jerome found this peculiar image while looking for fodder for the Stunning Eldritch Tales adventure set in Shanghai. Click on the image for the scarily detailed full sized version. Think of a caption. Best one wins a prize...a leather-bound version of Trail of Cthulhu! Ends 1st March.


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[info]ptevis
2008-02-01 06:21 pm UTC (link)
"The very banality and innocence of the first act only allowed the blow to fall afterward with more awful effect."

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[info]viking_cat
2008-02-01 07:33 pm UTC (link)

"This is the worst performance of Flashdance ever."

- Kevin Kulp

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[info]gbsteve
2008-02-01 08:20 pm UTC (link)
For this performance of the Mikado, Ko-ko took his role rather too seriously.

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[info]anubisgrrl
2008-02-01 09:07 pm UTC (link)
Mao enjoyed his summer job, but he longed for the day with the blow would be real.

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(Anonymous)
2008-02-01 09:12 pm UTC (link)
"I knew something was wrong when they sayed free cthulhu membership"

- jerome

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[info]sdharing
2008-02-01 09:33 pm UTC (link)
Sadly, The Arkham Community College staging of "The King in Yellow" was not well-received, and was closed by school authorities after a single performance.

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[info]ggreig
2008-02-02 12:14 am UTC (link)
Yoshiko just couldn't arouse the same enthusiasm for public executions after they replaced the guillotine with a bag of gunge.

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[info]viktor_haag
2008-02-02 07:09 pm UTC (link)
"Baldanders? Baldanders?! Blast it! It's your cue, man!!"

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[info]mock26
2008-02-04 07:54 am UTC (link)
As a child Mao's parents forbied him from playing with sharp objects.

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[info]notoriousbkc
2008-02-04 03:49 pm UTC (link)
A tour of New York fetish clubs ranges from the bizarre to the sublime.

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[info]notoriousbkc
2008-02-04 03:51 pm UTC (link)
It took a while before "Outward Bound" caught on.

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[info]awakedreamer
2008-02-04 04:19 pm UTC (link)
"Are you sure this is the correct way of taking a photograph?"

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[info]darrenpleavin
2008-02-04 06:38 pm UTC (link)
Western influence could only be removed with the weight of sacrifice.

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Caption Competition
[info]howie_lovecraft
2008-02-04 07:53 pm UTC (link)

Despite an heroic effort by a dedicated (an obviously enthusiastic) troupe of performers, the unauthorized All-Shanghai stage production of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and their (formerly) hilarious "How to Defend Yourself" sketch failed miserably at the box office, due primarily to poor production values, and to the notable absence of John Cleese as the deranged Sergeant-Major.

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I'll take a shot. . .
(Anonymous)
2008-02-04 09:19 pm UTC (link)
"A rare still photograph of the 1916 performance of the King in Yellow, as it debuted in New Orleans, LA at the Midian Opera House." -- James D. Hargrove (I forgot my LJ UID).

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Re: I'll take a shot. . .
(Anonymous)
2008-02-04 09:30 pm UTC (link)
Err. . . feel free to add a footnote indicating that the performance was a carried out by the famous 'Oriental' mage and stage performer, Chung Ling Soo, for a small, private, audience.

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Re: I'll take a shot. . .
(Anonymous)
2008-02-04 09:33 pm UTC (link)
And, oh, dang it -- that's me (James Hargrove) without my UID again. Also, another interesting tidbit for a footnote -- Chung Ling Soo died on stage in 1918. Two years after performing the King in Yellow.

[Note: And no, he didn't really perform the KiY. He *did* really die on stage in 1918 while attempting to catch a bullet with a piece of china.]

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[info]aluyen
2008-02-04 11:35 pm UTC (link)
"Following the disastrous events of its final performance, this photograph remains the only tangible evidence of the 1920 Kabuki-style theatrical interpretation of 'Sweeney Todd'"

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Caption
[info]ladylegba
2008-02-05 12:01 am UTC (link)
"Visit my parents I said; but NO, you had to go fishing at Innsmouth!"

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my two pennies
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 12:31 am UTC (link)
Future son, as to the matter of Dowry we discussed...

- Peter Tracy

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for a few pennies more
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 12:37 am UTC (link)

In entertainment, sometimes it takes a long time from concept to realisation. This early still of the creators of "You can't do that on Television" are a case in point.

- Peter T

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in for a penny
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 12:46 am UTC (link)
This here's for screwing up my laundry you gawd-dang cheei-ina-man.

- Peter T

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in for a pound
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 12:50 am UTC (link)

Now lady's and gentlemen, be prepared to be astounded, to be awed by the mysteries of the outer worlds, here today, and today only for you, I will demonstrate the use of the Mi-go braincase on mr Lu here. Lili, if you could assist...

- Peter T

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From snickering_imp of the pelgrane press forums.
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 04:35 am UTC (link)
As the five before him, Qingling's sixth stepfather willingly offered himself for another year of peaceful waters. The true ritual remained unrevealed until the demise of her eighth stepfather.

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in for a pound
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 09:12 am UTC (link)

After forgetting to pack his bow, Mr Tells follow-up asian tour proved moderatly unsuccessful.

- Peter T

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in for a pound
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 09:14 am UTC (link)

Relax Mrs Wu, this isn't the dark ages, I guarantee modern psychiatry will provide a cure your husband.

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(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 09:27 am UTC (link)
Linling sighed, as she sat thinking to herself;
"Always the bridesmaid, never the executioner".

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in for a Pound
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 09:32 am UTC (link)

Mai-lin sat and carfully thought. What was the most tactful way to tell the Supreme High Councillor she had lost the silvered knife neccisary for correct completeion of the ritual? Would he even notice if she didn't say?

- Peter T

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in for a pound
(Anonymous)
2008-02-05 09:37 am UTC (link)

Jen Yu watched on as Master Li Mu Bai struggled against his bonds, in vain it seemed. He would have handily defeated the cultists if his Green Destiny had not been stolen. 'Chalk this one up to experience', she thought.

- Peter T

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[info]misterharry
2008-02-05 07:52 pm UTC (link)
"The Live Action edition of Mousetrap had one or two early teething problems."

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(Anonymous)
2008-02-11 12:23 am UTC (link)
Sadly, "Oh," was Mr. Wong's final utterance. Interestingly, it was Mrs. Wong's next.

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[info]godfather_punk
2008-02-11 11:24 pm UTC (link)
"What is this? Avant Garde?"

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[info]raconteurx
2008-02-16 01:54 pm UTC (link)
"Lo, only ruin shall he know who walketh the hallowed ground of splendid Cathuria unbidden by the gods. The beast which is nemesis to that green and pleasant land shall hover o'er him all his remaining days."

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[info]raconteurx
2008-02-17 08:14 pm UTC (link)
"In that last moment, Winston cursed the impulse which had driven him to infiltrate the local Starry Wisdom lodge."

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[info]blackoakwoman
2008-02-20 09:20 pm UTC (link)
The unfortunate fate of another failed contestant in a game of "The lady, or The Lady?"

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My meager entries...
[info]danbayn
2008-02-28 04:27 pm UTC (link)
The Chinese also invented health club memberships.

Some say the performance presaged China's future role in the world stock market.

"I say, is it really necessary to crush me like this? Think of the mess, for God's sake! What do you say we just wait for the guillotine to arrive via post?"

Desperate to revive his career, Gallagher eventually abandoned his traditional props.

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