Four Penny

Posted on May 31, 2011 by spilledinkguy

Time for yet another installment of ‘unusual’ conversations heard only here!

Annabelle: “Are you okay up there?”

Me: “Yeah.”

Annabelle: ” Because you’ve been up there for quite a while…”

Me: “Yeah.”

*pause*

Annabelle: “So what are you doing?”

Me: “Just poking a few pounds of nails through a piece of cardboard.”

Annabelle: “Oh. Okay, have fun.”

About this image: Digital Photograph, moderately modified

47 thoughts on “Four Penny”

journeytoepiphany on May 31, 2011 at 10:15 am said:

Isn’t funny how those we love can understand conversations like that, without further explanation?

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 11:53 am said:
  
  Absolutely!
  And that’s very fortunate for me as well! 🙂
  
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milkayphoto on May 31, 2011 at 10:25 am said:

I love Anabelle…doesn’t really wanting to know, but simply concerned of whether she should have 911 on speed dial… 😉

Great image!

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 11:54 am said:
  
  Hahaha… it’s a good thing she’s almost always able to remain calm, M.P.!
  
  Thanks so much! 🙂
  
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Jillsy Girl on May 31, 2011 at 11:32 am said:

love, love, love this post and image!! 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 11:55 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, J.G.! That is very kind of you! 🙂
  
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thedailydish on May 31, 2011 at 11:38 am said:

I LOOOVE THIS (all caps) !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 11:55 am said:
  
  Awesome! I’m very happy to hear that, Dishy! 🙂
  
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bluntdelivery on May 31, 2011 at 11:54 am said:

totally thought those were pencils at first.

i was real excited cus i’m obsessed with office supplies.

we’ll get into that later. great photo 😉

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 1:15 pm said:
  
  They do kinda’ look like some No. Two-bies, don’t they?
  Glad they aren’t though… looks like an awful lot of pre-shot sharpening!
  Thanks very much, B.D.! 🙂
  
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FS Photography on May 31, 2011 at 12:03 pm said:

LOL… You should have heard some of the conversation I had whilst preparing my trouble at the salon shot… I think it’s probably best all round if I don’t recount that in public… lol… But with shots like these as the end result, these odd conversations are worth the sacrifice… 😉

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 12:08 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… glad I’m not the only one, F.S.! I completely agree with you, though! And sometimes a bit of craziness can keep things interesting… keeps people on their toes, you know! 🙂
  
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Annabelle on May 31, 2011 at 12:20 pm said:

AHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! True story people. This happened. Welcome to life in our household! 😛

P.S. Awesome picture babe!

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 12:22 pm said:
  
  Eh. We’ve had stranger conversations.
  Thank you very much, Annabelle! 😉
  
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Eden on May 31, 2011 at 4:07 pm said:

LOL! Neat piece 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 4:09 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Eden! You wouldn’t believe how long it took me to set this one up! 🙂
  
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Bearman on May 31, 2011 at 6:39 pm said:

I’m no suck up. I don’t get it. What do the words in the image have to do with pounded nails?

Oh wait it is the definition of nail. NM haha

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 7:21 pm said:
  
  Ha – yeah, it’s pretty faint, Bearman…
  I’m using it for additional texture more than anything else. On the plus side, it looks like you aren’t farsighted! 🙂
  
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frigginloon on May 31, 2011 at 8:02 pm said:

Now you’ve made your bed, lie in it 🙂

Psst all I see in the fine print is “thin, horny”

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 8:15 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… It’s amazing! I finally woke-up with no back pain!
  
  HA! I never even noticed that until you pointed it out, F.L. – I had to go back and check to make sure you weren’t just messing with me! Hilarious! 🙂
  
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  - frigginloon on June 2, 2011 at 6:58 am said:
    
    Would I mess with YOU????
    
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Juana on May 31, 2011 at 8:11 pm said:

Not many words need to be said… to those who understand you well…

Nails, I had to look twice to see them!! AWESOME!!

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 8:17 pm said:
  
  That’s nice at times, isn’t it? Especially for me!
  
  Thanks so much, Juana – this took forever to set-up, but it was a lot of fun! Well, for a while it was VERY boring, but it got a lot better! 🙂
  
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Binky on May 31, 2011 at 8:17 pm said:

You two make a good pair! I guess that’s what happens when two artists get together.

And nice nails!

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- spilledinkguy on May 31, 2011 at 8:22 pm said:
  
  Never a dull moment, Binky… well, not too many, anyway!
  Thank you very much! 🙂
  
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urban muser on May 31, 2011 at 9:49 pm said:

love this one!

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- spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 10:50 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, U.M. – that is very kind of you! 🙂
  
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Jason on May 31, 2011 at 11:04 pm said:

I know a man who keeps used nails to use again. He’s a reasonable man otherwise.

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- journeytoepiphany on June 1, 2011 at 10:33 am said:
  
  I know a family who reused their coffee filters. They rinsed them and hung them to dry on the clothes line!
  
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  - spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 10:49 am said:
    
    Hmm… I have reused nails before… never coffee filters.
    Of course (in all fairness) I’m more of a Cola drinker…
    🙂
    
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- spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 10:38 am said:
  
  Hahaha… I know a few guys like that, Jason! 🙂
  
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jb on May 31, 2011 at 11:54 pm said:

now that’s a penny I don’t need to think about.

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- spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 10:39 am said:
  
  A nice ‘change’, right, JB?! 🙂
  
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Syncopated Eyeball on June 1, 2011 at 2:07 am said:

Excellent set up shot SIG. I thought they were pencils to start with, too. My next thought was bed of nails. My third thought was that I don’t understand the title but that maybe I would if I were American. 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 10:43 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, S.E. – they do look a bit like pencils… or a lawn gone bad?!
  The term ‘Penny’ was/is used to designate different sizes of nails… ‘d’ is an abbreviation for penny…
  I’m a little fuzzy on the history / details of all that (seems like I’ve read different explanations from different sources…) 🙂
  
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  - Syncopated Eyeball on June 1, 2011 at 8:50 pm said:
    
    Oh now I see. Thank you. LSD in the context of money is pounds, shillings, and pence. Latin I think. 🙂
    
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    - spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 9:03 pm said:
      
      No problem, S.E. – I planned on writing something similar in my original post, but then for some reason I managed to completely forget… that’s just how I roll…
      🙂
      
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ramoncito17 on June 1, 2011 at 3:31 am said:

I am amazed with the great things that you are able to come up with using simple everyday things!

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- spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 10:45 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, sir – that is very kind of you to say!
  Basically the everyday subject matter often comes down to necessity…
  honestly I need to get out more! 🙂
  
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Lynn on June 1, 2011 at 4:38 am said:

Sounds like Anabelle knows her man! 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 10:46 am said:
  
  Almost too well – it’s a bit eerie at times…
  *swami music*
  🙂
  
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Tony McGurk on June 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm said:

I instantly thought of these Bon Jovi lyrics;
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
‘Cos tonight I’ll sleep on a bed of nails

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- spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 4:05 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  Rock on, Tony! Rock on! 🙂
  
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Bob on June 1, 2011 at 8:04 pm said:

Love this! Oh, and my usual conversation goes like this:

Me: Jim, did you eat the cupcakes on the counter?
Jim: Yeah, why?
Me: I was going to use them for a photoshoot.
Jim: Well why didn’t you do that earlier?
Me: I was waiting for the softer light in the window.

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spilledinkguy on June 1, 2011 at 8:09 pm said:

Hahaha…
Annabelle and I have had a similar conversation, too… only there was more sign language involved since my mouth was full-o-cupcake at the time!
Many thanks Bob! 🙂

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Mary on June 2, 2011 at 8:43 pm said:

Interesting, ink guy! How many nails did you use? I like the shadows in the background 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on June 2, 2011 at 9:21 pm said:
  
  Um… that’s a good question, Mary! It really seems like I should have counted, doesn’t it? I guess towards the end I wasn’t even really paying attention! 🙂
  
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