Steve from Blue's Clues
Poll
 | 16 votes (43.24%) | ||
| | 10 votes (27.02%) | ||
| | 11 votes (29.72%) |
37 members have voted
The reason I ask is I'm tempted to die my hair, dress just like Steve, and pose for pictures with tourists in front of the Paris. I can get the shirt here. Hopefully I can somehow get a poster-board of Blue the dog, otherwise I think few people would make the connection.
This would not be for money, mind you, just for fun. I have to admit I'm stealing the idea from Michael Bluejay, who did the same thing, but dressed as the original Willy Wonka.
What do you think of the idea?
PS, had to vote so-so since I know nothing about blue's clues
Quote: Croupierand if you dont mind traumatising a child there is this
Maybe I get get my four-year-old to wear the costume. Another idea is to get this stuffed animal toy.
Quote: WizardThe reason I ask is I'm tempted to die my hair, dress just like Steve, and pose for pictures with tourists in front of the Paris.
I think there are enough posseurs impeding pedestrian traffic on The Strip.
I usually get such notions only after I've bumped my chin on the foot rail.
I think it'd be a good idea to bring your kid with you. Might make you a little less creepy. (No offense!)
Dye the hair and comb it differently and I could see it.
Get that unique green stripped shirt and, yeah, it's a match.
Sorry. That may sound harsh, but its the truth. You try to dress like Steve, and I think you get arrested as a potential child molester.
Really, the question is, Who's the blonde?
SFB
Quote: SFB
Really, the question is, Who's the blonde?
SFB
That would be Holly Madison, ex of Hugh Hefner and Reality TV Star.
The new guy Joe is quite the cutie (and related to General George Patton) but my daughter isn't really into the show like the boys were when Steve was the star. But she imitates Blue's bark and annoys the heck out of me, so I don't mind her not watching.
Maybe what I'll do is buy the shirt and just walk around in public with it and see if anybody makes the connection. I'll be careful to do it away from children, lest anyone think I'm being "creepy." Perhaps an idea for our June gathering.
Quote: AyecarumbaWhat is the standard tip for an impersonator photo? Do you need a permit? Is there a "fee" (a.k.a., shakedown) for working a portion of the sidewalk?
I think $2 would be good. I asked Michael Bluejay your second question and he said he just showed up and had no problems. Maybe if you accepted tips you would technically need a permit. As far as I know, nobody asked him for one.
Quote: WizardI think $2 would be good. I asked Michael Bluejay your second question and he said he just showed up and had no problems. Maybe if you accepted tips you would technically need a permit. As far as I know, nobody asked him for one.
So you'd need to keep your expenses down if you expected to have it be a money-making venture unless you expected a high volume.
I would make you sing the "Mail Time" song because I'm evil, but I'd pay 5 bucks for that. :P
Steve Carrell I have heard before, but not often. A problem there is he known for wearing ordinary suits on The Office, so it isn't like there is a costume I could put together to help my odds of anyone making the connection.
When I lived in Baltimore I got Mike Mussina a fair bit. He pitched for the Orioles during my Baltimore years (1992-2001).
Quote: WizardI would never dare to compare myself to John Cusack or Nicholas Cage, because they are much more handsome than me. However, I appreciate the thought.
Steve Carrell I have heard before, but not often. A problem there is he known for wearing ordinary suits on The Office, so it isn't like there is a costume I could put together to help my odds of anyone making the connection.
One of the neighborhood kids won second prize in a Halloween costume contest by wearing a suit with a nametag reading "Michael Scott." However, there were only three entrants in that age division and third place won for being "himself" so the judges weren't quite wowed by the competition, to say the least.
You could get your back waxed repeatedly while shouting "Kelly Clarkson" but that wouldn't be worth it.
Wizard on the left and Hadley on the right.
Quote: Wizard
This would not be for money, mind you, just for fun. I have to admit I'm stealing the idea from Michael Bluejay, who did the same thing, but dressed as the original Willy Wonka.
I always thought Bluejay looked more like a sophisticated TinyTim..but a younger Gene Wilder I could see..
and you could pull off Steve from BC...
Those of us that had to suffer through Blue's Clues raising kids probably prefer his Law and Order appearance more. My kid loved it when he got big enough to see it.
a) Dress up as a character and see how the tips go.
b) Dress down as a bum and see how the tips go.
Speaking of the Wizard's kids, imagine trying to raise these rugrats:Quote: PokeraddictThis thread is missing pics of Wizard dressed up as Steve.
Those of us that had to suffer through Blue's Clues raising kids probably prefer his Law and Order appearance more. My kid loved it when he got big enough to see it.
"How badly do you want an Altoid on a zero to ten scale?"
Maybe the blues clue guy will dress up like you.Quote: WizardI've been told I look like Steve from Blue's Clues. What do you think?
The reason I ask is I'm tempted to die my hair, dress just like Steve, and pose for pictures with tourists in front of the Paris. I can get the shirt here. Hopefully I can somehow get a poster-board of Blue the dog, otherwise I think few people would make the connection.
This would not be for money, mind you, just for fun. I have to admit I'm stealing the idea from Michael Bluejay, who did the same thing, but dressed as the original Willy Wonka.
What do you think of the idea?
Quote: blount2000I always thought the Wizard looked a bit like Tony Hadley, who was the lead singer from the 80's band Spandau Ballet.
Jeez. I think they were my second least favorite 80's ban. The worst was Culture Club. However, I can take being compared to Tony Hadley. I've heard much worse.
But now I remember.
So Mike... Did you ever get the shirt and try it?
For the record I don't think you need Blue. But if you think you do, get a real Blue plush doll not a cardboard cut out. They have to have sold them at some point. eBay is your friend.
Quote: DJTeddyBearSo Mike... Did you ever get the shirt and try it?
No. You guys talked me out of it. I'm too old to pull it off.
Quote: teddys
"How badly do you want an Altoid on a zero to ten scale?"
This could ONLY have been uttered by the Wiz!!!!!!
Quote: SOOPOOThis could ONLY have been uttered by the Wiz!!!!!!
One of my many annoyances is when people start the scale at one.
Quote: WizardOne of my many annoyances is when people start the scale at one.
Mike----- !!!!! You are asking your screaming hysterical daughter who wants an ALTOID to quantify how much she wants it!!! And you are giving her parameters on how to define the level of 'want'! Most parents would not have handled the situation so 'rationally'!!!!!!!
Quote: SOOPOOMike----- !!!!! You are asking your screaming hysterical daughter who wants an ALTOID to quantify how much she wants it!!! And you are giving her parameters on how to define the level of 'want'! Most parents would not have handled the situation so 'rationally'!!!!!!!
Exactly. She had steam to blow off, so I let her say what was bothering her so we could all get it over with and get back to what we were doing.
Quote: SOOPOOMike----- !!!!! You are asking your screaming hysterical daughter who wants an ALTOID to quantify how much she wants it!!! And you are giving her parameters on how to define the level of 'want'! Most parents would not have handled the situation so 'rationally'!!!!!!!
That's awesome!!!
I think I am going to ask my kids to quantify how much they want something from now on, perhaps allocate a certain number of, "Want points," per day to help them develop their math skills, particularly my five-year old. My five-year old is still playing, "Assume a dealer ten," Blackjack, kid's been playing the game for six months, he has to get past assuming the dealer ten. My two-year old can count to twenty, now, maybe I should work on her Blackjack skills.
Yeah, want points, good idea.
I have no problem with a 1-10 scale, in the case that a minimum of 1 can be assumed. Miranda already expressed that she wanted an Altoid, so, "0," is not a logically conceivable answer...because that would mean that an Altoid was immaterial to her...so it makes just as much sense to start that particular scale at 1. Although, there are many scales that could start at zero.
If you want to dress up like Steve, go for it! I think your features are much stronger, so you don't look THAT much like him, but if you'll have fun, why not? I think I am going to pornslap in Vegas for fifteen minutes to a half hour, at some point. I just have to collect some advertisements from the porn slappers, or maybe I can just collect a few and put some blank papers, or church advertisements, in between the top and bottom.
Why? Because I think porn-slapping would be hilarious!!!
Quote: Mission146I just have to collect some advertisements from the porn slappers, or maybe I can just collect a few and put some blank papers, or church advertisements, in between the top and bottom.
On my first trip to Vegas with some friends, shortly after we all turned 21, one of my friends had a big shopping bag that he picked up at some booth in CES. As we walked by a group of porn slappers, he opened up the bag and held it out and they all dumped their entire stacks into the bag! You can try this "trick" if you really want to hand them out.
It reminded me of that Mitch Hedberg joke: "I had a paper route when I was a kid, I was a paper boy. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses... or 2 dumpsters!"
Quote: Mission146I have no problem with a 1-10 scale, in the case that a minimum of 1 can be assumed. Miranda already expressed that she wanted an Altoid, so, "0," is not a logically conceivable answer...because that would mean that an Altoid was immaterial to her...so it makes just as much sense to start that particular scale at 1. Although, there are many scales that could start at zero.
I have a problem with it. If this forum were around in 1999 I assure you that there would be long debates about when the 21st century, or third millennium, begins. I remember the arguments, pro and con, well from that year an another forum I was on at the time. All that fuss could have been avoided if years started to be numbered with zero. It also shows mathematical ignorance to start counting at one.
Yes, it can be assumed she wanted the Altoid at least a one. One could argue she was at least at six or seven. However, why go down that slippery slope? I was trying to impart my opinion that scales should start at zero. At least she stayed on the 0 to 10 scale. Another annoyance of mine is when people go over ten. In another previous video I asked the same question and she said "one million." That she said "ten" this time showed she learned something about staying on the scale.
Quote: WizardAt least she stayed on the 0 to 10 scale. Another annoyance of mine is when people go over ten.
I agree 110%!
Quote: WizardI have a problem with it. If this forum were around in 1999 I assure you that there would be long debates about when the 21st century, or third millennium, begins. I remember the arguments, pro and con, well from that year an another forum I was on at the time. All that fuss could have been avoided if years started to be numbered with zero. It also shows mathematical ignorance to start counting at one.
I disagree, the number, "Zero," would reflect the absence of a year, so it only adequately answers the question, "How many years have passed?" If the question is, "What year is it?" then the answer cannot possibly be zero as we cannot be absent time. We cannot exist in a lack of time.
It goes to the specific question, which is why an implied baseline of one is sometimes fine. For example, if someone is on the first day of a prison sentence and the question is, "How many complete days have you served," the zero is fine, until you reach the point where you need to round up. If the question, however, is, "What day of your sentence is today?" then zero simply cannot be an answer. In fact, zero can never answer that question, unless you count the day before he started his sentence. Although, to count the day before he started the sentence is nonsense because then EVERY day before he started his sentence would also be zero, and you would have multiple days, spanning perhaps years, that all total zero.
One measurable thing cannot equal zero, so by definition, multiple measurable things, assuming they exist, also cannot equal zero.
Quote:Yes, it can be assumed she wanted the Altoid at least a one. One could argue she was at least at six or seven. However, why go down that slippery slope? I was trying to impart my opinion that scales should start at zero. At least she stayed on the 0 to 10 scale. Another annoyance of mine is when people go over ten. In another previous video I asked the same question and she said "one million." That she said "ten" this time showed she learned something about staying on the scale.
I don't consider the slope of an, "Implied one," that slippery in cases where there cannot be an absence.
Imagine if I handed you a bunch of bananas and asked you to count the individual bananas out loud, while pointing to them, the only way to even start at zero is to say, "Zero," and point at something other than the bananas. How can you do that, though? Zero reflects an absence and the bananas are not absent, they're right there in front of you. To that extent, you would actually be wrong to start with zero, unless you went to a different area where you could not see the bananas, said zero, pointed at something that is not a banana, and then came back and resumed counting.
I personally have a problem with the temperature system. It has a zero, which reflects a non-existence of temperature, which is nonsense....and then it makes the problem worse by then going into the negatives!!! How can you have less than temperature? For that matter, how can you have no (i.e. zero) temperature, if there were no temperature, then it would be a negation and have no affect on us because nothing, by definition, cannot have a physical affect on a material person or object.
I think you should go with the coldest known temperature, Absolute Zero, make that one, make one degree less than that the new zero, and go from there.
Absolute zero is zero on the Kelvin Scale and it shouldn't be, it should be one, zero reflects either an absence or an impossibility. The temperature of -459.67F is certainly not absent, nor is it impossible.
Here's what we should do, you make one degree less than Absolute Zero, zero, convert Absolute Zero to one, call it whatever you want to, and start pre-heating our ovens to 810 degrees. I'm fine with that.
Quote: Mission146I disagree, the number, "Zero," would reflect the absence of a year, so it only adequately answers the question, "How many years have passed?" If the question is, "What year is it?" then the answer cannot possibly be zero as we cannot be absent time. We cannot exist in a lack of time.
No. The number zero doesn't necessarily represent the absence of anything. It does with your banana example, but if measuring things that are not necessarily integers it makes sense to start at zero. I think the year should represent the number of completed years. In much the same way, babies are not born one year old, neither should the calendar.
Quote:It goes to the specific question, which is why an implied baseline of one is sometimes fine. For example, if someone is on the first day of a prison sentence and the question is, "How many complete days have you served," the zero is fine, until you reach the point where you need to round up. If the question, however, is, "What day of your sentence is today?" then zero simply cannot be an answer. In fact, zero can never answer that question, unless you count the day before he started his sentence. Although, to count the day before he started the sentence is nonsense because then EVERY day before he started his sentence would also be zero, and you would have multiple days, spanning perhaps years, that all total zero.
I tend to think if you asked a prisoner how much time he has served he would round down. You shouldn't take any credit for time you didn't serve yet.
Quote:I personally have a problem with the temperature system. It has a zero, which reflects a non-existence of temperature, which is nonsense....and then it makes the problem worse by then going into the negatives!!! How can you have less than temperature? For that matter, how can you have no (i.e. zero) temperature, if there were no temperature, then it would be a negation and have no affect on us because nothing, by definition, cannot have a physical affect on a material person or object.
No, a temperature of zero doesn't represent an absence of temperature. On the Celsius it represents the temperature water turns to ice. Even on the Fahrenheit scale, where 0 is arbitrary, it still represents a certain temperature. Your argument smacks of a hatred of zero. Instead, zero should be embraced and celebrated!
Quote: WizardNo. The number zero doesn't necessarily represent the absence of anything. It does with your banana example, but if measuring things that are not necessarily integers it makes sense to start at zero. I think the year should represent the number of completed years. In much the same way, babies are not born one year old, neither should the calendar.
You make a good point while simultaneously acknowledging that zero can represent an absence of something, and in those cases where it does, I would consider one an appropriate starting point.
If you believe the year should be the number of completed years, then I agree that zero would be the appropriate starting point. In my opinion, the year having been divided into smaller units of time already, it should be reflected by what year is ongoing. How can it be February of the 0th year? You would have a measurable unit (months) existing in an absence of years.
The question: How can something be a smaller part of nothing when nothing is not divisible?
With the child example, almost no time is spent being the age that they actually are. They are one year old, for example, for 364.25 days longer than they are actually one year old.
Quote:I tend to think if you asked a prisoner how much time he has served he would round down. You shouldn't take any credit for time you didn't serve yet.
Agreed, but what if you asked, "What day of your sentence is today?" The answer cannot be zero, or he wouldn't be there.
Quote:No, a temperature of zero doesn't represent an absence of temperature. On the Celsius it represents the temperature water turns to ice. Even on the Fahrenheit scale, where 0 is arbitrary, it still represents a certain temperature. Your argument smacks of a hatred of zero. Instead, zero should be embraced and celebrated!
That was hilarious!
The Celsius scale is somewhat acceptable, as the, "Negative," temperature would simply be the temperature in excess of what is necessary to turn water into ice. Of course, that would mean that negative temperatures should be reflected as positives and vice-versa, so -20 should be warm and 20 degrees should be pretty cold.
