This Weeks Totally Informal Transglobal Challenge is
"Skin or Fur"
oooerrrr Missus!
As always, post links to your freshly taken images here on Thursday
Good luck, and make sure it is clean!
Bev and Lee
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Thursday Challenge 4th September
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:23 am
reddishtiger wrote:Good luck, and make sure it is clean!
What, no mud-wrestling shots allowed?
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:29 am
ralf wrote:reddishtiger wrote:Good luck, and make sure it is clean!
What, no mud-wrestling shots allowed?
Don't think that would be appropriate
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:57 pm
In the interests of diversity, choose your imagery from the following...
fur, noun, adjective, verb, furred, furring.
noun 1. the hair covering the skin of certain animals. Fur grows on many mammals and usually consists of a short, soft, thick undercoat thinly covered by a longer, coarser outer coat.
2. skin with such hair on it, dressed and treated. Fur is used to make, cover, trim, or line clothing.
(SYN) pelt.
3. any coating like fur, as on a plant.
4. a coating of foul or waste matter like fur. A sick person often has fur on his tongue.
5. (Heraldry.) one of three kinds of tincture (the other two being color and metal).
adj. made of fur.
v.t. 1a. to make, line, trim, or cover with fur.
b. to clothe or adorn with fur.
2. to coat with foul or waste matter like fur.
Ex. The walls on all sides [were] furred with mouldy damps (Joseph Addison).
3. (Carpentry.) to put furring on (beams or walls).
v.i. 1. to grow fur.
Ex. In February the pussy willow furs in the chill wind (New Yorker).
2. to become furred or fuzzy.
Ex. His voice doesn't vary from a monotonous mumble furring round the vowels (Sunday Times).
expr. furs,
a. a garment made of fur.
Ex. Mother's furs keep her warm. Underneath is the picture of Sir William Cecil, after Lord Burleigh, in his gown and furs (Daniel Waterland).
b. skins of animals with the fur on them.
Ex. Some furs are imported from Canada.
expr. make the fur fly, (Informal.) to cause trouble; quarrel; fight.
Ex. I knew very well that I was in a devil of a hobble, for my father had been taking a few horns, and was in a good condition to make the fur fly (David Crockett).
expr. rub (or stroke) one's fur the wrong way, to irritate one.
Ex. With his persistent questions Tom ended up rubbing somebody's fur the wrong way.
adj. furless.
adj. furlike.
skin, noun, adjective, verb, skinned, skinning.
noun 1. the covering of the body in persons, animals, and plants, especially when soft and flexible.
Ex. Cows have thick skins. He slipped on a banana skin. The skin is the largest organ of the body and, next to the brain, the most complicated (Science News Letter).
2a. the covering of an animal when stripped from the body to be dressed or tanned; hide; pelt.
Ex. The skin of a calf makes soft leather. The numbers of rabbits also fluctuate with the seasons, as can be seen from figures for exports of carcasses and skins (Fenner and Day).
b. a container made of the hide of an animal for holding liquids.
Ex. a waterskin, a wineskin.
3a. the planking or iron plating covering the ribs or frame of a ship.
b. the outside covering or casing of an aircraft, rocket, or spacecraft.
Ex. ... heat-resistant alloys for use in the skins of missiles (Time).
c. an outside covering, especially a metal covering, as of a trailer truck, freight container, or Quonset hut.
d. (Architecture.) a curtain wall, especially of lightweight metal or glass.
Ex. The outer skin of the building ... is composed of two-story aluminum frames (Wall Street Journal).
4. (Slang.) a cheat; swindler.
5. (Slang.) a skinflint.
6. (Slang.) a dollar.
Ex. We get only the 75 skins a month ... And we can prove it (Time).
7. (Slang.) a drum.
Ex. He beats the skins with a fine, off-beat flavor (New York Times).
adj. 1. of the skin; having to do with skin.
Ex. skin care, skin cream, skin cancer, a skin graft.
2. (Slang.) having to do with nudity and sex; pornographic.
Ex. skin magazines, skin films, a skin book.
v.t. 1. to strip, rub, or scrape the skin off.
Ex. He skinned his knees when he fell. The hunter skinned the deer.
2. to cover with or as if with skin.
Ex. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place (Shakespeare).
3. (Slang.) to swindle, especially of money; cheat; defraud.
4. (U.S. Slang.) to skin-pop.
Ex. He quickly goes from "snorting" to "skinning" to "mainlining" heroin (Science News).
v.i. 1. to become covered with skin; form a new skin.
Ex. The wound gradually skinned over.
2. to shed skin.
3. (Figurative.) to pass barely; slip by narrowly.
Ex. We skinned past a seething snag (New Yorker).
4. (U.S. Slang.) to skin-pop.
expr. beneath the skin, =under the skin.
expr. by (or with) the skin of one's teeth, with nothing to spare; by a very narrow margin; barely.
Ex. About half way through I began to fear that the joke could not be sustained, but it was--by the skin of its teeth (Listener). His eldest son was implicated in the robbery ..., and came off by the skin of his teeth (Nation).
expr. get under one's skin,
a. to make one overly sensitive; irritate or annoy.
Ex. Don't let your opponents and what they say about you get under your skin (Hubert H. Humphrey).
b. to affect emotionally; stimulate or excite.
Ex. Venice gets under your skin, all right, and it stays there. Once you've been a part of it, ... Venice will always be a part of you (New Yorker).
expr. give (or get) skin, (U.S. Slang.) to touch or shake hands in greeting.
Ex. The black expression "Give me some skin" has now become ... common among characters asking for a handshake (New Yorker).
expr. have a thick (or thin) skin, to be insensitive (or too sensitive) to criticism, reproach, or the like.
Ex. Don't worry about hurting his feelings; he has a thick skin.
expr. in (or with) a whole skin, safe and sound.
Ex. He was besides in a very great fright, For a whole skin he liked to be in (Robert Southey).
expr. jump out of one's skin, to jump with extreme delight, excitement, high spirits, or surprise.
Ex. Scipio ... was ready to jump out of his skin for joy at the sight of me (Benjamin H. Malkin).
expr. no skin off one's nose (back, teeth, or other part of the body). (Slang.) not one's concern; of no consequence or interest to one.
Ex. If Mr. Horvitz doesn't come into the service, it's no skin off my nose (Jon C. Suggs).
expr. save one's skin, to escape without harm.
Ex. He was taken prisoner ... and had to turn Dervish to save his skin (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).
expr. skin alive, (Informal.)
a. to torture; flay.
Ex. They may skin me alive, if they please (Benjamin Jowett).
b. (Figurative.) to scold severely.
Ex. His father will skin him alive if he comes home late.
c. (Figurative.) to defeat completely.
Ex. Any amateur would be skinned alive competing with a world champion.
expr. skin out, (Slang.) to slip away, especially hastily; make off; escape.
Ex. I used to skin out of the old Sunday School ... every chance I got (Sinclair Lewis).
expr. under the skin, below the surface; basically.
Ex. The Dart and Plymouth [two cars] are "brothers under the skin." They are structurally alike, but somewhat different in appearance (Wall Street Journal).
adj. skinlike.
fur, noun, adjective, verb, furred, furring.
noun 1. the hair covering the skin of certain animals. Fur grows on many mammals and usually consists of a short, soft, thick undercoat thinly covered by a longer, coarser outer coat.
2. skin with such hair on it, dressed and treated. Fur is used to make, cover, trim, or line clothing.
(SYN) pelt.
3. any coating like fur, as on a plant.
4. a coating of foul or waste matter like fur. A sick person often has fur on his tongue.
5. (Heraldry.) one of three kinds of tincture (the other two being color and metal).
adj. made of fur.
v.t. 1a. to make, line, trim, or cover with fur.
b. to clothe or adorn with fur.
2. to coat with foul or waste matter like fur.
Ex. The walls on all sides [were] furred with mouldy damps (Joseph Addison).
3. (Carpentry.) to put furring on (beams or walls).
v.i. 1. to grow fur.
Ex. In February the pussy willow furs in the chill wind (New Yorker).
2. to become furred or fuzzy.
Ex. His voice doesn't vary from a monotonous mumble furring round the vowels (Sunday Times).
expr. furs,
a. a garment made of fur.
Ex. Mother's furs keep her warm. Underneath is the picture of Sir William Cecil, after Lord Burleigh, in his gown and furs (Daniel Waterland).
b. skins of animals with the fur on them.
Ex. Some furs are imported from Canada.
expr. make the fur fly, (Informal.) to cause trouble; quarrel; fight.
Ex. I knew very well that I was in a devil of a hobble, for my father had been taking a few horns, and was in a good condition to make the fur fly (David Crockett).
expr. rub (or stroke) one's fur the wrong way, to irritate one.
Ex. With his persistent questions Tom ended up rubbing somebody's fur the wrong way.
adj. furless.
adj. furlike.
skin, noun, adjective, verb, skinned, skinning.
noun 1. the covering of the body in persons, animals, and plants, especially when soft and flexible.
Ex. Cows have thick skins. He slipped on a banana skin. The skin is the largest organ of the body and, next to the brain, the most complicated (Science News Letter).
2a. the covering of an animal when stripped from the body to be dressed or tanned; hide; pelt.
Ex. The skin of a calf makes soft leather. The numbers of rabbits also fluctuate with the seasons, as can be seen from figures for exports of carcasses and skins (Fenner and Day).
b. a container made of the hide of an animal for holding liquids.
Ex. a waterskin, a wineskin.
3a. the planking or iron plating covering the ribs or frame of a ship.
b. the outside covering or casing of an aircraft, rocket, or spacecraft.
Ex. ... heat-resistant alloys for use in the skins of missiles (Time).
c. an outside covering, especially a metal covering, as of a trailer truck, freight container, or Quonset hut.
d. (Architecture.) a curtain wall, especially of lightweight metal or glass.
Ex. The outer skin of the building ... is composed of two-story aluminum frames (Wall Street Journal).
4. (Slang.) a cheat; swindler.
5. (Slang.) a skinflint.
6. (Slang.) a dollar.
Ex. We get only the 75 skins a month ... And we can prove it (Time).
7. (Slang.) a drum.
Ex. He beats the skins with a fine, off-beat flavor (New York Times).
adj. 1. of the skin; having to do with skin.
Ex. skin care, skin cream, skin cancer, a skin graft.
2. (Slang.) having to do with nudity and sex; pornographic.
Ex. skin magazines, skin films, a skin book.
v.t. 1. to strip, rub, or scrape the skin off.
Ex. He skinned his knees when he fell. The hunter skinned the deer.
2. to cover with or as if with skin.
Ex. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place (Shakespeare).
3. (Slang.) to swindle, especially of money; cheat; defraud.
4. (U.S. Slang.) to skin-pop.
Ex. He quickly goes from "snorting" to "skinning" to "mainlining" heroin (Science News).
v.i. 1. to become covered with skin; form a new skin.
Ex. The wound gradually skinned over.
2. to shed skin.
3. (Figurative.) to pass barely; slip by narrowly.
Ex. We skinned past a seething snag (New Yorker).
4. (U.S. Slang.) to skin-pop.
expr. beneath the skin, =under the skin.
expr. by (or with) the skin of one's teeth, with nothing to spare; by a very narrow margin; barely.
Ex. About half way through I began to fear that the joke could not be sustained, but it was--by the skin of its teeth (Listener). His eldest son was implicated in the robbery ..., and came off by the skin of his teeth (Nation).
expr. get under one's skin,
a. to make one overly sensitive; irritate or annoy.
Ex. Don't let your opponents and what they say about you get under your skin (Hubert H. Humphrey).
b. to affect emotionally; stimulate or excite.
Ex. Venice gets under your skin, all right, and it stays there. Once you've been a part of it, ... Venice will always be a part of you (New Yorker).
expr. give (or get) skin, (U.S. Slang.) to touch or shake hands in greeting.
Ex. The black expression "Give me some skin" has now become ... common among characters asking for a handshake (New Yorker).
expr. have a thick (or thin) skin, to be insensitive (or too sensitive) to criticism, reproach, or the like.
Ex. Don't worry about hurting his feelings; he has a thick skin.
expr. in (or with) a whole skin, safe and sound.
Ex. He was besides in a very great fright, For a whole skin he liked to be in (Robert Southey).
expr. jump out of one's skin, to jump with extreme delight, excitement, high spirits, or surprise.
Ex. Scipio ... was ready to jump out of his skin for joy at the sight of me (Benjamin H. Malkin).
expr. no skin off one's nose (back, teeth, or other part of the body). (Slang.) not one's concern; of no consequence or interest to one.
Ex. If Mr. Horvitz doesn't come into the service, it's no skin off my nose (Jon C. Suggs).
expr. save one's skin, to escape without harm.
Ex. He was taken prisoner ... and had to turn Dervish to save his skin (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).
expr. skin alive, (Informal.)
a. to torture; flay.
Ex. They may skin me alive, if they please (Benjamin Jowett).
b. (Figurative.) to scold severely.
Ex. His father will skin him alive if he comes home late.
c. (Figurative.) to defeat completely.
Ex. Any amateur would be skinned alive competing with a world champion.
expr. skin out, (Slang.) to slip away, especially hastily; make off; escape.
Ex. I used to skin out of the old Sunday School ... every chance I got (Sinclair Lewis).
expr. under the skin, below the surface; basically.
Ex. The Dart and Plymouth [two cars] are "brothers under the skin." They are structurally alike, but somewhat different in appearance (Wall Street Journal).
adj. skinlike.
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Don't be afraid to be different than the pack.
Don't be afraid to be different than the pack.
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:01 pm
Hmmm...skin or fur. I just had an evil thought of combining this with the September scavenger hunt (fire or water tomorrow) by giving one of my cats a shower 
Sadly, between the victim and my partner, I don't think life would be worth living
Sadly, between the victim and my partner, I don't think life would be worth living
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:04 pm
Walter Otto Koenig Architectural Photography: http://www.wokoenig.net
General Photography: http://www.wokoenig.com
Pacific Photographic Society: http://www.pacificphoto.net
General Photography: http://www.wokoenig.com
Pacific Photographic Society: http://www.pacificphoto.net
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:19 pm
http://www.pbase.com/curlykath/image/102624208
Here is my entry and I even managed to upload it myself today, quite an achievement.
Love Kathryn
Here is my entry and I even managed to upload it myself today, quite an achievement.
Love Kathryn
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:50 pm
There were no stipulations on the kind of skin, so here goes for this week.
http://www.pbase.com/image/102625987
http://www.pbase.com/image/102625987
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:50 pm
http://www.pbase.com/image/102625998
a handful of an entry
a handful of an entry
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:24 am
my entry for September 4
Thursday challenge: Skin & Fur
Scavenger hunt: Water
I did try a combination of the 3....
here you go:
http://www.pbase.com/barbara_heide/image/102626807
cheers
Barbara
Sorry, won't have a computer access for 3 days...will comment later...
Thursday challenge: Skin & Fur
Scavenger hunt: Water
I did try a combination of the 3....
here you go:
http://www.pbase.com/barbara_heide/image/102626807
cheers
Barbara
Sorry, won't have a computer access for 3 days...will comment later...
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Re: Thursday Challenge 4th September
Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:01 am
http://www.pbase.com/cjphipps_servo/image/102628956<br>/original
My contribution is "Fur."
Thanks for the challenge.
Carol
My contribution is "Fur."
Thanks for the challenge.
Carol
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