Talk:Blivet
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I think it appeared in Mad many times besides its 1965 cover appearance. In fact, it's second only to the grinning idiotic face of Alfred E. Neumann (in my mind) as being the Mad mascot. --Ed Poor
- I would have thought that would be the veeblefetzer. :) --Furrykef 11:26, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
The multi-pronged object in the article is called a "poiuyt" by Mad magazine.
A "blivet" is 10 pounds of feces in a bag made to hold only 5 pounds. The word "blivet" also can be used metaphorically, but I'm not sure of the correct usage. --User:Juuitchan
- In case anyone hadn't noticed, "poiuyt" is the last six letters on the top row of a standard English keyboard from right to left.
68.194.161.90 wrote:
- It's also thought to be a WWll term for "ten lbs of manure in a 5 lb bag" I must look further but I may have run across the word in a Dickens novel. Contextualy it indicated a meaning of something completely useless.
changed 'painting' to 'print' in the M.C. Escher comparison. Escher was a printmaker, not a painter. -Cory
