Venti Smelly Boys go wild: Mysterious Unruly Whinings

Circus Parade, Albany, NY, ca. 1910

The Scatter Family hits the road, Mostly Unaware of Wrinkles.

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The Scatter/Condiment Family is on the move again. The pickles have been stacked in the pantry and the beach toys have been packed in the cargo hold.

This week: Points North.

Next week: Points South.

To get from here to there: Get on I-5, go south, drive 10 hours, turn right.

Special instructions: Time trip to drive through Seattle at 3 a.m.

Special aside: When driving through Seattle, Large Smelly Boys mysteriously morph into Venti Smelly Boys.

Parenting tips: Remove sharp implements from cargo hold. Soundproof. Stock with water, snacks and car games. Toss in Large Smelly Boys. Toss in tree air freshener. Lock tight.

Tell Large/Venti Smelly Boys the cargo hold will be unlocked if they produce a blog post. Not surprisingly, they obligingly spill the bounty from their latest car game (cargo hold game?) … coming up with words that start with MUW. They take over the keyboard …

Mystery Under Wear
Mighty Underpants Woman
Merry Uppity Weasel

muw-2Mousy Undulating Waves
Mini Upstanding Wafer
Minor Unthinking Whuppass

Masterfully Uppity Women
Mayonnaise Usually Withers
Most Unusual Week

muw-1Missing Ugly Whale
Misanthropic Unruly Witch
Morbid Urpish Whittler

Malicious Uneasy Win
Men’s Underwear Weekly
Making Urban Weirdness

muw-3Malevolent Ugly Wench
Magnificent Ursine Whiskers
Making Ursula Whimper

Morticians Usually Win
Mainly Upsetting Wigs
Masticating Uncooperative Worms

Martha’s Uncle Whistles
Mighty Uncouth World
Munching Unusual Weed

Merry Urologists of Windsor
Making Unlikely Whoopie
Mighty Useless Winnebago

They typed nearly letter-perfect! I made only one change: I added the “S” in “Ursine.”

– Laura Grimes and the Venti Smelly Boys

10 Responses to “Venti Smelly Boys go wild: Mysterious Unruly Whinings”

  1. LSB1 Says:

    My Under Whisperings
    Most Unsteadily Whoops!

  2. Martha Ullman West Says:

    Oh God, and I’m inviting my NY colleagues to read ArtScatter–let the games begin! Masterfully Uppity Women and Mostly Undertakers Win are my favorites, which is probably thoroughly predictable. I salute both LSB’s, from an appropriate distance of course.

  3. David Brown Says:

    Regarding that typo in “ursine”: they may be L and S, but they are, after all, still B’s. :)

  4. Miss Laura Says:

    Yes, the “typo.” I’m rather fond of “Merry Urologists of Windsor” myself — it nicely marries the high and the low in one clean scoop. In true fashion, the LSBs are fighting over which elephant they get to be in the picture. Welcome to my world.

  5. Martha Ullman West Says:

    Given the humidity in New York at the moment, Muddling Under Water comes to mind as an addition to this rather grubby list. Just watched a PBS special that included some terrific footage of Josephine Baker, which leads me to Magnificently Undulating Woman.

  6. Miss Laura Says:

    I’m sorry. Did you say grubby list? You could say Magnificently Undulating Woman could also be used for Loie Fuller, if you think this needs dignifying. Then again, My Under Whisperings fits the bill, too.

  7. George Taylor Says:

    Mighty Unruly Witticisms for such a Magnificently Unruly Website. You have My Undying…Whatever.

  8. Miss Laura Says:

    Magnificently Unruly Website. George, I believe you’ve won our previously unannounced motto contest!

  9. George Taylor Says:

    I am truly honored, Miss Laura. You are Most Unctuously Welcome. Feel free to use it in Myriad Unusual Ways. (No prize Money Under Way, I suppose?) Okay, I’ll stop now, before this becomes My Unforeseen Watergate.)

  10. Miss Laura Says:

    Unctuously Unctuously Unctuously. I just had to type that over and over. Mr. Scatter handed me his CrackBerry, fired up the car engine, and I laughed so hard I was hanging by the seatbelt. Thanks for making my day. Your name will be first when the credits roll …

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