Archangel Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Here is my latest comedy poem laid out in Affinity Publisher. It is a comedy observation about a cat that drools when excited or relaxed. This was written to reclaim the word "pussy" to mean "domestic cat". I hope you find it funny. The background image was created using stable diffusion ai and then using digital auto painter and affinity photo to complete the creation. The document was laid out in Affinity Publisher. Moderator, please could you move this to Share Your Work. Thanking you in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanPickup Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Tried to get an image from stable diffusion for Tongue and cheek as words do not cut it Archangel 1 Quote Alan Pickup Windows 11 Home all Affinity suite of Apps PC and Gigabyte Laptop 16gb Ram and Nvidia GTX1660 Super on each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archangel Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, AlanPickup said: Tried to get an image from stable diffusion for Tongue and cheek as words do not cut it It takes a few attempts before you get something you can work with. Isn't the phrase tongue in cheek? AlanPickup 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanPickup Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 I did not use the word "and" just tongue cheek, some interesting results Archangel 1 Quote Alan Pickup Windows 11 Home all Affinity suite of Apps PC and Gigabyte Laptop 16gb Ram and Nvidia GTX1660 Super on each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archangel Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 There are some very bizarre results. However, it can be very interesting indeed. AlanPickup 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archangel Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 10/14/2022 at 11:43 AM, AlanPickup said: Tried to get an image from stable diffusion for Tongue and cheek as words do not cut it Just realized what you were implying. Gosh, I am so thick. If there is anything "tongue-in-cheek" about the poem it is that the innocent plain meaning is the correct one. Any other vulgar or variant interpretation is purely in the mind of the reader. Is there an inverse "tongue-in-cheek"? I don't think "Kitty" would have worked, as it tends to be a more American meaning for a cat. I suppose "Feline" would be the least ambiguous, although its definition seems ironically vague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanPickup Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Comes from a misspent youth reading saucy postcards on Blackpool's Golden mile, nudge, nudge, wink, wink know what I mean gov! Quote Alan Pickup Windows 11 Home all Affinity suite of Apps PC and Gigabyte Laptop 16gb Ram and Nvidia GTX1660 Super on each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archangel Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 On 10/18/2022 at 9:06 PM, AlanPickup said: Comes from a misspent youth reading saucy postcards on Blackpool's Golden mile, nudge, nudge, wink, wink know what I mean gov! I remember those postcards. The Carry-On Films seemed to be based on them. As did the comedy of Frankie Howerd and the Two Ronnies. There was also a running gag in Are You Being Served with Mrs Slocombe and her cat. She was always talking about her cat, oblivious to any other possible meaning of the word she used. Ironically, the vulgar interpretation depended upon the mindset of the audience. As a child, I never saw the funny side of that joke. As an adult, I saw the joke but didn't think it was that funny. I suppose my Asperger's is the reason I like to categorize things according to their correct context. Hence, this poem was written about a cat but with a certain level of ambiguity in the first stanza to catch out people with so-called "dirty minds". If you read it innocently, it is obviously about a cat. It seems I've created a psychological experiment in verse, which tells you more about the reader than the writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanPickup Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Guilty as charged Quote Alan Pickup Windows 11 Home all Affinity suite of Apps PC and Gigabyte Laptop 16gb Ram and Nvidia GTX1660 Super on each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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