Bat Blank
While reading Detective Comics #87, I saw this panel and it creeped me out for some reason. I really don't like the look on Bruce's face. In fact, I find it down right disturbing. There's something unwholesome about the way he's arched his eyebrow when he says "umbrellas."


In the context of the story this panel makes sense. Sort of. Bruce and Dick are relaxing at the beach when the subject of the Penguin, and how to smoke him out of hiding, comes into play. Bruce's brilliant idea is to ride around on a horse drawn umbrella-repair cart and just wait for their avian adversary to show his face.
Anyway, I thought the thing would be perfect for a little digital tomfoolery. An easy one too. I'd just have to replace the word "umbrellas" with something A) obscene, or B) nonsensical. Then presto!- comedy gold!
The only trouble is that I seem to find just about any word works when placed in that bubble. "Nachos" seems to work just as well as "Boobies." I can't make my mind up. Too many possibilities. That's where you, my fellow bloggers, come in.


Help me fill in the blank. I want to know what words you guys think would work especially well. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to give me as many alternatives to "umbrellas" as you can think of. The weirder the better. I'll then try and make as many alternate versions as possible. It'd be even cooler if any of you can take it and make a version to post on your own site.

Labels: Batman, Imaginary Comics, Memes
35 Comments:
In one word--
Socio-economics!
Pickleburgers!
Leotards!
Speakerphones!
Planet-hopping Space Nazis! (Okay, so it's not one word, it's a phrase)
Liberal Arts!
Verification Word: Veyvk, the only adjective to properly describe Bruce's expression in that panel
8/09/2006 2:02 PM
in one word:
Zombies!
Ninjas!
Cthulhu!
Snowball!
Egg!
Alaska!
Biscuit!
Rimjob! (yeah, that one's just dirty...)
Starscream!
Helium!
Spankdaddy!
Sidesaddle!
Asphyxiation!
ummm..., Leaf!
(yeah, now I'm just writing downs things I can see outside)
8/09/2006 2:40 PM
Mmmm...Pickleburgers and Cthulhu...
8/09/2006 3:22 PM
You're seeing asphyxiation outside?
Wow.
I like sidesaddle myself.
My verification word is tbytsyb which works quite well in that blank.
8/09/2006 4:21 PM
In one word ... Schadenfreude!
Yes, Batman is bilingual.
8/09/2006 4:47 PM
In one word ...
Spider-Lizard!
8/09/2006 6:55 PM
I posted my at Ye Olde. Hope it sends some traffic your way. You might get a whole four or five people.
8/09/2006 7:07 PM
Sidesaddle is is wrong in all sorts of ways. Definitely creepy enough.
Both Batman and Robin seem to take an inordinate amount of pleasure from the pain they inflict on those poor criminals. Very fitting.
Spider-Lizard sounds like code for some kind of horrible planned revenge scheme. Maybe all of Batman's crime fighting tecniques have similar names...
I salute you Jake!
8/09/2006 8:14 PM
2GBC makes their entry here!
Nice blog, btw!
8/09/2006 8:44 PM
If no one else is going to say it...
N.A.M.B.L.A.
(I am so ashamed)
8/09/2006 9:06 PM
Very funny, dude.
You have nothing to be ashamed of Steven.
That I know of anyway.
8/09/2006 9:10 PM
One word: Mulva
8/09/2006 9:55 PM
Thanks Sara. You've reminded me that I'm out of Junior Mints.
8/09/2006 11:41 PM
Mine's up on the latest ISB. For full effect, you have to say it out loud, very slowly, with an expression that matches Bruce's.
8/10/2006 1:54 AM
Bat-Mite - I live in veeeery weird neighbourhood. You'd be surprised what I can see out my window.
Folowing on from (i.e. ripped off from) Steven's theme -
Chickenhawk!
8/10/2006 4:04 AM
In one word --
Brylcreem!
lubrication!
wedgie!
Sub-Mariner!
supercalifragilisticexpialedocious!
8/10/2006 6:36 AM
Hmmm...Chicken-hawk lubrication?
Uttering all these words...I feel like I'm suffering from some weird form of Tourettes. Isn't that coprolalia? I'll have to look it up.
8/10/2006 6:48 AM
OK, it only took me a few hours to figure out how to enter text in an image with Photoshop (I'm no design whiz), but I'll be able to post my contribution to the meme on Friday.
Hope nobody else steals my "brilliant" idea!!
8/10/2006 7:03 AM
Prestidigitation!
Displayed for your viewiong pleasure here.
8/10/2006 12:34 PM
Disestablishmentarianism!
Johannesburg!
Rnobnpjf!
Cilantro!
Anglo-Saxon!
8/10/2006 12:47 PM
Slight of hand and Mediterranean herbs...Wonderful.
8/10/2006 1:15 PM
Sonuva...took me forever, then it popped into my head and now it's stuck. Is 'airtight!' taken?
Brandon, I'm not on the photoshop tip either, but I'll give it a shot. If you put it up, I'd be glad to have it on mine!
8/10/2006 5:41 PM
Done and done.
8/10/2006 6:50 PM
In one word...Viagra!
8/10/2006 11:09 PM
hey check out my one word meme
heres my page
http://kanto-gamer.blogspot.com/
8/11/2006 4:28 AM
If it's down to a vote, I'd have to second Steven's "N.A.M.B.L.A." That look on Bruce's face... That's the only possible word.
8/11/2006 2:23 PM
Does "Hand Relief" count as one word?
8/11/2006 6:11 PM
In one word -- plastics.
8/11/2006 8:27 PM
Here's my contribution.
http://spandexjustice.com/2006/08/11/175
8/11/2006 10:14 PM
Brilliant and fun. Mine is here.
8/12/2006 3:30 AM
Fred: At one point I was actually considering trying to do a post where I reconstructed key scenes from "The Graduate" using only golden age Batman panels. After finding that one though I kinda gave up.
Anonymous: I'm not sure..But 'hand-jive' might be.
8/12/2006 5:25 AM
I've got mine here:
http://fishflavoredbaseballbat.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-one-word.html
8/12/2006 8:53 PM
Here's my first attempt at a meme. Be kind.
http://chchandler.blogspot.com/
8/15/2006 2:26 AM
And two weeks later, I'd like to add two, here.
"Jellyfish", and "Pie".
8/27/2006 11:58 PM
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