So. Do You Have Any Esties With "mackeral Sky" On Them?

[OcalaFlGuy]

First it was me with "Streaker" Esties and then someone else (Tom Heath?) started with Snakeskin patterning, then I saw this and had to big time chuckle.

 

In this months vintage pen tray sale, Richard Binder has a couple Esties, a LJ and a J, both of which he says have "Mackeral Sky" patterning. :clap1: I Love It! That's at least as good as Snakeskin I have to say.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[USMCMom]

Nuh-uhu ... can't see it ... nuthin there in your "here".

[jrweaver]

So wait, a fish in the sky using a fountain pen? Sounds like a dream I had the other night! :roflmho:

[OcalaFlGuy]

It made me think of a t-shirt with Mackeral Sky on it with a stream scene and a Copper Estie J jumping out of the water.

 

:roflmho:

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[jrweaver]

It made me think of a t-shirt with Mackeral Sky on it with a stream scene and a Copper Estie J jumping out of the water.

 

:roflmho:

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

I totally want that T-Shirt!

[OcalaFlGuy]

Here is where Richard said they got the idea for Mackerel Sky from;

 

http://www.google.com/search?as_st=y&tbm=isch&as_q=&as_epq=mackerel+sky&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgsz=&imgar=&imgc=&imgcolor=&imgtype=&cr=&as_sitesearch=&safe=off&as_filetype=&as_rights=&biw=1072&bih=664&sei=4oJgT_z6A8GU0QHhmpStBw

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[jrweaver]

Ahhh, so looking at those pics, yeah, I totally have some "Mackerel Sky" patterning going on in my Copper J! Whoo Hoo!

[Federalist Pens]

Yeah, I have it my grey J as well!

I called it "reptile" pattern in the past!

(Even Estie Pens that I sold!)

 

"Mackeral Sky" -That's funny!!

 

Frank

[FarmBoy]

I have a black pen and pencil set with this patterning.

 

FB

[OcalaFlGuy]

I'll bet you lathed it from rods of the highest grade and purity Mackerellium.

 

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[Richard]

I'll bet you lathed it from rods of the highest grade and purity Mackerellium.

Actually, you'd have to use mackereloid. Rare cousin of celluloid, y'know.

 

One day, while looking at an Estie that was headed for our monthly tray, Jim and I coined the term for this context. He mentioned the phrase, and it immediately rang true -- we're both familiar with cloud formations, and there we were. We looked at images, and by golly, "mackerel sky" is by far the most recognizably descriptive term for the patterning.

 

ETA: We've noticed mackerel sky patterning on every color of Estie J but one. We're still looking for a black mackerel sky.

Edited March 14, 2012 by Richard

[JonSzanto]

Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly

A girl with the mackerel sky.

[Richard]

Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly

A girl with the mackerel sky.

Kaleidoscopically speaking, that is, right?

[OcalaFlGuy]

Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly

A girl with the mackerel sky.

 

Which of course, as everyone knows, preceded the final selection in that series, "Mackerel Sky". You know how it goes, "Bye bye Miss Mackerel Sky, drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry..."

 

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[JonSzanto]

Ahhh, boys, we're showing our age...

[Richard]

"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick; and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."

OBTW, Franklin was wrong. Gaius Iulius Caesar got it right: FERE LIBENTER HOMINES ID QVOD VOLVNT CREDVNT -- "As a general rule, men willingly believe that which they want." If you need an example, I can cite one, but it's somewhat political.

[JonSzanto]

OBTW, Franklin was wrong. Gaius Iulius Caesar got it right: FERE LIBENTER HOMINES ID QVOD VOLVNT CREDVNT -- "As a general rule, men willingly believe that which they want." If you need an example, I can cite one, but it's somewhat political.

There is little that isn't political! In any event, my use of the Franklin quote is not for it's unassailable correctness, but my constant hope that it could be.

[FarmBoy]

I'll bet you lathed it from rods of the highest grade and purity Mackerellium.

Actually, you'd have to use mackereloid. Rare cousin of celluloid, y'know.

 

One day, while looking at an Estie that was headed for our monthly tray, Jim and I coined the term for this context. He mentioned the phrase, and it immediately rang true -- we're both familiar with cloud formations, and there we were. We looked at images, and by golly, "mackerel sky" is by far the most recognizably descriptive term for the patterning.

 

ETA: We've noticed mackerel sky patterning on every color of Estie J but one. We're still looking for a black mackerel sky.

I keep mine next to the black streaker set with the toaster top jewel I got from Bruce before he realized what he had.

[Richard]

I have added Mackerel Sky to my glossary. And yes, I've identified its provenance.

[pajaro]

Ah, but are there any "...dead mackerel by moonlight . . ."