Because it WON'T LEAVE MY HEAD

[telophase]

...I pass on to you this mental image, spawned by vito_ecalibur's linkblogging post wherein she points out:

And thanks to the miracle of the Internet, you can now learn how to safely sexually role-play a shark attack in the comfort of your own home.

My response to that was on the order of...

I think my problem with the shark-attack scenario is that I've had way too much experience with bad LARPers or whatnot whose idea of roleplaying was to sneak up to you and whisper "I'm a ninja!" before sneaking off again.

So the scenario, as it unfolds in my brain, starts off with the tension ratcheting higher and higher as the blindfolded partner waits, straining to hear where the other person is, and anticipating the attack ... until the shark leaps onto the bed and shrieks "I'm a shaaaaaarkk!! Raar!!"

Comments

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

Okay, I started to laugh right about the time they wrote that the shark should be naked and the victim clothed. I just....

Internets, never leave me!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to take it way too far. FEEDING FRENZY!!

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

What about yum-yum orange? And dolphins? And....

Oh dear.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

DISCOVERY CHANNEL SHARK WEEK!

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

There is no way to take this too far!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Well, in that case, the "shark" gets to make a shark fin out of foam-core and construction paper, then tie it to his or her head with string.

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

EVERYTHING YOU SUGGEST MERELY MAKES THIS MORE AWESOME.

[kittikattie.livejournal.com]

Background music: Man Eater, by Hall and Oates.