Can You Design a “Funk-o-Meter”?
I’m at a party, and I’m talking to a guy that I’ll call Mike. “On a scale of one to ten,” he asks, “with 10 being George Clinton and 1 being, well, you know, me — how funky are you?” I smile because I really like this question … and because I think it’s cute/funny that Mike rates himself as a 1 … and because I already know my answer. “Oh, on the scale of things that are funky … ” I giggle and point to my nametag [which reads FUNKYBROWNCHICK], “I’m an 11.”
Coming soon, folks … The FBC’s official “Funk-o-Meter”. What will it be? I’m still thinking it through. (Throw suggestions my way if you’d like.) I want it to be some kind of meter that I use to rate various dates, men, comments on sex / relationship stories in the news and other topics that you’ve come accustomed to reading about here on FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com. If any of you out there are graphic designers who would like to design an official FBC “Funk-o-Meter” image, shoot me an email. Or, if you know a funky graphic designer, you can use the “email this” link below to forward this post to him or her. I can’t pay you anything, but I can publicly thank & worship you for your creative brilliance if you’d like.
May 17th, 2007 at 9:37 am
If that guy’s name is REALLY “Mike,” I would beware. (And I think you know why.) ;-)
May 17th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I love the idea of a Funk-o-Meter. Because you already know how I feel about possessing courage. But possessing “funk”? An often hard to quantify or define attribute? One of those that you simply know when you see? That demands the use of a Funk-o-Meter.
May 18th, 2007 at 2:44 am
stefanie: No, Mike’s not his “real” name. :) On the FBC, I don’t use any guy’s real names. I figure there’s no need to drag their private lives into public just because I have a blog.
Andy: EXACTLY!! There’s a certain something about “funky” compared to, as you say, courage. I’ve gotta give that a bit more thought … more on that later. But, in the meantime, I actually have a Funk-o-Meter. Someone designed one and sent it to me via email. Stay tuned. I think it will make its debut next week. :)