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I feel sorry for the poor lonely Death Masks thread and its sad empty comment box. Don't worry, Death Masks! I looked at you!

Posted by: E. Messily | Link to this comment | 10- 7-15 9:07 PM

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Messily, you ruined everything!!!!

Posted by: Thorn | Link to this comment | 10- 7-15 9:18 PM

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AS USUAL

Posted by: E. Messily | Link to this comment | 10- 7-15 9:24 PM

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Dead people were alive, but not in a way we can understand anymore.

Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 10- 7-15 9:41 PM

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I'm very sick and cranky and tired but can't sleep. I didn't get very much sleep last night either. BOO.

Posted by: E. Messily | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 12:17 AM

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You're not wrong about the captions. "These 46 Eerie Death Masks Capture the Final Hour of Real Historical Faces".
I really don't think they do. The point about a death mask is that it's made after death. You don't lurk by the bedside of the dying Lincoln, plaster of paris in hand, until he's too weak to fight you off and then leap on him and cover his face with the stuff.

And I only got as far as the second one (Washington) which is captioned "This is a life mask of Washington, which of course means that it was made while he was still alive". Really? Then it's NOT A DEATH MASK IS IT? What else is in this display of "46 Death Masks" that isn't a death mask? A sculpture of Julius Caesar? A polaroid of Jimmy Carter? An Airfix model of a P-51 Mustang? A lettuce?

Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 1:40 AM

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Yeah the presentation isn't good. I was annoyed by the order, too. I looked at them all. Some are dumb (Michael Jackson) but some are really, really old!

Posted by: E. Messily | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 1:44 AM

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You don't lurk by the bedside of the dying Lincoln, plaster of paris in hand, until he's too weak to fight you off and then leap on him and cover his face with the stuff.

Well maybe you don't.

Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 1:49 AM

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You don't lurk by the bedside of the dying Lincoln, plaster of paris in hand, until he's too weak to fight you off and then leap on him and cover his face with the stuff.

Well maybe you don't.

Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 1:50 AM

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Let me rephrase that. You shouldn't.

Besides, making a plaster mask of Lincoln's face would involve, as a preliminary, liberally vaselining his beard. Tricky to do without arousing the suspicions of the great man.

Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 2:29 AM

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WORLD STATESMEN HATE THIS LOCAL LIBRARIAN'S 1 WEIRD TRICK

Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 2:30 AM

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Just dragging the guy over to the copier and putting his face on the glass seems tacky.

Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 4:37 AM

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Is it tackier before he's dead or after? Delicate question.

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: DaveLMA | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 5:00 AM

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10-13 Much of my job deals with the acquisition of cultural heritage materials. We do whatever it takes.

Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 5:03 AM

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If there is a spinal injury, definitely not before.

Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 5:04 AM

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14: holy crap, Barry's working for ISIS.

Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 10- 8-15 8:26 AM