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  • Persephone accepted her steaming bowl of nectaroni and cheese from the eight-armed lunch lady.

    PERSEPHONE THE PHONY JOAN HOLUB 2010

  • IN the cafeteria, an eight-armed, octopus-like lunch lady served the line of students from orange clay bowls decorated with black silhouetted figures.

    ATHENA THE BRAIN JOAN HOLUB 2010

  • Persephone accepted her steaming bowl of nectaroni and cheese from the eight-armed lunch lady.

    PERSEPHONE THE PHONY JOAN HOLUB 2010

  • Just came across this article on an anigmatic new taxon from the Ediacaran, reporting the discovery of the eight-armed organism Eoandromeda octobrachiata from China and Australia.

    "I don't sleep. I dream." greygirlbeast 2008

  • IN the cafeteria, an eight-armed, octopus-like lunch lady served the line of students from orange clay bowls decorated with black silhouetted figures.

    ATHENA THE BRAIN JOAN HOLUB 2010

  • The term "security theater" is Bruce Schneier's, and has been used exclusively by critics of the TSA -- to hear Hawley use it suggests that he isn't the capricious, eight-armed* vengeance deity implied by the airport security process.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Performers will include amateur singers, a dancing troop of monks imitating an eight-armed Buddha and a man who can pedal a bicycle with his hands.

    Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Rebellion in China 2009

  • Among the most spectacular stone works are the remarkable Hindu divinities of eight-armed Vishnu represented as the supreme god, surrounded by his avatars from Angkor Borei, the heartland of Funan (1st-6th C) in present day Takeo province that exemplifies the pre-Angkor style known as Phnom Da.

    The Cambodian National Museum 2008

  • Staff at a sea life centre have come up with a new way to keep their eight-armed octopus stimulated.

    Olly the Octopus Gets Lego Toys To Prevent Boredom | Impact Lab 2007

  • After trying to contain Kristine for aeons, the eight-armed thingy retired to drink Citadel martinis extra dry with the medium-beige.

    The Creation – Guest Post by Blipey!!! « UDreamOfJanie 2006

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