https://www.ipernity.com/tag/23639/keyword/11759 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/57/5C/23639.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/23639/keyword/11759 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:38:34 +0000 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:38:34 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/52426700 tag:ipernity.com,2024-04-21,doc-52426700 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:19:48 +0000 2024-04-21T23:23:04+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/52426700"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/67/00/52426700.f9a801c2.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is one of several board game shops that were operating in Prague in the early 2010's, where I would sometimes find useful teaching materials (I taught English at the time). This one was mostly of interest to an old friend who was travelling with me, so we stopped by to see if they were interested in anything. Pasaz Rokoko is actually connected directly to the complex of tunnels associated with Palac Lucerna, including Pasaz Lucerna, but for some reason is considered to be separate. What is true is that Lucerna is a much larger complex than is obvious from the street. It was actually designed by the architect Vaclav M. Havel (1897-1979), who was the father of future Czech President Vaclav Havel (1936-2011). According to Wikipedia, anyway, Palac Lucerna is still owned by the Havel family, specifically Dagmar Havlova, the younger Vaclav Havel's sister-in-law, rather than widow (they both have the same name).</div> Hras Board Game Shop in Pasaz Rokoko, Prague, Bohemia(CZ), 2015 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/52426700"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/67/00/52426700.f9a801c2.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is one of several board game shops that were operating in Prague in the early 2010's, where I would sometimes find useful teaching materials (I taught English at the time). This one was mostly of interest to an old friend who was travelling with me, so we stopped by to see if they were interested in anything. Pasaz Rokoko is actually connected directly to the complex of tunnels associated with Palac Lucerna, including Pasaz Lucerna, but for some reason is considered to be separate. What is true is that Lucerna is a much larger complex than is obvious from the street. It was actually designed by the architect Vaclav M. Havel (1897-1979), who was the father of future Czech President Vaclav Havel (1936-2011). According to Wikipedia, anyway, Palac Lucerna is still owned by the Havel family, specifically Dagmar Havlova, the younger Vaclav Havel's sister-in-law, rather than widow (they both have the same name).</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/52426702 tag:ipernity.com,2024-04-21,doc-52426702 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:19:48 +0000 2024-04-21T23:19:48+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/52426702"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/67/02/52426702.d78c5244.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I didn't end up buying this railroad-themed board game, but the name is obviously a reference both to "Mogul" meaning a rich business person, in this case a railroad tycoon, as well as to the 2-6-0 Mogul steam locomotive type under the Whyte classification system.</div> Mogul Railroad Board Game in the Hras Board Game Shop in Pasaz Rokoko, Prague, Bohemia(CZ), 2015 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/52426702"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/67/02/52426702.d78c5244.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I didn't end up buying this railroad-themed board game, but the name is obviously a reference both to "Mogul" meaning a rich business person, in this case a railroad tycoon, as well as to the 2-6-0 Mogul steam locomotive type under the Whyte classification system.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624655 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624655 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:40:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624655"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/55/624655.b2475d58.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="176" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Whoa!! :-)</div> Cootie Prizm, Picture 3, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624655"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/55/624655.b2475d58.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="176" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Whoa!! :-)</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624654 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624654 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:40:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624654"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/54/624654.15cfc677.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Another hippy cootie! :-)</div> Cootie Prizm, Picture 2, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624654"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/54/624654.15cfc677.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Another hippy cootie! :-)</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624653 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624653 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:40:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624653"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/53/624653.7e467f99.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Cooties go psychedelic!!! :-)</div> Cootie Prizm, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624653"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/53/624653.7e467f99.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Cooties go psychedelic!!! :-)</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624652 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624652 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:40:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624652"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/52/624652.d3dd05aa.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="178" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Just because. :-)</div> Purple Cootie, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624652"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/52/624652.d3dd05aa.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="178" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Just because. :-)</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624651 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624651 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:40:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624651"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/51/624651.7c0bf163.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A conspiracy between the Cooties, the Freemasons, the aliens, and Dr. Evil??? :-)</div> Creepy Cooties, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624651"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/51/624651.7c0bf163.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A conspiracy between the Cooties, the Freemasons, the aliens, and Dr. Evil??? :-)</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624650 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624650 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:40:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624650"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/50/624650.53476c1c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">"Yeah, I asked her out, and she kicked me right in the thorax." :-) :-) :-)</div> Cooties, Picture 5, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624650"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/50/624650.53476c1c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">"Yeah, I asked her out, and she kicked me right in the thorax." :-) :-) :-)</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624649 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624649 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:40:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624649"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/49/624649.14be51c8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">"Hey!! Did I tell you about the kid who shared hats??!!" :-)</div> Cooties, Picture 4, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624649"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/49/624649.14be51c8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">"Hey!! Did I tell you about the kid who shared hats??!!" :-)</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624648 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624648 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:39:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:39:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624648"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/48/624648.cad85cbd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">"* Cootie is also the name of a table game, the object of which is to be the first player to complete a comic model of an insect from the supplied plastic parts, as determined by the roll of a die. The patent is held by Milton Bradley. The bug was animated in The Outer Limits episode The Zanti Misfits (episode)."<br /> <br /> -Wikipedia</div> Cooties, Picture 3, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624648"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/48/624648.cad85cbd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">"* Cootie is also the name of a table game, the object of which is to be the first player to complete a comic model of an insect from the supplied plastic parts, as determined by the roll of a die. The patent is held by Milton Bradley. The bug was animated in The Outer Limits episode The Zanti Misfits (episode)."<br /> <br /> -Wikipedia</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624647 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624647 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:39:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:39:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624647"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/47/624647.06451f20.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The cooties are coming!! :-) No, actually, I just posed them. :-) :-) :-)</div> Cooties, Picture 2, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624647"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/47/624647.06451f20.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The cooties are coming!! :-) No, actually, I just posed them. :-) :-) :-)</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624646 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-01,doc-624646 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:39:01 +0000 2007-09-01T15:39:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624646"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/46/624646.fe5be24a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">"<b>cootie</b>- n. N. Amer. informal a body louse<br /> -origin First World War: perh. from Malay <i>kutu,</i> denoting a parasitic biting insect."<br /> <br /> -Oxford Concise English Dictionary, ed. Judy Pearsall,<br /> (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1999)</div> Cooties!! :-) 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/624646"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/46/46/624646.fe5be24a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">"<b>cootie</b>- n. N. Amer. informal a body louse<br /> -origin First World War: perh. from Malay <i>kutu,</i> denoting a parasitic biting insect."<br /> <br /> -Oxford Concise English Dictionary, ed. Judy Pearsall,<br /> (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1999)</div> Jon Searles