According to the Cartoon Laws of Physics, gravity cannot affect a cartoon character until he realizes it. Hence, the Coyote never knows that he's run off the edge of a cliff in a cloud of dust until he sticks his hand down out of the cloud, feels about, then sticks his head down out of the cloud to take a look. This I call the Coyote Moment.
Here on Daily Kos we have the Coyote Moment too. However, rather than feeling around under a cloud of dust, what happens is that you get a new follower, The Spinning Vase of Doom. Much like the large white beach ball in The Prisoner, that, fellow Villagers, may well be a Harbinger of Your Demise!
So, just as your flag decal won't get you into heaven any more, having a cute puppy as your avatar won't save you from the sure fate that awaits spammers, orcs and trolls at the hands of the Great Orange Satan.
But that might not be the the only sign of your impending departure ...
Has anyone noticed that around here we all have numbers? And Kos himself, oh sure, he claims to be a lawyer, a veteran and a family man, but ... (ominous chord) he's got a number also! Number 3, which is just 1 less than 2. And it's probably no coincidence that Kos is also an island probably equipped with underground sensing devices consisting of two guys on a see-saw spinning around and around looking through cameras and miraculously not barfing all over the place from motion sickness, or, uh ... something like that.
Now, you may be thinking something like
Cartoon Peril, are you totally deranged?
But consider this ... you never see Kos and
Leo McKern together -- what possible explanation could there be for that?
But after being banned for being unmutual, how do you get back once you've been consigned to the Phantom Zone along with General Zod.
My research has disclosed one possible means:
So, should your own Coyote Moment come, write this on your palm, just like Sarah Palin at a debate (but, uh, skip the winking part):
I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.