[HN Gopher] Armless Fun? On the Venus de Milo
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       Armless Fun? On the Venus de Milo
        
       Author : prismatic
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2022-12-10 06:36 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | omoikane wrote:
       | For a while, you could buy this figure of Venus with arms and try
       | various poses:
       | https://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5571/figma+Venus+de+Mi...
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       | Alas, looks like it's discontinued and not sold anywhere anymore.
        
       | probably_wrong wrote:
       | This is the first time I hear that the Venus de Milo is
       | (probably) holding an apple. Other websites either don't mention
       | this at all or include a single sentence.
       | 
       | I would have imagined that there are only so many ways to make a
       | hand in a specific position fit with the rest of the torso. So
       | I'd like to know what the difficulties are.
        
       | jansan wrote:
       | There is a rumor that the Venus de Mio has its own entry in the
       | Hichhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It used to consist of only one
       | word: "Armless". But after 15 years of research by a contributor
       | It was changed to "Mostly armless". (Sorry, had to do it)
        
         | dtgriscom wrote:
         | No, you didn't.
        
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