Beads?

[altivo]

*temporarily aborts planned entry*

"Furry bead code?" Huh?

This is a joke, right? Like the handkerchief codes and all that other nonsense? You're face to face with someone and you can't ask them a question if it's something you need to know? You'd rather be completely confused by a dozen contradictory color codes being passed around and your inability to distinguish "sparkles" and "stripes" in poor light conditions?

Jeez, as if there wasn't enough masochism inherent in being visibly furry, we have to dream up stuff like that?

Comments

[bariki.livejournal.com]

Wow, complicated. I think that goes into the 'nice idea but impractical' pile.

At horse shows here in the UK, we braid coloured ribbons into the tails of some horses: blue for stallions - the balls might be a giveaway, but they're sometimes hard to see from behind ;) - , red for horses that kick and green for young/novice horses that might behave unpredictably. Perhaps something similar for furries would work out: purple means 'I haven't washed in two weeks', red means 'I like spiked dildos' and white means 'the dusty mark on my upper lip is not talcum powder'?

[altivo.livejournal.com]

purple means 'I haven't washed in two weeks',

Of course if we are sensitive to this, we wouldn't need the purple ribbon to tell. ;p

[bariki.livejournal.com]

*laughs* good point. or it would warn you visually before you are injured in an olfactory manner.