Friday, March 22, 2013

Climateer Line of the Day: Love in Bondage Edition

 Cupid blindfolded and bound to a tree with his arms behind him, landscape in background, round frame; proof before letters (?).  1767
Mezzotint with etching
-Love in Bondage 1767, Richard Earlom, British Museum


From FT Alphaville:
Cyprus now has a binary choice: become a gimp state for Russian gangsta finance, or turn fully towards Europe... 

Although gimp used to mean crippled/lame some folks use it to refer to fetish gear, usually of the bondage variety.