Good Touch

As you know, here at SFist, we love stealing other peoples' ideas. And we've found that it's even easier to do when the idea belongs to our siblings! So we're pleased to inaugurate "Touch Up SF," a semi-regular feature in which we invite you, the reader, to Photoshop your way to fame by constructing your own SF-centric versions what journalists like to call a "photo montage."

The attached image was created in timely response to a two-week-old article on SFGate, in which John King confesses of the proposed Muni shelters, "I've got my favorites, but only two or three of the 24 schemes made me cringe." What on Earth, we wondered, could possibly cause discomfort and unease to the mighty John King? Other than sock puppets, of course.

The gimmick was pioneered by Londonist, and has been terribly successful despite our total inability to understand any of the London-centric in-jokes. And the meme recently spread to Torontoist, which hoaxed its readers, Orson-Welles style, into believing in descending hordes of Zepplins. What'll you come up with, readers? Post your submissions to Flickr, tagged "touch up SF," or send them to editor - at - sfist - dot - com.