Re: No, "Hodgistas" is horrible but apt....very Lewis Carroll..... Archived Message
Posted by johnlilburne on July 1, 2019, 1:00 am, in reply to "No, "Hodgistas" is horrible but apt....very Lewis Carroll....."
"Beware the WatsonTom , my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the JessJess bird, and shun The frumious Mandysnatch!" Corb took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the ChrisChris tree, And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood, The WatsonTom, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. "And, has thou slain the WatsonTom? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. If only Corb would slay the WatsonTom. I hasten to add that I mean that metaphorically, a la Stewart Lee, and that I do not advocate that Corb literally slay the WatsonTom. That would be wrong, I must stress. And Corb should definitely resist the temptation to harm the JessJess bird. If she should try to stab him in the front, he should try talking to her and disarm her using minimal force. Not saying she would try to stab him, of course. I am sure she didn't mean it literally. It is not who she is, I am sure. As for the Mandysnatch......
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