tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post8868452796155665426..comments2023-08-15T02:21:46.775-07:00Comments on Things and Also Stuff...: post hasteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post-71294613535522569372011-01-13T18:54:05.456-08:002011-01-13T18:54:05.456-08:00Now , in fairness; he only ever explained the firs...Now , in fairness; he only ever explained the first few lines of 'The Jabberwocky'- and in a different book too... 'Mcguffin' stood for something previously undefinable; Carroll was just a 'portmanteu-ago-go!'-Sure any old fool can go gyreing and gimbling in the wabe like a slithy tove when brillig is upon them.Darren Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035977231087809840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post-16738944569853996332011-01-13T12:37:53.643-08:002011-01-13T12:37:53.643-08:00'Chortle', sure now, you do have the fondn...'Chortle', sure now, you do have the fondness for the neologisms. Now, at least Lewis Carroll had the good grace to define his neologisms; 'chortle', half chuckle, half snort, Hitchcock, my good fellow, take posthumous note.Charles Lutwidge Dodge Cityhttp://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/through-the-looking-glass/chapter-06.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post-18007250277610050362011-01-13T12:24:53.610-08:002011-01-13T12:24:53.610-08:00*chortle**chortle*Darren Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035977231087809840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post-75289095392283113812011-01-13T11:40:32.080-08:002011-01-13T11:40:32.080-08:00Why, mostly on the torso, of course!Why, mostly on the torso, of course!The Sunshine Boyshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz1VU97JEF0&feature=relatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post-44879692464201147522011-01-13T09:28:02.973-08:002011-01-13T09:28:02.973-08:00Yes. Except he didn't make such a pigs ear of ...Yes. Except he didn't make such a pigs ear of it.<br />I like the sartorial suggestion;a fine tee that would be, a fine tee indeed. But where would one wear it?Darren Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035977231087809840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297306090706424134.post-23686724489913910892011-01-13T06:04:30.066-08:002011-01-13T06:04:30.066-08:00Hold on there Nelly, is'nt that exactly what J...Hold on there Nelly, is'nt that exactly what JRRRRRRRR Tolkien did in order to slough out all of those Middle Earth books, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, and the likes?<br /><br />Or maybe it was just that he slipped in the shower and it was all but a dream.<br /><br />So, Lord of the Rings = Highlander2?<br /><br />Hey, i'm all for it.<br /><br />(Anyone fancy an 'I shot J.R.R.' t-shirt?)Thargel Wormybottom in Ringsendhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT18OJEPU9Qnoreply@blogger.com