Rockcutting Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Twas Brilig and the slithey toves did gyre and gimble in the....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe. Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!"He took his vorpal sword in hand:Long time the manxome foe he sought --So rested he by the Tumtum tree,And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it came!One, two! One, two! And through and throughThe vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back."And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'He chortled in his joy.Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Excellent Cleo, here's Donovan singing the ditty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Nac Mac Feegle!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Twas Brilig and the slithey toves did gyre and gimble in the....... The nurse with the nasty tasting medicine ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockcutting Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Many thanks for this. What conection does this this have, apart from the obvious, to Warrington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Is Lewis Caroll the 'obvious' or maybe the connection is 'literary nonsense', 'word play' or 'fantasy' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 The Cheshire Cat spoke the poem in Alice in Wonderland (or was it in Alice through the looking glass?), much to the delight of the Queen of Hearts. The Cheshire Cat is a pub in Stretton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Twas Brilig and the slithey toves did gyre and gimble in the....... wabe; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Wabe to you too Alge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Il Ciarlestrone Adriana Crespi Era brillosto, e gli alacridi tossisucchiellavano scabbi nel pantúle:Méstili eran tutti i paparossi,e strombavan musando i tartarocchi. «Attento al Ciarlestrone, figlio mio!Fauci che azzannano, fauci che ti artigliano,attento all'uccel Giuggio e attento ancoraAl fumibondo chiappabana!» Afferò quello la sua vorpi da lamaa lungo il manson nemico cercò...Cosí sostò presso l'albero Toutone riflettendo alquanto dimorò. E mentre il bellico pensier si trattenea,il Ciarlestrone con occhiali bragevenne sifflando nella fulgida selva,sbollentando nella sua avanzata. Un, due! Un, due! E dentro e dentroscattò saettante la vorpida lama!Ei lo lasciò cadavere, e col capoSe ne venne al ritorno galumpando. «E hai tu ucciso il Ciarlestrone?Fra le mie braccia, o raggioso fanciullo!O giorno fragoroso, Callò, Callài!»stripetò quello dala gioia. Era brillosto, e gli alacridi tossisucchiellavano scabbi nel pantúle:Méstili eran tutti i paparossi,e strombavan musando i tartarocchi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 easy for you to say Asp (or was it?) So now we have a foreign Jabberwocky (or however you spell it).... Obs will definitely not be amused by that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 CRIVENS ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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