A REAL LIFE DADA KINSHIP FACT

September 30, 2009

Boris Karloff, born William Pratt, played Frankenstein’s monster, the Mummy, the voice of the Grinch, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. His grandmother’s sister, Anna Leon-Owens, was the “I” (Gertrude Lawrence on stage, Deborah Kerr in film) of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘The King and I’.

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STEADY HO

September 29, 2009

Steady ho, my lad, my lad Steady ho, my lad Though the main be bounding bad Steady ho, my lad Swing her round, my lad, my lad Swing her round, my lad If ye’d not meet with Davy Jones Swing her round, my lad Blast your hide, my lad, my lad Blast your hide, my […]

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ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS

September 28, 2009

bi-plane hauling sign WILL YOU MARRY ME, EDNA?     rac          rac     rac                     rac                     rac                            rac rac    rac         rac             rac                       rac    rac                     rac      rac toll booth     workers standing around eating donuts and chitlins car car car car    car          car                          car                                    car toll booth          bridge per se                               […]

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SPOKES

September 27, 2009
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The mountain bike hung on the garage wall. It was deep night outside and quiet. All the back wheel spokes and most of the front wheel spokes were sound asleep after an exhausting day of spinning up and down rocky trails. The few awake on the front wheel whispered so as not to disturb the […]

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OAK TREE AND POPPIES

September 26, 2009
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CARTOON FRIDAY 17

September 25, 2009

“Our very own Bill Bixter is here once again to edify us with his annual presentation of ‘Edgar Allan Poe – Wretched, Filthy Genius’.”

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IT INCOGNITO

September 24, 2009

incogn–o

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FROM DOC’S LOON FABLES 11

September 23, 2009

The Continental Divide One day an eight mile long section of the Continental Divide up and tore himself loose from the mountains in Colorado. “I got a hankerin’ to see the Pacific Ocean,” he announced. “Don’t go, Al. What’ll we do without you?” pleaded Brenda, the section of Continental Divide to Al’s left. “You’ll figger […]

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PRUDENT JELLY

September 22, 2009

mouse ….. mice louse ……. lice house ….. hice spouse …. spice grouse …. grice nouse ….. nice

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DICTIONARY FUN A LA WODEHOUSE 6

September 21, 2009

fenny – peculiar to or found in a fen “Did you find this in the fen?” “Yes, sir.” “Fenny, eh?” “Yes, sir. Seems so, sir.” “Funny, this being fenny.” “Sir?” “It’s not wet.” “Ah, no sir. I took the liberty of drying it, sir.” “Dried it?” “Yes, sir.” “From the fen, you say.” “Definitely fenny, […]

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