| Nice Couch of Red ll - 11.07.05 |
| submitter: | Smart Set |
| location: | South Acton, London, UK |
| Ouch! That couch! A touch too mouch! |
| category: | Beside the Point |
| comments: | 33 |
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| robert k commented on 08.02.06 | | no Percy was the name of Goofy's horse in the short cartoon movie 'How to ride a horse.' |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.02.06 | | Do you mean Percy the pug, Ratcliffe's dog in "Pocahontas"? |
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| robert k commented on 08.02.06 | | Percy |
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| wim commented on 08.02.06 | | no, the character is bigger, looks a bit like goofy, and is always 4-legged, with a horse collar, I think he usually goes with mickey and minnie |
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| robert k commented on 08.02.06 | | you're not talking about Pluto are you? He was definitiely a dog with a dog collar. More beagle-ish; nothing horsey about him. |
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| wim commented on 08.02.06 | | I think SS is right, the horse collar character has another name, Goofy is labradorish |
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| robert k commented on 08.02.06 | | The verdict is still out. There is a whole web discussion based on the question: Is Goofy a Dog?... |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.01.06 | | I vaguely recall a cartoon character who wore a horse collar, but no idea of the name. |
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| wim commented on 08.01.06 | | then who is the figure with a horse thing around his neck |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.01.06 | | Goofy is definitely a dog. |
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| wim commented on 08.01.06 | | if Pjuto is a dawg, is Goofy a hawse or a mule? |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.01.06 | | Only insofar as they're both cartoon dogs. |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 08.01.06 | | Is he by any chance related to Deputy Dawg? |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.01.06 | | No one does. I do love Droopy, though. |
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| wim commented on 07.31.06 | | in my case, I don't want to droop from lack |
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| robert k commented on 07.31.06 | | trash cans look like headless Daleks. |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.31.06 | | Wilt means to droop from lack of water, food, publicity etc. |
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| wim commented on 07.31.06 | | you are not referring to Tom Sharpe I imagine |
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| wim commented on 07.31.06 | | SS, please explain : *wilt* |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.31.06 | | Sorry, I meant to write "travel with a celebrity". And celebrities also wilt underground; they need to be seen. |
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| wim commented on 07.30.06 | | just give me a sign Sleepeasy, perhaps we can meet. As you may have noticed, I am all over belgium, more or less |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 07.30.06 | | Smart Set, I am glad to hear you are eating your greens, but isn't it a bit over the top to take them underground with you? Surely you'd realise they'd wilt,like the rest & best of 'em... |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 07.30.06 | | Hi Wim, I will be in your part of the world soon; looking forward to finding out if it is true that the streets are paved with mattresses over there... |
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| wim commented on 07.28.06 | | I am watching a Brasilian film *O auto da compadecida* only to find out Brasilian humour is not spend on me |
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| wim commented on 07.28.06 | | in Haarlem they even gave part of the city the name *charivarius* |
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| wim commented on 07.28.06 | | sinse whenowhen are you mumbling intoyourownyou? ithast obeth ehea tha tmake sour bra insgo mad, itdo eswi thmi ne |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.28.06 | | I felt briefly happier under this morning's leaden skies, but this mood was soon dispelled by an attempt to use the Piccadilly line. What a fool I was to think I could travel with celerity across London by such a means. And now it's gone all hot and sunny again.
A pox upon TFL (a division of ROTFL, I reckons) and all who sail in her, a-haaaarrrrh! And "Pilates of the Caribbean II" is rubbish, an' all. |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.28.06 | | I tried reading it aloud but soon fumbled, stumbled, fell in the road and grumbled. |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.28.06 | | Been a-crawlin' an' a-trawlin' through my back pages, eh, SE? Feel free - there's lots to see. Pretty astonishing poem - it's got just about everything in there. I would, however, query "brier" (a variant of "briar" that I've never seen), "rint" (not a word as far as I know - "lint" would have done the job) and "groats" (which doesn't rhyme with "wits", although maybe it did in 1922). |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 07.28.06 | | By the way, the challenge is to read it out loud, without fumbling or stumbling... |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 07.28.06 | | Hi Smart Set, you must be feeling happier now the skies are grey and drizzly again! Your comment reminded me of a 1922 poem by a Dutchman, baffled but undeterred by the pronouciatory chaos of the English language. have a look at
charivarius / chaos |
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| wim commented on 11.12.05 | | 11211 and a great ntor |
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| ChristineLarsen commented on 11.11.05 | | Looks like one of its cushions is trying to get away. |
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