For England expects to take back control from the EU. England needs to stop the European interference with English rule over (Northern) Ireland, Scotland and Wales!
Make England great again!
cc: @theresa_may @ByDonkeys @theSNP @NicolaSturgeon pic.twitter.com/9LL4uZ49TJ
— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 14, 2019
Tag: inspired by Lewis Carroll
“The Hunting of the Snark” Is about Discourse
I think that the "Hunting" in "The Hunting of the Snark" as the subject of Carroll's tragicomedy is as important as the "Snark" itself. In my view, the book is about the discourse which could lead you Snark, or, if it turns ugly, to the Boojum.https://t.co/UW3xWZFNrh
— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) February 25, 2019
Alice-themed Brexit Caricatures
Lewis Carroll's Alice again being evoked to make sense of #Brexit by @fotoole, interpreting the Sun title page after the #MeaningfulVote "a lot of frantically anarchic running overseen by a defunct creature, the Brextinct dodo." – Not the first May Dodo! https://t.co/wHVVvrgRO6 pic.twitter.com/NibbRndPtP
— Franziska Kohlt (@frankendodo) January 18, 2019
On the occasion of the renewed #brexitchaos let me remind you of the frabjous Brexit-Jabberwocky by the fantastic @JohnMinnion https://t.co/l67KR1sM4n #AliceInWonderland #Brexitland @madeleinakay @luciendyoung pic.twitter.com/WIeH2HMVGH
— Franziska Kohlt (@frankendodo) November 15, 2018
There have in fact been a few great Alice-inspired Brexit caricatures and parodies, here's 'Alice in Sunderland', on Brexit and Nissan's super-plant plan, by Martin Rowsonhttps://t.co/VeHM2nyTNe pic.twitter.com/N9MVntqyK6
— Franziska Kohlt (@frankendodo) November 16, 2018
"Down the Brexit-Hole" was also a common theme, here by Ingram Pinn for @FT https://t.co/Vcne2eVLti pic.twitter.com/mIbu4Ig6EO
— Franziska Kohlt (@frankendodo) November 16, 2018
“But the principal failing occurred in the sailing”
I reshuffled some lines of The Hunting of the Snark a bit:
“Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.“Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What I tell you three times is true.”
Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes:
A thing, as the Bellman remarked,
That frequently happens in tropical climes,
When a vessel is, so to speak, “snarked.”But the principal failing occurred in the sailing,
And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed,
Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East,
That the ship would not travel due West!
This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out
That the Captain they trusted so well
Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,
And that was to tingle his bell.
“The thing shall be done!”
349 “The thing can be done,” said the Butcher, “I think.
350 The thing must be done, I am sure.
351 The thing shall be done! …”
Links:
- Snark and Brexit
- “Brexit” is a “portmanteau”, by Merrill Perlman, 2016-04-18
- But the principal failing occurred in the sailing
- No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation, by Volker Patent, 2017-05-16
- On Brexit, What the EU Tells You 10 Times Is True – Prime Minister Theresa May should finally stop ignoring her negotiating partners’ red lines., by Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg Opinion, 2018-07-27
- The Trumping of the Snark – and why Brexit means Boojum, by Tom Evans, Liverpool Echo, 2017-01-27
- Dean Burnett
- www.referendumanalysis.eu
A Boojum
"For the snark was a boojum, you see." For Mythic Monsters 12: Fairytale Creatures by @LegendaryGamesJ #lewiscarroll pic.twitter.com/saFQJ0Sd2G
— Mike Lowe (@MikeLoweArt) June 6, 2014
But the Failing Occurred in the Sailing
But the principal failing occurred in the sailing,
And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed,
Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East,
That the ship would not travel due West!
※ www.nicholassoames.org.uk (2018-12-06): Full speech
※ Youtube: The Snark reference starts at 00:09:03.
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Lewis Carroll and Australia’s Real Political Story
The world of Lewis Carroll and our real political story combine in Behind the Lines 2018, open now! Explore the exhibition onsite with our Behind the Lines school program: https://t.co/6QeTVy1n5F pic.twitter.com/yFzuMSMqn4
— MoAD Learning (@moadlearning) November 20, 2018
Protected: Brexit, Hunting a Fantastical Beast
No Collusion
The Bellman’s rule: “What I tell you three times is true!”
Kelly Ramsdell Fineman told us …
… that President Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Wharton were huge fans of the Snark. On one visit to the White House, Wharton learned of the following exchange that occurred between the President and the Secretary of the Navy (undoubtedly unaware of Carroll’s poem, or at least unaware that Roosevelt was quoting):
During discussion, Roosevelt said to the secretary of the Navy,
“Mr. Secretary, what I tell you three times is true!”
The Secretary replied stiffly,
“Mr. President, it would never for a moment have occurred to me to impugn your veracity.”
So far for three times. But 16 times is fine too:
Trump sat for 30 minutes at his golf club with the Times. He said “no collusion” 16 times https://t.co/BOwHyvlCUb
— Amy Fiscus (@amyfiscus) December 29, 2017
001 “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,
002 As he landed his crew with care;
003 Supporting each man on the top of the tide
004 By a finger entwined in his hair.005 “Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
006 That alone should encourage the crew.
007 Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
008 What I tell you three times is true.”
329 “’Tis the voice of the Jubjub!” he suddenly cried.
330 (This man, that they used to call “Dunce.”)
331 “As the Bellman would tell you,” he added with pride,
332 “I have uttered that sentiment once.333 “’Tis the note of the Jubjub! Keep count, I entreat;
334 You will find I have told it you twice.
335 ’Tis the song of the Jubjub! The proof is complete,
336 If only I’ve stated it thrice.”
The Bellman’s Rule is stated in Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark, line #7 and line #335. I said it in Lua – wrote it in Python, I made that indeed, but I wholly forgot (when finally done), that Haskell is what you need! So, here is an example for how to implement that rule:
#! /usr/bin/haskell
import Data.List
statementList :: [String]
statementList =
["No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"I am a stable genius!"
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"I am a stable genius!"
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"I am a stable genius!"
,"No collusion."
,"1+1=2."
,"No collusion."
,"No collusion."
,"Collusion is not a crime."
,"Collusion is not a crime."
,"Collusion is not a crime."
]
atLeastThrice :: [String] -> [String]
atLeastThrice sL =
[head grp | grp <-
group $ sort sL, length grp >= 3]
Result (if loaded and executed in GHCi):
*Main> atLeastThrice statementList
["Collusion is not a crime.","I am a stable genius!","No collusion."]
