Tag: The Hunting of the Snark

A Map for Boris Johnson’s Supporters

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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.

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

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.”

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

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093　He had bought [from Cummings] a large map representing the sea,
094 　Without the least vestige of land:
095　And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
096 　A map they could all understand.

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

An here is the Bellman's map: https://t.co/c0OG29IHIA pic.twitter.com/CCWDZiqpOa

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

097　“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,
098 　Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”
099　So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply
100 　“They are merely conventional signs!

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

101　“Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!
102 　But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank:
103　(So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought us the best—
104 　A perfect and absolute blank!”

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

105　This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out
106 　That the Captain they trusted so well
107　Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,
108 　And that was to tingle his bell.

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

109　He was thoughtful and grave—but the orders he gave
110 　Were enough to bewilder a crew.
111　When he cried “Steer to starboard, but keep her head larboard!”
112 　What on earth was the helmsman to do?

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

113　Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes:
114 　A thing, as the Bellman remarked,
115　That frequently happens in tropical climes,
116 　When a vessel is, so to speak, “snarked.”

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

117　But the principal failing occurred in the sailing,
118 　And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed,
119　Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East,
120 　That the ship would not travel due West!

-> https://t.co/brWZiWUkIq pic.twitter.com/UgoGsUapDV

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019

Ambition

This is Boris Johnson's letter to MPs about shutting down parliament. Now without question, to be firmly placed within the history books, as the core and singular primary source, to demonstrate when the exact time of the UK democracy’s death was called. pic.twitter.com/Ul75cGLQA5

— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) August 28, 2019

"But that should be no excuse for the lack of ambition!"
Boris Johnson, 2019-08-28, Letter to the MPs

Snarks have "five unmistakable marks":
"The fifth is ambition."
Lewis Carroll, 1876, "The Hunting of the Snark".https://t.co/fgEUozRyrF pic.twitter.com/pdEuH6RzMA

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) August 28, 2019

The Bellman’s Hair?

‘Your majesty, what will it take to suspend parliament….temporarily of course’

‘One word: Epstein’ pic.twitter.com/7nO3r2TZjP

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) August 28, 2019

When the queen met the Boojum: https://t.co/jMDyeDURcvpic.twitter.com/Qx9uuexyHG

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) August 28, 2019

"The Hunting of the Snark" »may be taken as an Allegory for the Pursuit of Happiness. The characteristic “ambition” works well into this theory— … that the pursuer of happiness … betakes himself … the happiness he has failed to find elsewhere.«https://t.co/dNG7zzOkpp pic.twitter.com/fNXcFFAbad

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 25, 2019

Too often in that pursuit of happiness the hunters make each other unhappy.

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) August 28, 2019

How do Boris Johnson and the Bellman (in Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark") compare? What do you think?

I rearranged some lines a bit: pic.twitter.com/CTUQQSLeBy

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) August 28, 2019

»Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.«

Carroll played with ambiguity. What if (different from the image) the hair in which his finger is entwined is the Bellman's hair, and the finger…? Well, how does Boris Johnson support you Brits? pic.twitter.com/Yl04WNsQnX

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) August 28, 2019

Well, I'm a yank, but I'd say, by the short hairs, also not illustrated.

— Zero G Badillion (@ZeroGBadillion) August 28, 2019

I learned a new idiom! Perhaps Carroll meant it. https://t.co/U8jQ9AaqI4: » … by the short hairs
Under one's complete control. …. It is in effect a euphemism for have someone by the balls, the hairs in question being pubic hair. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s] …«

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) August 28, 2019

Aha! I learned something as well.

Had heard the expression as used by LBJ…

and pretty sure he was not referring to the hairs on the back of the neck.

— Zero G Badillion (@ZeroGBadillion) August 28, 2019

Snarks come in two batches:
»It next will be right
　To describe each particular batch:
Distinguishing
※ those that have feathers, and bite,
※ And those that have whiskers, and scratch.«https://t.co/dCukY792Nx

Meet another Bellman: pic.twitter.com/UcbKBN4Eg0

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) August 28, 2019

A Snark Thread for the House of Commons

The House of Commons has risen for summer recess and will return on 3 September at 2.30pm.
Find out what will be debated when the House returns: https://t.co/uHaZ3REUuy

— UK House of Commons (@HouseofCommons) July 25, 2019

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!https://t.co/brWZiWUkIq pic.twitter.com/hq4mVviEMV

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 26, 2019

https://t.co/xXBRmahv4L pic.twitter.com/sk8hR7DWzZ

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 26, 2019

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— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 26, 2019

By the way, your MPs in your chamber have no tables. That's at least an occupational health issue.https://t.co/19k5ThwzWT pic.twitter.com/KTK5dVKJxR

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

Actually, your chamber is an ergonomic disaster. How about using the summer recess to think about learning from Canada?

Image source: https://t.co/SMLgp1acDj pic.twitter.com/LoPU6L0yjK

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

Next, about what do MPs talk?

Searching the Hansard (1988-11 to 2016-03)https://t.co/gdqstdNcBF
※ "The Hunting of the Snark": 46 hits

More:
※ "What I tell you three times is true": 46 hits
※ Snark: 270 hits
※ Boojum: 26 hits
※ Bellman map: 25 hits

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

As it seems to be important to you, how about using the summer recess for reading "The Hunting of the Snark" more carefully? https://t.co/QbSf0V3BGe pic.twitter.com/YQbZZjrx7P

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

Does the Snark help you to understand your present Brexit project? Yes, it does, because it is a tragedy.https://t.co/RaClCCPoij pic.twitter.com/RhL4gSZCP3

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

To make it digestable for younger readers, Lewis Carroll wrote his Snark poem as a tragicomedy. But Henry Holiday, to whom it was a tragedy, left a hint to us: The Baker got baked. It ends with burning Thomas Cranmer at the stake.https://t.co/kV1kqhERrD pic.twitter.com/GqWsyd90Zl

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

I think that "The Hunting of the Snark" is about confrontational but still legitimate debates (Snark) turning into toxic disputes (Boojum). If that is so, you know pretty well why the poem is about you and your politics of pain.

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

If the Snark is too much for you in your summer recess, then please at least take a little time to watch this. https://t.co/ZyXii8QLd4

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

And if even that would exhaust you too much in this hot summer, enjoy James Acaster's teabag metaphor, before your tea bag ends up in the bin. https://t.co/jMttiWwh8m

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 28, 2019

The completely outdated work environment in the HoC chamber might inhibit your understanding of the realities of today. For example, there seem to be some issues in the HoC with representing UK citizens.

Image by @simonjhix from @YouGov data. pic.twitter.com/mN5kvufwqW

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 30, 2019

Would it be possible to return to some more rational modes of decision making? There should be a way to apply the Deming Cycle in a democratic way. Please.

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 30, 2019

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The method employed I would gladly explain,
　 While I have it so clear in my head,
If I had but the time and you had but the brain—
　 But much yet remains to be said.https://t.co/THPb5WTaZB

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 30, 2019

Fokus on what is best for the UK, not on what is best for your party or for saving a few individuals' investments in failure.

There is too much distraction from fulfilling your duties.https://t.co/AAUH0jaA29 pic.twitter.com/1XcYjaajRB

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 30, 2019

By the way, some of you know that there have been earlier Brexits.https://t.co/ThhRPLmiTY pic.twitter.com/U3EJQherFo

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 30, 2019

Even parts of that 16th century Brexit painting ended up in the "Snark". The nose of that walking-cane sucking pavonine Broker (one of the 9 or 10 Snark hunting titans who forged British nonsense) first grew on the face of a Roman Catholic monk.https://t.co/MKhKnzh5T7 pic.twitter.com/12x6ASewbs

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 30, 2019

There is unfinished business. Trust in your people and the knowledge they gained since 2016. Let them finish the work.https://t.co/za4KicMqXe pic.twitter.com/zmAcWdyqFu

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 30, 2019

But you fear the monster which you unchained in 2016.https://t.co/IoMSGQvLLG pic.twitter.com/4Ho0yQmJJE

— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 31, 2019

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— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) July 31, 2019

My Easter Greeting to Theresa May

Happy Easter to you too, with an Easter Greeting by Lewis Carroll: https://t.co/J5FUfusXHs

The Illustration (without animation) is by Henry Holiday. pic.twitter.com/J6yMo5hb4A

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

Please, dear Britons, look closer at the assets of your culture. (The EU didn't take it away from you.) Especially, take the Snark more serious. Fetch it home by all means. You may serve it with greens. But if your Snark be a Boojum… pic.twitter.com/6a7BAtmMao

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

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— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

Your first Brexit pic.twitter.com/Dsn8MEdj9u

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

Henry Holiday snarked that one too. pic.twitter.com/INhRxoDly9

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

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!https://t.co/0WuHcZgY33 pic.twitter.com/4gnsNkfpmO

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

Perhaps "The Hunting of the Snark" was written in order to prepare you for the present Brexit. pic.twitter.com/7VVYJuFJKP

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 21, 2019

Standing on an Empire

She is England! Storms pass before the radiant power of her majesty! Ah, the glorious Ditchley Portrait of Elizabeth I, painted by Marcus Gheeraerts in 1592. Today is his day. pic.twitter.com/ohFb5d2OfI

— Peter Paul Rubens (@PP_Rubens) January 19, 2019

On the front cover the outlook wasn't that bad.
But in the end the Snark was a Boojum. pic.twitter.com/lUD6dcvJgI

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) November 23, 2018

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“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.

 

Meme!

“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! …”


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