‘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/dCukY792NxMeet another Bellman: pic.twitter.com/UcbKBN4Eg0
— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) August 28, 2019