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What did "gyre and gimble in the wabe;" ?
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  • The borogoves.

    Edit: Dammit. Wrong line!
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    • Yep. Try again later.
      And NO Googling, or cheating in any way.
      (But, I think you have more integrity than that).
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    • And, this raises another question:

      What were the "Borogroves"?
  • Jabberwocky
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    • Right church. Wrong pew.
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  • Why are there so few Lewis Carroll fans around here?!?!?

    This has been driving me nuts all night!

    So...I've gone through my Carroll books and think I have figured it out.......

    Badgers

    Well....am I in the right pew this time??????
  • And....I think I know what a Borogove is now too!

    But.....let's see if someone else wants to play along before I reveal my guess.
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    • I got it immediately after I realized I'd picked the wrong line for the first response.Mimsy, silly.


      Paul
  • I thought it was more like silty troves or something of that nature.
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    • Banned
      Slithy toves, I think? The borogroves were all mimsy and the mome raths outgrabe.
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    • Hmm. And here I thought it said "slutty toads."

      I always thought the idea of a gnome giraffe was kind of funny, though...
  • So many questions... So, so many questions.
  • From "Through The Looking Glass"
    Perhaps my favorite poem.
    (I'm pretty sure Mr. Carroll 'tripping' when he wrote it. )

    Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
    All mimsy were the borogoves,
  • Shall we continue?
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