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by lcombs

Posted: 11 years ago 16 replies

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What did "gyre and gimble in the wabe;" ?

Paul Myers 11 years ago

The borogoves.

Edit: Dammit. Wrong line!
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- lcombs 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Paul Myers
  
  The borogoves.
  
  Edit: Dammit. Wrong line!
  
  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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  Paul Myers 11 years ago
  
  And NO Googling, or cheating in any way.
  
  Nah. It's no fun if you have to Google it.
  
  One-two! One-Two! I'm through, I'm through...
  
  Paul (Who is normally much better at nonsense than that.)
  
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- lcombs 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Paul Myers
  
  The borogoves.
  
  Edit: Dammit. Wrong line!
  
  And, this raises another question:
  
  What were the "Borogroves"?
  
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Jacqueline Smith 11 years ago

Jabberwocky
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- Paul Myers 11 years ago
  
  Jabberwocky
  
  Right church. Wrong pew.
  
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  lcombs 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Paul Myers
  
  Right church. Wrong pew.
  
  Great analogy. I'll remember that one.
  
  So, here's another clue.
  
  "Twas brillig and the......."
  
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Jacqueline Smith 11 years ago

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??????
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Jacqueline Smith 11 years ago

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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- Paul Myers 11 years ago
  
  So, here's another clue.
  
  I got it immediately after I realized I'd picked the wrong line for the first response.
  
  What were the "Borogroves"?
  
  Mimsy, silly.
  
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HeySal 11 years ago

I thought it was more like silty troves or something of that nature.
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- Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago
  
  Slithy toves, I think? The borogroves were all mimsy and the mome raths outgrabe.
  
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- Paul Myers 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by HeySal
  
  I thought it was more like silty troves or something of that nature.
  
  Hmm. And here I thought it said "slutty toads."
  
  I always thought the idea of a gnome giraffe was kind of funny, though...
  
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Sumit Menon 11 years ago

So many questions... So, so many questions.
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lcombs 11 years ago

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,
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lcombs 11 years ago

Shall we continue?
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