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Post by ramone on Jul 1, 2013 16:23:55 GMT -5
"This is my own invention" Figureheads "And what IS this on my head?" she exclaimed in a tone of dismay, as she put her hands up to something very heavy, and fitted tight all round her head. "But how CAN it have got there without my knowing it?" she said to herself, as she lifted it off, and set it on her lap to make out what it could possibly be." "Well, this IS grand!" said Alice. "I never expected I should be a Queen so soon" See what can happen when you live your life on the square(s)?
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Post by linus on Jul 3, 2013 18:21:20 GMT -5
Hey Rube! Goodbye Rube Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Hei Rube, she came in through the bathroom window. Rube Gold Bug The Goldbug Variations during the 13th Bach tune
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 18:30:09 GMT -5
You say Goodbye. I say Hello.
Hello! Hello!
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Post by linus on Jul 3, 2013 21:23:34 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 5:55:42 GMT -5
lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 7:07:45 GMT -5
All in the golden afternoon is Lewis Carroll's prefatory poem in his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in which he recalls the afternoon on which he improvised the Alice in Wonderland story on a boat-trip from Oxford to Godstow, for the benefit of the three Liddell sisters, Lorina ('Prima'), Alice ('Secunda') and Edith ('Tertia').
All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make vain pretence Our wanderings to guide.
Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour, Beneath such dreamy weather, To beg a tale of breath too weak To stir the tiniest feather! Yet what can one poor voice avail Against three tongues together?
Imperious Prima flashes forth Her edict to "begin it": In gentler tones Secunda hopes "There will be nonsense in it!" While Tertia interrupts the tale Not more than once a minute.
Anon, to sudden silence won, In fancy they pursue The dream-child moving through a land Of wonders wild and new, In friendly chat with bird or beast— And half believe it true.
And ever, as the story drained The wells of fancy dry, And faintly strove that weary one To put the subject by, "The rest next time—" "It is next time!" The happy voices cry.
Thus grew the tale of Wonderland: Thus slowly, one by one, Its quaint events were hammered out— And now the tale is done, And home we steer, a merry crew, Beneath the setting sun.
Alice! A childish story take, And with a gentle hand, Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined In Memory's mystic band, Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers Pluck'd in far-off land.
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Post by linus on Aug 28, 2013 15:14:52 GMT -5
Jarv said: "When you read Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass you can easily see that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a parody of Carroll's story: *Alice takes a boat ride in a river *She encounters giant flowers *She encounters a rocking-horse creature and wants to know what it eats *She takes a train ride (with a beetle no less) John even calls the story out by name when he says: "looking glass ties." We find another reference to Through the Looking Glass in the song Getting Better. The lads sing the chorus: "Better, better, better," rising in pitch with each 'better.' Here are two relevant snippets from Through the Looking Glass, chapter V, Wool and Water: ...the Queen said, `that would have been better still; better, and better, and better!' Her voice went higher with each `better,' till it got quite to a squeak at last. `Oh, much better!' cried the Queen, her voice rising to a squeak as she went on. `Much be-etter! Be-etter! Be-e-e-etter! Be-e-ehh!' The last word ended in a long bleat, so like a sheep that Alice quite started." Whaddya think Jude? "Off with their heads!" (remind you of any PID clues?) Also interesting that in the Egyptian Book of Caverns (club), the travler *takes a boat ride on the river of Duat (the underworld) (submarine) *is asked questions, mostly the names of deities (you know my name), (and encounters a sequencing number of adversaries) *is accompanied during the latter part of the ride by a beetle. There are also many beheadings in the Egyptian Book of Caverns. Just learned that Jane Asher played the role of Alice as a youngster. and we all know Ringo played the Mock Turtle
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Post by superman on Aug 29, 2013 13:04:39 GMT -5
Just learned that Jane Asher played the role of Alice as a youngster. Well, heck.
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Post by Paul Bearer on Dec 14, 2018 9:02:04 GMT -5
Do you think the plane exploding in MMT might be Buddy Holly's plane?
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Post by B on Dec 15, 2018 14:27:31 GMT -5
I don't think so, but it was an interesting thought. Do you have reason to believe it is?
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Post by ekauqodielak on Mar 27, 2024 18:44:08 GMT -5
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Post by ramone on Mar 27, 2024 23:12:34 GMT -5
"Jun 5, 2013 at 12:37am ramone said: Jarv said:
"When you read Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass you can easily see that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a parody of Carroll's story:
*Alice takes a boat ride in a river *She encounters giant flowers *She encounters a rocking-horse creature and wants to know what it eats *She takes a train ride (with a beetle no less)
John even calls the story out by name when he says: "looking glass ties."
We find another reference to Through the Looking Glass in the song Getting Better. The lads sing the chorus: "Better, better, better," rising in pitch with each 'better.' Here are two relevant snippets from Through the Looking Glass, chapter V, Wool and Water:
...the Queen said, `that would have been better still; better, and better, and better!' Her voice went higher with each `better,' till it got quite to a squeak at last.
`Oh, much better!' cried the Queen, her voice rising to a squeak as she went on. `Much be-etter! Be-etter! Be-e-e-etter! Be-e-ehh!' The last word ended in a long bleat, so like a sheep that Alice quite started.""
And has been touched on before - We find some more "better, BETTER...." in Hey Jude.
If we didn't Know Better you'd think they'd planned it or something.
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Post by jarvitronics on Mar 28, 2024 13:47:00 GMT -5
"Jun 5, 2013 at 12:37am ramone said: Jarv said: "When you read Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass you can easily see that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a parody of Carroll's story: *Alice takes a boat ride in a river *She encounters giant flowers *She encounters a rocking-horse creature and wants to know what it eats *She takes a train ride (with a beetle no less) John even calls the story out by name when he says: "looking glass ties." We find another reference to Through the Looking Glass in the song Getting Better. The lads sing the chorus: "Better, better, better," rising in pitch with each 'better.' Here are two relevant snippets from Through the Looking Glass, chapter V, Wool and Water: ...the Queen said, `that would have been better still; better, and better, and better!' Her voice went higher with each `better,' till it got quite to a squeak at last. `Oh, much better!' cried the Queen, her voice rising to a squeak as she went on. `Much be-etter! Be-etter! Be-e-e-etter! Be-e-ehh!' The last word ended in a long bleat, so like a sheep that Alice quite started."" And has been touched on before - We find some more "better, BETTER...." in Hey Jude. If we didn't Know Better you'd think they'd planned it or something. Lol -j
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