Alpo Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I never have. Is it Tweedledee and Tweedledum, or Tweedledum and Tweedledee? Are they always listed in the same order? It's Jack and Jill, not Jill and Jack. Donny and Marie, not Marie and Donny. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, not Tonto and The Lone Ranger (well, except for that Johnny Depp one). I just came across a reference to Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and I thought it went the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Chapter 4 of Through the looking glass is actually titled Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Most references ona quick search list them 'Dum then 'Dee, including this nursery rhyme: Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoiled his nice new rattle. Just then flew down a monstrous crow, As black as a tar-barrel; Which frightened both the heroes so, They quite forgot their quarrel. There is also a note in Wiki (if you believe or trust wiki anything) about the origins of the names twiddledum and twiddledee, cut and copied below: The words "Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee" make their first appearance in print in "one of the most celebrated and most frequently quoted (and sometimes misquoted) epigrams", satirising the disagreements between George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Bononcini, written by John Byrom (1692–1763): Some say, compar'd to Bononcini That Mynheer Handel's but a Ninny Others aver, that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a Candle Strange all this Difference should be 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee! Although Byrom is clearly the author of the epigram, the last two lines have also been attributed to Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope.[1] While the familiar form of the rhyme was not printed until around 1805, when it appeared in Original Ditties for the Nursery, it is possible that Byrom was drawing on an existing rhyme. Yes, to answer your obvious question...I am extremely bored sitting here at work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I've long held that Lewis Carrol (aka "Charles Lutwidge Dodgson") had shared the Caterpillar's hookah... and it wasn't loaded with shisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 An artist by the name of James Christensen (now deceased), which I collected in years past, included them in his expansive collection of figures to represent in both artwork and porcelain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Alpo said: I never have. Is it Tweedledee and Tweedledum, or Tweedledum and Tweedledee? Are they always listed in the same order? It's Jack and Jill, not Jill and Jack. Donny and Marie, not Marie and Donny. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, not Tonto and The Lone Ranger (well, except for that Johnny Depp one). I just came across a reference to Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and I thought it went the other way. Perhaps you should Go Ask Alice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I couldn't resist. White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the one's that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah, smoking caterpillar Has given you the call Call Alice When she was just small When men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is movin' slow Go ask Alice I think, she'll know When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead And the white knight is talking backwards And the red queen's off with her head Remember what the dormouse said Feed your head Feed your head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Now it's a cruise ship theme song. I don't get that one. I did read the book although it has been debunked as a diary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said: Perhaps you should Go Ask Alice. 54 minutes ago, Calamity Kris said: I couldn't resist. White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the one's that mother gives you Don't do anything at all.... Ya ready for this? Grace Slick is 80 years old. How the heck did THAT ever happen? I'm surprised she didn't cash in her chips fifty years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Just now, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Ya ready for this? Grace Slick is 80 years old. How the heck did THAT ever happen? I'm surprised she didn't cash in her chips fifty years ago. Maybe her and Keith Richards have the same "doctor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 26 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: Maybe her and Keith Richards have the same "doctor". He was recommended to them by Betty White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Whoo are yoou? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Ya ready for this? Grace Slick is 80 years old. How the heck did THAT ever happen? I'm surprised she didn't cash in her chips fifty years ago. And I heard her and the Airplane at school dances at Cal in 1966, along with Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janice Joplin. Kid you not. Was a freshman frat boy, so it makes me 72... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said: Whoo are yoou? Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 5 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: Perhaps you should Go Ask Alice. I assumed that you were talking about the Go Ask Alice site run by Columbia University. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Go Ask Alice. I think she'll know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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