tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4530672210345960726..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "I never saw a purple cow..." (updated)Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-89001821599654361782020-09-20T10:29:06.809-05:002020-09-20T10:29:06.809-05:00So, bank-robbing squirrel it is, then...So, bank-robbing squirrel it is, then...Bruce.desertrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434042422376320562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47762942873483194762020-09-13T22:45:07.702-05:002020-09-13T22:45:07.702-05:00The typo is fascinating. I doubt someone typed lo...The typo is fascinating. I doubt someone typed lots of individual copies of a that blurb, especially with the picture. <br /><br />I'd guess linotype, perhaps, though from the pictures I've seen, they didn't have a qwerty keyboard. Of course, the typo could have been initially in a typed copy and reproduced by the typesetter. (Or it could have been done on a older, letterpress machine, with the typo being reproduced from a typed copy.<br /><br />Or maybe someone's capital A looked quite rounded and the tail made it look like a Q?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47326017501830649352020-09-13T12:36:10.025-05:002020-09-13T12:36:10.025-05:00Gelett Burgess "Are You a Bromide?" htt...Gelett Burgess "Are You a Bromide?" http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10870 <br /><br />I-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50429101401573771842019-11-23T08:36:10.756-06:002019-11-23T08:36:10.756-06:00I'm always here, Pamela. I don't have a d...I'm always here, Pamela. I don't have a definitive answer for your questions. The blurb was written after the invention of the typewriter, and on the now-standard keyboard Q and A are adjacent, and "AM" would be appropriate in context, so I would read that as a typo. <br /><br />The dipping of hot air into Little Marjorie does sound like an unsafe sex practice, but I did find a couple references to this book -<br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=zTBCAAAAIAAJ&ots=affFjsziZM&dq=little%20marjorie%27s%20love%20story&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false<br /><br />- which was current at the time. Presumably the hot air exchange was conventional billing and cooing.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-37131766719184721702019-11-23T03:35:01.922-06:002019-11-23T03:35:01.922-06:00Anyone still here? Am I reading too much into the ...Anyone still here? Am I reading too much into the “blowing hot air into Little Marjorie”? What was he talking about? Making out? What is 4 QM? Another way of saying AM or PM? Help!PAMELA ROSShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120188351056978799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-63406295627987422132012-02-10T20:50:27.087-06:002012-02-10T20:50:27.087-06:00Being a professor of Computer Science like that co...Being a professor of Computer Science like that commenter doesn't make you an expert on chemistry or biology. You cannot make a computer by just putting a hard drive in a box. Tyrian purple is dibromoindigo, which means indigo with two bromides attached. Bromide doesn't magically form dibromoindigo anymore than that hard drive will magically make a computer. Indigo make blue jeans blue. To make a long story short, squirrels are not blue and do not make indigo. Without indigo, they cannot make dibromoindigo. Even if they did contain indigo it still probably wouldn't happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-33467780539602712662012-02-10T14:41:30.234-06:002012-02-10T14:41:30.234-06:00Saw the purple squirrel on Boing Boing, figured I&...Saw the purple squirrel on Boing Boing, figured I'd see if anyone here might agree with my guess as to what happened. Chemical toilet (aka port-a-potty) with the blue dye. I'd put money that either the squirrel accidentally fell in one, was tossed into one, or the contents of one was dumped on the squirrel.Nathan Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11133410531498321553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-87762643881752849572012-02-10T09:08:12.468-06:002012-02-10T09:08:12.468-06:00Just yesterday, I began filling out paperwork to r...Just yesterday, I began filling out paperwork to register my new business. Name of business? Purple Squirrel.<br /><br />And I was thinking of your rhyme. Mine came out something like this:<br />I never saw a purple squirrel<br />If I did, I just might hurl.<br />But, given some other things in this world, <br />It might not be bad to be a purple squirrelFUZZARELLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340378858926874634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-35311359496659336092012-02-09T17:18:54.161-06:002012-02-09T17:18:54.161-06:00Ah - Nash..."Candy is dandy but liquor is qui...Ah - Nash..."Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker."Skipweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454297424665652387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85986600382592119582012-02-09T17:18:25.741-06:002012-02-09T17:18:25.741-06:00Thank you! I will definetly have to try this.Thank you! I will definetly have to try this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-848016410343698342012-02-09T16:48:43.679-06:002012-02-09T16:48:43.679-06:00A couple more versions here -
http://en.wikipedia...A couple more versions here -<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_CowMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-32884574552848403722012-02-09T15:22:51.118-06:002012-02-09T15:22:51.118-06:00Skipweasel, I would have posted that one myself if...Skipweasel, I would have posted that one myself if you hadn't! I think Ogden Nash wrote that one, too. At least, I'm pretty sure I read it in a book of his poems.<br /><br />Re: the squirrel. I think people are overlooking the obvious. The squirrel activated a dye pack when stealing a truck full of bromide.I {heart} Rhodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406255574945987752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-26692012260514958472012-02-09T14:50:34.045-06:002012-02-09T14:50:34.045-06:00I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one....I never saw a purple cow,<br />I never hope to see one.<br />But from the milk we're getting now,<br />there certainly must be one.Skipweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454297424665652387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-6225299556111732102012-02-09T14:33:12.253-06:002012-02-09T14:33:12.253-06:00Recipe for you -
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,...Recipe for you -<br /><br />http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1613,137190-244197,00.htmlMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2984779212563845122012-02-09T14:22:47.430-06:002012-02-09T14:22:47.430-06:00I used to have a sailors hat with that poem on it....I used to have a sailors hat with that poem on it. With view holes in the brim that you could pull down over your eyes. The holes were filled with yellow tinted glazing so that you couldn't see any purple when looking through them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-23719648544940542122012-02-09T13:22:25.246-06:002012-02-09T13:22:25.246-06:00It is really strange. The title made me think of m...It is really strange. The title made me think of my childhood. My father used to make a "Purple Cow" float for us on Sundays. It is very simple and consists of Vanilla Ice Cream and Grape Soda. Yummy! I haven't had one in years, but I might have to have one this summer. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-15362377949769296102012-02-09T13:09:35.240-06:002012-02-09T13:09:35.240-06:00How very strange, like when I saw pictures of a bl...How very strange, like when I saw pictures of a blue lobsterThat One Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16114960328419423148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-58606592246620361632012-02-09T12:30:18.482-06:002012-02-09T12:30:18.482-06:00Bourbon, please. Or a cheap white wine.Bourbon, please. Or a cheap white wine.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-70578924979588099742012-02-09T11:22:49.619-06:002012-02-09T11:22:49.619-06:00My mother taught me that rhyme, and her mother tau...My mother taught me that rhyme, and her mother taught it to her. Thanks for reviving the memories.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299555365146985570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-88508886066484811132012-02-09T10:43:53.087-06:002012-02-09T10:43:53.087-06:00How entertaining. You have risen on my list as th...How entertaining. You have risen on my list as the person I would most like to drink a beer with.Jeannnnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22875456031685229512012-02-09T10:15:37.553-06:002012-02-09T10:15:37.553-06:00that is an incredible coincidence.
I thought the ...that is an incredible coincidence.<br /><br />I thought the two thoughts were connected.<br /><br />Let us know if you read any updates about the squirrel. I'm curious to find out whether it was bromide or a bank robbery.flux biota.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07881075272912004234noreply@blogger.com