I made the mistake of listening to this - but not for very long. Then I read about the creation of the Smurfs and that was actually rather interesting in a surreal kind of way.
Curtiosity, Doc, was a disease I caught whilst swimming with pirahnas in the great, grey-green greasy Limpopo river. I find it a great boon - especially when confronted by one of your links.
The abstract noun "curtiosity" derives from the adjective "curtiose". This does not mean, as many wrongly suppose, "having hairy buttocks" - which is "dasypygal" (Google it, I kid you not!) The word slots neatly into the tune at the top of all this rubbish
"Smurfs are quite dasypygal. This is really typical. Some have blue and some have pink hairy buttocks - and I think that old git with all that growth likely has a bit of both."
Thank you for stopping by. To make life easier for you I have turned off the new indecipherable and time-wasting verification words. Would you care to "feedback" to Blogger and complain about them, like I did?
The beard and the bowler just about clinch the enjoyment factor - pity about the tune...
ReplyDeleteI made the mistake of listening to this - but not for very long. Then I read about the creation of the Smurfs and that was actually rather interesting in a surreal kind of way.
ReplyDeleteJabblog, you're as bad as me! I had to read up loads, as well. It's the satiable curtiosity striking again...
ReplyDeleteP.S. Everybody -
ReplyDeleteI have it on good authority, Dr FTSE is the one on the right...
Jinksy . . "curtiosity" Tell us more about this curtiosity! Excessive curtness? Excessive courtesy? Unrequited curtseying?
ReplyDeleteCurtiosity, Doc, was a disease I caught whilst swimming with pirahnas in the great, grey-green greasy Limpopo river. I find it a great boon - especially when confronted by one of your links.
ReplyDeleteJabblog - they got onto UK "Top of the Pops" at the zenith of their notoriety! Amazing what the Great British Public will put up with!
ReplyDeleteJinksy, do you mean the one on the right at 1:22?
ReplyDeleteCurtiosity!!! Fabulous word, Jinksy. Don't tell me it was accidental. I know better.
Indeed, Deb - curtiosity was Rudyard Kipling's invention in the Just So Stories
ReplyDeleteThe abstract noun "curtiosity" derives from the adjective "curtiose". This does not mean, as many wrongly suppose, "having hairy buttocks" - which is "dasypygal" (Google it, I kid you not!) The word slots neatly into the tune at the top of all this rubbish
ReplyDelete"Smurfs are quite dasypygal.
This is really typical.
Some have blue and some have pink
hairy buttocks - and I think
that old git with all that growth
likely has a bit of both."
(I'll get me coat)
You really should learn to spell Doc... especially daysypgal...
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