Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought –
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
With apologies to John Tenniel
The one where I take a stand-up comedy class
Twas the night
Avitable: Tshirt Whore
Obviously.
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@Grant, indubitably.
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Twitter: thegoddesscher
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One of my all time favorites.
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@CP, mine too.
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Twitter: VerdantDude
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Looking forward to the new Alice in Wonderland movie?
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@B.E. Earl, yeah, going to see it in a few hours.
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Twitter: leeleykeel
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gorgeous. do you have an etsy site? i could embroider the shit out of your drawings. and i am only 74% kidding.
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@leel, I have a shop I set up but don’t use for anything. I don’t think anyone would want to buy embroidered Avitable art.
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Your Jabberwock has two tails.
Oh wait. Never mind.
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@Mighty Hunter, one is a frumious Bandersnatch.
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Lot of time on your hands lately, is it?
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@RW, I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not. If yes, you are being sarcastic, then no, I haven’t had a lot of time on my hands, so I just drew something quick. If you’re not, I’m hoping that you realize I didn’t make up the poem.
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@Avitable, sarcastic? ME???? lol…
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Twitter: LeSombre
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You Sir, have the soul of a poet and the mind of a 12 year-old playing Dungeon & Dragons.
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@LeSombre, this is the poem from Alice in Wonderland verbatim.
I didn’t write it.
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Twitter: LeSombre
, March 5th, 2010: 2:32 PM
@Avitable, I know, I Googled that shit. I still think you have the soul of a poet – with your drawing.
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hahahaha the middle tail on your monster looks like a long, skinny, penis! But with a point that would NOT feel good. Ouch, keep away!!!
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@Marta, oh, you’d like it.
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Are those valid words for Scrabble?
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@Hockeymandad, yup!
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Twitter: Amanda234
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I’m both terrified and intrigued by your pointy penis
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@Amanda, I’ll remember that if we ever meet.
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Excellent, Sir.
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@Sybil Law, thank you, ma’am.
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Twitter: thepsychobabble
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I’m so excited about the new Alice in Wonderland. It combines my favorite childhood story, my favorite director and my favorite free-fuck (you know, from the list of people your spouse can’t hold against you?). This movie, in theory, should be awesome.
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@thepsychobabble, I just saw it. It looked awesome. The script is kind of bland, but the visuals are amazing. See it in 3D.
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Is that a tail between his legs or is he just happy to see us?
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@Fluffycat, little bit from Column A and a little bit from Column B.
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@Fluffycat, I ThOUGHT it looked like a penis too!!!
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So apparently this is D&D related? I only know because the fiance reading over my shoulder busted into nerd speak about some sword, axe, vorpel something! about rolling a 20… i dunno. Nerds
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@Mary, it’s not D&D related. It’s English literature related. This is a poem written by Lewis Carroll that’s used by English professors to teach about context, portmanteau, and nonsense words.
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i sang this song in high school with an ensemble. it was frabjous.
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Thanks dude. I had go look up portmanteau. I went to high school in the 1870′s and couldn’t remember the definition.
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I once had to memorize a poem for English class and chose this one. I’ll still recite it now and then if I get a decent buzz.
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I performed that song my sophomore year of college *lub*
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Twitter: coalminersgd
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Soooo, the Jabberwock’s penis is long and pointed?
Owie.
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