Saturday, June 21, 2008

The Mice Sneezed!

But no sooner had he finished speaking than all the Mice turned round at once, and sneezed at him in an appalling and vindictive manner, (and it is impossible to imagine a more scroobious and unpleasant sound than that caused by the simultaneous sneezing of many millions of angry Mice)...

-Edward Lear, The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear, 98.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That reminds me of tap dancing pidgins.

Beth said...

Ah, but that is true of so many things...

Beth said...

Speaking of tap dancing pigeons, Disney will CLOSE the Adventurer's Club this September. Most tragic.