Prunes and Prism

RULES FOR YOUNG LADIES: Some arch advice on snagging a husband. Exercising the mouth into a pretty shape through repetition of certain words seems to have been an indoor sport for young nineteenth-century girls; in Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens' overly bred girl repeats, "papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism." (Merrycoz.org)

Thursday, July 06, 2006

The rabbits discuss Gorbachev.

This bunny comes from Disapproving Rabbits, a site much beloved unto me. The Comrade says this one looks like an old Communist granddaddy who grumps that perestroika made it all but impossible to get a decent carrot.

My apologies for the long radio silence.

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