Friday, February 01, 2008
Another Rum One
More proof that, as the man said, the world is queerer than we suppose (or can suppose) - take a look at this...
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A blog about, among other things, imaginary ideas - What ifs? and Imagine thats. What if photographs looked nothing like what we see with our eyes? Imagine that the Berlin Wall had never come down. What if we were the punchline of an interminable joke? All contributions welcome.
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If they'd asked me to name it I'd say it was a clanger hamster or, as we say in the trade, swanneewhistlus postgatis. I wonder what other things it is 'more closely related to'?
ReplyDeleteA masterstroke of taxonomy, Ian!
ReplyDeleteian russell said: I wonder what other things it is 'more closely related to'?
ReplyDeleteThat's easy. Just look at the blighter. As the Tory MP said, "My lavishly paid brother-in-law I mean occasionally remunerated research assistant Mr Swanneewhistlus?" Tap tap. "He has his nose very close to the ground, old boy."