Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 29, 2015

Nope. I still don’t have any idea yet.

I’m going with Captain Nemo. He’s french, underwater and the hula hoop must represent the sub.

Snicker-snack.

He’ll be kicked out of school if he pulls out a blade!

I’m going out on a limb here with Moby Dick. Great white whale with barnacles swimming circles (hoop) around Ahab (Abe, fivers?) Yah….. maybe not….

Twas brillo on the silly toes…

Jabberwocky.

Last word balloon is a dead giveaway.“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves” is the first line in Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky.

Brillo>Brilligsilly toes>slithy tovesgyrate>gyre (hula hoop)gamble>gimble (see the dollar bills?)mime>mimsy or mome (face painted white)

I was thinking Alan Sillitoe, but I cannot match the rest of the props.

flintcrow had it. And treblemaker. SKS summed it up.

Good thing someone told us it was Brillo, I couldn’t tell.

Is VorPal™ anything like PayPal®?

Nice work, Stan. I sure didn’t get it before today, that’s for sure. I totally missed the gamble part.

Ditto the above, Stan. If that is not the answer, it should be. :)

What’s with the mask and snorkel? In the wave/wabe?

BTW: I think you are right, @Stan King but won’t we all be chagrined if you aren’t?

flintcrow and treblemaker had it before me. Caulfield is doing one line of the poem each day.Tuesday: Twas Brillo on the silly toesWednesday: Did gyrate and gamble in the waveThursday: All mimesy were the…And tomorrow, “And the mome raths outgrabe” or somesuch.I think this is one of the best Jef has done.

Unfortunately, I’m not sticking with me :-)Stan got it right!

Yep, Jabberwocky.

“Twas brillig on the slithy toves!”

As soon as I saw “Brillo on the Silly Toes” I knew where it was going, but it took Stan King’s explanation to pull it all together.

Jabberwocky, of course, from Alice in Wonderland!

That clue was a huge help, I had no idea that was Brillo on his feet. I thought it was a flower of some kind.Does this mean that Mrs. Olsen will be getting a vorpal blade to deal with Caulfield?

JabberwockyBY LEWIS CARROLL’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 hast 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.

’Twas brillig in the slithy tovesDid myre and wimble in the wabeAll mimsy were the borogrovesAnd the mome raths, outgrabe

Apologies for spelling, I know it off by heart, but haven’t read it many years!

I haven’t figured out the money yet, unless it’s a symbol of avarice. But I think he’s the elf (strange shoes) named Mime (classic whiteface and shirt) from the Ring of the Nibelung (hula hoop).

Jabberwocky?“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves …..”

Sounds good but what’s with the diving mask??

“Did gyre and gimble in the wabe”? Wabe……wave?? Diving thru the wave?

Sorry …. Wrote that before reading everything from you guys.

I’ll go out on a limb and say “The Idiot.”

Come to me my beamish boy.

A Man for All Seasons

Alice would be so pleased!

Ooh, that’s another good one, MM. It accounts for the mime shirt and snorkel gear, but how does it account for the Brillo pads and hula hoop?

All mimsy were the borogoves,All mimesy (white-face and striped shirt) were the borrowgoves (money carelessly handled)

Just figured out Caulfield’s inspiration (from Monday’s strip). What happens when you type in nonsense words into a smartphone with autocorrect?

jabbberwocky

Way above my literary IQ! Had it been a formula…. :-)

Going a long way for “Jabberwocky.” BTW, there’s a word buried therein coined by Carroll that we use to this day.

I got this two strips ago. I mean no malice to the writer but this is nothing short of wonderful.

“Some people still don’t understand Poe’s Law.”Maybe Poe’s Law is a parody of human folly regarding imagined intellectual superiority.How would one know?

Ah, lovely idea in any case! Rather creative in any case!Very happy to see it across my morning cereal, that’s for sure! :-)