tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post4163358624832025916..comments2023-10-31T07:32:11.739-04:00Comments on Wormtalk and Slugspeak: Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566889846240013567noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-90148982171028129952014-02-20T19:54:48.072-05:002014-02-20T19:54:48.072-05:00I think it is funny that this person posing as a l...I think it is funny that this person posing as a literal scholar would call out Boynton on leaving 6 hippos at the party, yet doesn't notice the the first hippo only called 2 hippos. It never showed up and thus, in the way of this article, were never at the party. So, of you do the math, as this article would like you to do, there are only 5 hippos left at the party, not the 7 it says there would be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343376343334160346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-43937504610567896792010-02-07T02:05:23.745-05:002010-02-07T02:05:23.745-05:00I thoroughly agree that the mystery of the 6 "...I thoroughly agree that the mystery of the 6 "lost" hippos is worth further investigation. But I have another question for this esteemed forum: why did the beast go home with the working hippos and not with the hippos he came with? Did he come to the party to get a job? Did they 'get rid of him' by shipping him off home with the workers?Jo Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663424767990740348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-50403935642691290702009-06-13T02:39:58.084-04:002009-06-13T02:39:58.084-04:00Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for highlighting ...Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for highlighting the fraud perpetrated by the scholars of the Oxford-Cambridge axis upon the rest of the world. That damn Bryhtferth, couldn't he just leave well enough alone and not perpetrate all of these forgeries?Bramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849671582131855171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-86918831032180973922009-03-10T19:35:00.000-04:002009-03-10T19:35:00.000-04:00I disagree with your analysis. This is no forgery;...I disagree with your analysis. This is no forgery; only an attempt by Boynton to spare her younger audience the truth of the horrible acts and consequence that occurred. The 7 'berserk' hippos murdered 6 'distressed' hippos and left their homeland as outlaws, to be followed by the most of the other hippos traveling to all corners bent on revenge. Note, the use of the term berserk, is a clue linking this story to some lost Nordic saga upon which this story is obviously based.Richard Reitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615625106964491572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-41093365320206606722009-02-02T15:03:00.000-05:002009-02-02T15:03:00.000-05:00This reminds me of the classic midrash on Goodnigh...This reminds me of <A HREF="http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/001133.html" REL="nofollow">the classic midrash on <I>Goodnight Moon</I></A>...Derek the Ænglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625110461660458291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-90108610865489694942009-01-29T08:42:00.000-05:002009-01-29T08:42:00.000-05:00If we are talking inconsistencies, Arthur's April ...If we are talking inconsistencies, <I>Arthur's April Fool</I> supposedly by Marc Brown, my 18 months favorite these days, has April Fools on the second of April. Making it almost unreadable should I have such optionsrebekahknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281411845739064839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-5358627173410280452009-01-28T19:21:00.000-05:002009-01-28T19:21:00.000-05:00What if it is really saying that 13 hippos set off...What if it is really saying that 13 hippos set off heading west, but 7 of them then left the other 6 behind?<BR/><BR/>I think we need a symposium on this.<BR/><BR/>;pKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096829586344513927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-72107659805069549152009-01-27T23:04:00.000-05:002009-01-27T23:04:00.000-05:00This is scandalous! Earthshattering! Legions of ch...This is scandalous! Earthshattering! Legions of children will be scarred! I foresee a huge flurry of lawsuits, all claiming intellectual property theft... or maybe just emotional suffering.<BR/><BR/>(I've read that one waaaaay too many times myself, but not as many times as "But not the Hippopotamus")Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14894152513746944497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-26600477748304871802009-01-27T19:21:00.000-05:002009-01-27T19:21:00.000-05:00Indeed. Boynton is precise in her works, especiall...Indeed. Boynton is precise in her works, especially with regards to hippos.<BR/><BR/>You, sir, have done the reading public a service by exposing this fraud for what it is.meephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893035949118989768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-42061674186328718182009-01-27T12:50:00.000-05:002009-01-27T12:50:00.000-05:00Perhaps "Leave" is in the imperative?Perhaps "Leave" is in the imperative?Oscar + Tashihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950322776370528177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-10698742781453657092009-01-26T17:07:00.000-05:002009-01-26T17:07:00.000-05:00I cannot tell you how awesome this post is. But I...I cannot tell you how awesome this post is. But I might hint at its greatness by saying -- it's really, really awesome.<BR/><BR/>My two favorite things, together at last. Sandra Boynton and the 10th century. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps you could look into problems posed by the Going-to-Bed book next. Is the Moon high? Is the Sea deep? More importantly, why is it that when the moon is on the rise the animals all exercise? On whose authority are such things claimed, I wonder. ;)Mary Kate Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892991966276345782noreply@blogger.com