Peckham Make-up Tutorial (Paul Kindersley)
3 Cheers for Pooh!
(For Who?)
For Pooh-
(Why what did he do?)
I thought you knew;
He saved his friend from a wetting!
3 Cheers for Bear!
(For where?)
For Bear-
He couldn’t swim,
But he rescued him!
(He rescued who?)
Oh, listen, do!
I am talkin of Pooh-
(Of who?)
Of Pooh!
(I’m sorry I keep forgetting).
Well, Pooh was a Bear of Enormous Brain-
(Just say it again!)
Of enormous brain-
(Of enormous what?)
Well, he ate a lot,
And I don’t know if he could swim or not,
But he managed to float
On a sort of boat
(On a sort of what?)
Well, A sort of pot-
So now let’s give him three hearty cheers
(So now let’s give him three hearty whiches!)
And hope he’ll be with us for years and years,
And grow in health and wisdom and riches!
3 Cheers for Pooh!
(For who?)
For Pooh-
3 Cheers for Bear!
(For where?)
For Bear-
3 Cheers for the wonderful Winnie-the-Pooh!
(Just tell me, somebody - WHAT DID HE DO?)
the woman who mixes surrealism with 19th century engravings - ruth marten
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i love this woman, debating purchasing her book.
Milo and Tock wandered up and down the aisles looking at the wonderful assortment of words for sale. There were short ones and easy ones for everyday use, and long and very important ones for special occasions, and even some marvelously fancy ones packed in individual gift boxes for use in royal decrees and pronouncements.
“Step right up, step right up - fancy, best-quality words right here,” announced one man in a booming voice. “Step right up - ah, what can I do for you, little boy? How about a nice bagful of pronouns - or maybe you’d like our special assortment of names?”
Milo had never thought much about words before, but these looked so good that he longed to have some.
“Look, Tock,” he cried, “aren’t they wonderful?”
“They’re fine, if you have something to say,” replied Tock in a tired voice, for he was much more interested in finding a bone than in shopping for new words.
“Maybe if I buy some I can learn how to use them,” said Milo eagerly as he began to pick through the words in the stall. Finally he chose three which looked particularly good to him - “quagmire,” “flabbergast,” and “upholstery.” He had no idea what they meant, but they looked very grand and elegant.
“How much are these?” he inquired, and when the man whispered the answer he quickly put them back on the shelf and started to walk away.
this was one of my favorite books as a child, good fun rereading it.
Then Nina said a propos of the film, “All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I’d sooner go to my dentist any day.”
Adam said, “You’ll enjoy it more next time.”
Nina said, “Nest time,” and told him that he took too much for granted.
Adam said that was a phrase which only prositutes used.
Then they started a real quarrel which lasted all through the film and all the way to Nina’s flat and all the time she was cutting up a lemon and making a cocktail, until Adam said that if she didn’t stop going on he would ravish her there and then on her own hearth-rug.
Then Nina went on.
But by the time that Adam went to dress she had climbed down eough to admit that perhaps love was a thing one could grow to be fond of after a time, like smoking a pipe. Still she maintained that it made one feel very ill at first, and she doubted if it was worth it.
Then they began to argue at the top of the lift about whether acquired tastes were ever worth acquiring. Adam sait it was imitation, and that it was natural to man to be imitative, so that aquired tastes were natural.
But the presence of the lift boy stopped that argument coming to a solution as the other had done.
