Episode 2467: Oh, the Places I’ve Bin!
Both of Phasma's quotes in this strip are from T.S. Eliot, a poet with a considerable range. The first one is from "The Waste Land", probably Eliot's most famous piece of Proper poetry, a work often assigned in schools:
Both of Phasma's quotes in this strip are from T.S. Eliot, a poet with a considerable range. The first one is from "The Waste Land", probably Eliot's most famous piece of Proper poetry, a work often assigned in schools:
The second is from "Macavity: The Mystery Cat", one of the poems from his book of comic verse Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. It's probably most widely known these days as a song in the musical Cats which completely fails to get the joke:And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
The title of the strip, on the other hand, is from Dr. Seuss.Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.
He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:
At whatever time the deed took place—Macavity wasn't there!
Statistics: Posted by anobium — 20 May 2024 09:22