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I had an argument with my sister that MUST be resolved. She'd never heard of the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and I said I think at least 75% of ToOers have heard of it. She said that only 20% had. (she'd never heard of it so she assumes no one else has) Anyway.... VOTE IN THE POLL. And *gasp* for those who haven't heard of it... CLICKY THE SPOILER. And I apologize for the randomness of this....
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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, has 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.
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I hate to support your sister in any way, but I've never read (and barely have heard of) the poem.
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I don't know if I've actually read it--I've only read Through The Looking Glass, not Alice's Adventures in Wonderland--but I've definitely heard of it.
To say.... well, I never read any of Lewis Carroll's books. But "Jabberwocky" was at least a term used in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, so I can associate the name. Never read the poem or anything. I never really saw even the first "Alice in Wonderland" - the cartoon one. So, I'm not sure that helps either you or your sister's cases... lol. I'm not one for uh... well, whatever Alice in Wonderland is. I just never got into it.
Danielle Abigail Maxwell wrote:To say.... well, I never read any of Lewis Carroll's books. But "Jabberwocky" was at least a term used in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, so I can associate the name. Never read the poem or anything. I never really saw even the first "Alice in Wonderland" - the cartoon one. So, I'm not sure that helps either you or your sister's cases... lol. I'm not one for uh... well, whatever Alice in Wonderland is. I just never got into it.
Danielle Abigail Maxwell wrote:To say.... well, I never read any of Lewis Carroll's books. But "Jabberwocky" was at least a term used in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, so I can associate the name. Never read the poem or anything. I never really saw even the first "Alice in Wonderland" - the cartoon one. So, I'm not sure that helps either you or your sister's cases... lol. I'm not one for uh... well, whatever Alice in Wonderland is. I just never got into it.
Hallucinatory horror fairy tales?
Uh, not in that way... lol. Sure, why not? Hallucinatory horror fairy tales!
No, I just never got into Alice in Wonderland as it was... I know, I can't accurately say why. Maybe it just wasn't popular in my childhood. I love the Tim Burton version though. But I don't know how different that one is from the cartoon version...
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I've read it for school, and Dr. Watson had it memorized at a certain point...not sure if he can still quote the entire thing or not.
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She'd never heard of the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and I said I think at least 75% of ToOers have heard of it. She said that only 20% had. (she'd never heard of it so she assumes no one else has) Anyway.... VOTE IN THE POLL. 
And *gasp* for those who haven't heard of it... CLICKY THE SPOILER. 
But I don't know how different that one is from the cartoon version...
And I saw the recent Alice film, though not the original cartoon.
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