tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post5826901372098083045..comments2023-10-26T10:02:51.761-04:00Comments on Dr. C.: Friday Crab Blogging (late)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post-45980134568310223972010-03-04T08:00:52.319-05:002010-03-04T08:00:52.319-05:00Mr. Crabs is visiting Stonehenge? Or is he being a...Mr. Crabs is visiting Stonehenge? Or is he being attacked (or admired?) by a pack of green squares (the bane of all very cool crabs)?Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post-88502495006503714222010-03-01T10:17:33.894-05:002010-03-01T10:17:33.894-05:00And if you read down the page of "Evenings of...And if you read down the page of "Evenings of a Working Man" you would find that "Tom 'tabbers his crabs' a moment longer..". You see, crabs always appear at the most opportune time. <br /><br />Now "tabbers" is an interesting word. It appears in the following <a href="http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/dung15.htm" rel="nofollow"> bawdy ballad</a>:<br /><br />With hammer on kettle he tabbers all day,<br />At night he will tumble on strumil or hay;<br />He calls me his jewel, his delicate duck,<br />And then he will take up my smicket to -<br /> This way etc.<br /><br />I wonder if that is a <a href="http://www.lemonysnicket.com/" rel="nofollow">lemony</a> smicketDr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255898610620668624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post-68083710733882138092010-03-01T00:23:19.156-05:002010-03-01T00:23:19.156-05:00"Scrummy": surprisingly old. Earliest OE..."Scrummy": surprisingly old. Earliest <i>OED</i> citation is:<br /><br />"Excellent, fine, ‘smashing’; enjoyable, delicious: 1915 MRS. H. WARD Eltham House i. 14 You've got to change and rest..before dinner!.. You've got to put on a scrummy frock too!"<br /><br />But these days Google Books easily tops that: <a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6nwrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187&dq=scrummy&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1800&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1920&as_brr=0&client=firefox-a&cd=8#v=onepage&q=scrummy&f=false" rel="nofollow">1844</a>.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post-44190872546985623942010-02-28T23:10:33.430-05:002010-02-28T23:10:33.430-05:00You can bake gorgeous, scrummy muffins and cupcake...You can bake gorgeous, scrummy muffins and cupcakes without the need of a muffin tin by simply filling with cake mixture and placing on a baking tin. <br /><br />Scrummy?????? That would be Rugby talk for something indelicateDr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255898610620668624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post-37618229690474628592010-02-28T21:25:19.366-05:002010-02-28T21:25:19.366-05:00I was so fixated on the red claws that didn't ...I was so fixated on the red claws that didn't notice until looking closely at the picture that they're "silicone cake cases". Even ignoring the side thought that this might be a euphemism for brassiere, I really can't intuitively believe in <a href="http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Pastel-Silicone-Cake-Cases.html" rel="nofollow">them</a>. I was brought up with any flexible plastic turning melty and toxic at oven temperature; even though I know intellectually that silicone cookware is real, my gut feeling is that it's an impossible abomination.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com