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Prohibition and Andy Volstead’s Rapture
In Arthur C. Gulliver’s description of Lilliputian Drinking Laws, the ordinary reader will have no trouble spotting that the Lilliputian word ruquat, denoting a type of Lilliputian drinking vessel, is a near anagram for the English quart, having only the … Continue reading
Posted in Customs, Joseph Martin Cunningham, Language, Poetry, Politics, Prohibition, Word Play
Tagged Andrew Volstead, atheism, bathtub gin, Bizarro, Christianity, drinking, dry, egotism, End of Days, Flight of Souls, Heaven, Hell, holier-than-thou, humor, Joseph Cunningham, laws, Lilliput, Lilliputian customs, Louis Comfort Tiffany, May 21 2011, National Prohibition Act, parody, Pearly Gates, politics, Prohibition, quart, Randew Olvedts, Rapchaists, Rapture, ruquat, saint, sinner, St. Peter, thgbainbut, Volstead Act, whiskey
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Lilliputian Drinking Laws
After an incident with a Lilliputian drunk driver, I suspected Lilliputian attitudes toward drinking were different than our own. The banquet in observance of the eve of the national Lilliputian elections further confirmed my suspicions. The Donkgop, Medid Wherding, led … Continue reading
Posted in Arthur C. Gulliver, Customs, Government, Joseph Martin Cunningham, Language, There's a New Shuffle in Lilliput
Tagged Admiral Spraygrees, Andrew Volstead, bathtub gin, Donkgop, drinking, drunk, drunkeness, elections, liquor, Medid Wherding, Nitpooperler Hirear, Onk Watwil, Prohibition, Randew Olvedts, ruquats, scazpop, spiritus frumenti, thgbainbut, whiskey
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Lilliputian Handshakes
The Donkgop filed down the stairway followed by the men of State. Upon reaching the ground he showed me his right hand which I perceived to be bound thickly in bandages. He also turned around to show me a pillow … Continue reading
Posted in Arthur C. Gulliver, Customs, Joseph Martin Cunningham, There's a New Shuffle in Lilliput
Tagged Gulliver, Joseph Cunningham, Lilliput, Lilliputian customs, Lilliputian greetings, scatological humor, spanking
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