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Prohibition and Andy Volstead’s Rapture

Posted on May 22, 2011 by cunningba

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 →

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The Springer Times, May 13, 1921

Posted on March 9, 2011 by cunningba

On Friday, May 13, 1921, The Springer Times published their Springer High School Edition. It reads much like school newspapers everywhere, featuring articles on school sports, activities, and writings by the students. At the time, Joseph Cunningham was 16 years … Continue reading →

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A Trip to New Mexico in 1955

Posted on February 27, 2011 by cunningba

Joe was a teacher, so he had the whole summer off from school too when I was a kid. Before he retired in 1960, we would travel around the Western United States for three to four weeks every year. He … Continue reading →

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Word Play

Posted on February 5, 2011 by cunningba

Unabashedly punny and anagrammatic, my father did not withhold this side of his wit in his novel. The new Lilliput is a world filled with scazpops, zingpups, fezerdicks, snickdids, paynetakitors, zangnuts, estibelobs, Nitpooperlers, popweezers, scatchmanmond, moronsnidge, Scakadors, sharis, disthedons, crinkplunks, … Continue reading →

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Lilliputian Handshakes

Posted on January 30, 2011 by arthur.gulliver

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 →

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Football at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Posted on January 23, 2011 by cunningba

While watching the Steelers and Jets in the AFC Championship Game today, one of the announcers said that the first Pro-Bowl took place 40 years ago today. I thought, “That can’t be right!” I remember attending a Pro-Bowl sometime in … Continue reading →

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Prohibition and Andy Volstead’s Rapture

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A Trip to New Mexico in 1955

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