[KLUG Advocacy] re: In the latest SCOttlebutt...
Andrew Thompson
advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:24:54 -0500
On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 11:26, Peter Buxton wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 03:01:55AM -0500, Mike Williams was only escaped
> alone to tell thee:
>
> > OK, since it's a Peter Sellers movie, maybe it could be considered a
> > Loony Toons reference, but no Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, or elephants!
>
> I think the phrase 'the mouse that roared' is older than the movie. And
> we've seen such things in cartoons as well. Besides, the like the image
> of an elephant beating a mouse to death with Sylvester. ;-)
Yes, the phrase is at least as old as the book. *grin* It WAS the part
about Sylvester I liked, but figured it would be better to include that
full section for context.
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Andrew Thompson <apthmpsn@imagerie.com>
The Imagerie (www.imagerie.com)