Re: They meet by night

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:48 pm

I'm having one of my occasional bouts of annoyance that The Monkey's Paw is called The Monkey's Paw when monkeys don't have paws. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:48 pm

Edgar Allan Poe, get your act together. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:49 pm

I'll just check to see if he came up with any other story titles that were incorrect.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:49 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:50 pm

He wrote a poem called Fanny.

That says it all. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:51 pm

He wrote a poem called The Coliseum.

That's not how you spell Colosseum. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:53 pm

He wrote a story called Metzengerstein.

That's just a random selection of letters. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:55 pm

It turns out he didn't write The Monkey's Paw.

It was written by W. W. Jacobs. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:55 pm

I don't have a clue who that was. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:58 pm

He is dead.

by Fangirl Three Tue Dec 14, 2021 8:59 am

George Orwell refers to him in Good Bad Books as someone who writes short stories about British adventurers in the Far East. I opened one of his books in the library once and was able to confirm that impression.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:09 pm

Let's watch an ellyfump give birth. happy

https://twitter.com/MorissaSchwartz/status/1491146322845782017

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:28 pm

What a lovely mantis. happy

https://twitter.com/jaingurug/status/1493218678812209154

by Fangirl Three Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:45 am

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:24 pm

Tomorrow, the date'll be 22/02/2022 which reads the same backwards as forwards but, also, the same upside down as the right way round.

by Nightjar Tue Feb 22, 2022 12:38 am

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Aug 21, 2022 12:26 am

https://twitter.com/TG22110/status/1560728347746996226

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Sep 23, 2022 9:46 pm

Ten years ago, when I had my trip to Devon, I mentioned that, passing Birminghamshire, I'd seen some mountains with pointy tops but I didn't know what they were.

I think this must be what they were:

https://twitter.com/ShropsAndBeyond/status/1573190429683638272

by Butterfield Sat Sep 24, 2022 12:40 am

I thought we worked out that it was the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire that you saw - you can see them clearly from the M5 near Worcester heading south and north.

Unless you were travelling through Telford or Shrewsbury I can't imagine you'd have seen or noticed the Wrekin or the other hill.

by Butterfield Sat Sep 24, 2022 12:48 am

Ooh, we can do this these days that we couldn't do 10 years ago. happy

The Malvern Hills seen from the M5 near Worcester. Does this ring any bells?

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