colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (02/25/86)
> From _The Comics_, by Jerry Robinson, p. 229: > _Our Boarding House_, later to star the bombastic, stuffed-shirt > Major Hoople, was created by Gene Ahern in 1921 with the _Squirrel Cage_ > as the top. NOV SHMOZ KA POP, a nonsense line that was widely parroted, > originated in the _Squirrel Cage_. What do you mean, "nonsense line"? I'll bet somebody on the Net can identify both the language and the meaning. A tougher one is "NOTARY SOJAC," from _Smokey Stover._ I'll bet nobody figures that one out! Captain Buffalo: "You see, Tommy ... When a freak laboratory accident made Mudman what he is today, something happened to his mind as well. He's not evil, he's sick!" Tommy Thrush: "Does that mean he can be cured?" Captain Buffalo: "Well ... probably not." -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva
jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) (03/02/86)
In article <831@ellie.UUCP> colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes: >> Major Hoople, was created by Gene Ahern in 1921 with the _Squirrel Cage_ >> as the top. NOV SHMOZ KA POP, a nonsense line that was widely parroted, > >What do you mean, "nonsense line"? I'll bet somebody on the Net can >identify both the language and the meaning. > >A tougher one is "NOTARY SOJAC," from _Smokey Stover._ I'll bet nobody >figures that one out! NOTARY SOJAC anagrams to "JAY'S CARTOON". I wonder who wrote Smokey Stover. (It also anagrams to "A COSY TROJAN" and "JARS A TYCOON", but those aren't very compelling.) -- Jim Gillogly {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim jim@rand-unix.arpa
starback@kuling.UUCP (Per Starb{ck) (03/04/86)
> > NOV SHMOZ KA POP, a nonsense line that was widely parroted, > > originated in the _Squirrel Cage_. > What do you mean, "nonsense line"? I'll bet somebody on the Net can > identify both the language and the meaning. I am almost sure that the phrase is not to be found in any of the languages of the world. As for meaning; the only excert from The Squirrel Cage I have read is three strips in the first NEMO Annual (Screwball Comics) so I may be wrong, but it looks as if it means "Can you give me a lift, please" or something like that. Note 1: This is my first posting to the net, so I except it will turn out I did everything wrong... Note 2: Don't write follow-ups in net.comics only if you intend me to read them, since we unfortunately don't get net.comics in Europe. Sob! -- Per Starback UUCP: starback@kuling.UUCP Karlsrog. 13:H33 or {mcvax,seismo}!enea!kuling!starback S-752 38 UPPSALA SWEDEN
roger@celtics.UUCP (Roger Klorese) (03/10/86)
In article <77@randvax.UUCP> jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) writes: >In article <831@ellie.UUCP> colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes: >> >>A tougher one is "NOTARY SOJAC," from _Smokey Stover._ I'll bet nobody >>figures that one out! > >NOTARY SOJAC anagrams to "JAY'S CARTOON". I wonder who wrote Smokey Stover. >(It also anagrams to "A COSY TROJAN" and "JARS A TYCOON", but those aren't >very compelling.) >-- > Jim Gillogly > {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim > jim@rand-unix.arpa Bill Holman... now there goes THAT idea... -- *** Speak for the company? Naaaah, it's hard enough speaking for ME! *** ... "What were you expecting, rock'n'roll?" Roger B.A. Klorese Celerity Computing, 40 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701, (617) 872-1772 UUCP: seismo!harvard!bu-cs!celtics!roger, ucbvax!sdcsvax!celerity!celtics!roger ARPA: bu-cs!celtics!roger@harvard.ARPA, celerity!celtics!roger@sdcsvax.ARPA