Tuesday, March 09, 2010
I've got another woodchuck snapshot
Same woodchuck as the one from Sunday, but with a different lens on my telephone-camera. I think this snapshot captures his enthusiastic but mildly gormless inquisitiveness more accurately. Would you have him round to tea, assuming he was a) still alive; b) able to talk; c) able to pick up a teacup and/or crumpet? I know I would. Also, what do you think his name is? When I see him, I see "Kevin".
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I was thing maybe Marvin, or Butchie
Terry-Thomas perhaps, what with those teeth 'n' all....
It's Colin - both the teeth and the air of enthusiasm - even when stuffed.
"the air of enthusiasm" YESS!! I'ma bit pished but I think I love him...
Truly, that's an excellent photo, but I wouldn't have him round for tea - we'd be halfway through the macaroons and he'd pounce, sinking his sharp little teeth into my jugular. Or maybe I've just watched too many horror films. I see him as a Neil.
Simon, possibly, but I'm biased what with having a nephew Simon with teeth quite like that. Warning though - nephew Simon is also deeply and commitedly evil so it's just possible this woodchuck is not actually dead and stuffed but lurking with intent.
Otherwise I find I'm leaning towards something beginning with "L" but can't actually think of any names that quite fit - interesting quandry.
Leon... Liam? Larry... Lester. Maybe Lester.
Osbert.
Oh yes, I would most definitely have him for tea. I love goofy looking people (birds of a feather and all that.) He sort of reminds me of Freddie Mercury. I would probably just call him "Chuck." And I might even ask him how much would he could chuck if he could chuck wood.
Lars!
Those teeth remind me of myself pre-braces back in 1980!
Have to ask him round for tea ... something good and strong to match his ruddy rugged disposition.
Do Canadian woodchucks carry sandwiches in hankerchief bundles on sticks like their dainty English cousins?
His name is Lawrence - for he is both an adventurer and wild and swift running as the mighty river that runs through his homeland ...
Pffft! Look at him, people! Anyone with that kind of goofy keeness written all over his face has GOT to be named Bruce.
strumpet!
It's down to Lars, Colin or Butchie. I'm still thinking.
But more importantly, what would he talk about? I think it would be the best route from Hook Norton to West Wycome avoiding the difficult intersections just south of Cowley.
He'd probably use the word "aforesaid" a lot too.
Tsk tsk tsk... You guys are so, dare I say it... anglo-centric. If you think for a second about where the animal currently is, and therefore where it most likely originated from, and taking into account the amount of age-old dust covering the display, there is only one conclusion that you can reasonably come to, it's that his name is Alphonse. Obviously.
And he's a siffleux, not a woodchuck. Being french, he has no time for anglo-saxon industriousness. All he does is whistle insouciantly. Then has a nap.
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