December 17, 2007
Happy 322nd birthday to Thomas Tickell, minor British poet (until he turned 18). Thomas Tickell is most widely remembered for his essay "On the Introduction of Certain fubftancef to the Human fkin" in which he became the first to explain:
"The human fkin if paffing ftrange; if one pluckf a feather (that'f "feather" not "feather" by the way, I know thefe letterf look alike) from a nearby duck of goofe or pigeon or perhapf oftrich if one if in the bizarre climef of the fub-continent, and introducef faid feather to the expofed fkin of a friend, relative, ftranger, or d) none of the above, one will note that the owner of that fkin will reply by fhaking uncontrollable, chorling, perhaps fcreaming, and in fome cafef, even dying. I fhall call thif act: the tickell. And thofe who experience it: tickellifh."
*****
Io, faturnalia! I mean, Saturnalia!
Seriously, it's far more difficult to replace one letter with another than I would have thought. But ultimately worth it, I'm sure we can ALL agree.
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I have a really good feeling about the rest of the week. Especially tomorrow. Something special's going to happen, I can just tell. It's a sense I get. I think it's FOREBODING. Wait, I mean A CONNECTION WITH THE UNIVERSE. That's better.
"The human fkin if paffing ftrange; if one pluckf a feather (that'f "feather" not "feather" by the way, I know thefe letterf look alike) from a nearby duck of goofe or pigeon or perhapf oftrich if one if in the bizarre climef of the fub-continent, and introducef faid feather to the expofed fkin of a friend, relative, ftranger, or d) none of the above, one will note that the owner of that fkin will reply by fhaking uncontrollable, chorling, perhaps fcreaming, and in fome cafef, even dying. I fhall call thif act: the tickell. And thofe who experience it: tickellifh."
*****
Io, faturnalia! I mean, Saturnalia!
Seriously, it's far more difficult to replace one letter with another than I would have thought. But ultimately worth it, I'm sure we can ALL agree.
*****
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I have a really good feeling about the rest of the week. Especially tomorrow. Something special's going to happen, I can just tell. It's a sense I get. I think it's FOREBODING. Wait, I mean A CONNECTION WITH THE UNIVERSE. That's better.
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