That that and other problems

[Paul Mackin]

Not sure of the proper attribution but:

> >Regarding "a-and", I've always heard this as comic-book speak. Particularly
> >in those old 40s comics it comes up when someone is on to something or just
> >nervous. Check out Plasticman comics, for instance.
> >
> Yeh, Plas's little bulbous buddy with the big flat hat... announcing
> the arrival of yet another baddie.  But there's still a hangup on the
> _sound_ of it;  thishere's a *modern* movie, after all, even if it is
> a nineteen-reeler, and sometimes the soundtrack's ...muffled.

Before Plas there was L'il Orphan Annie whose terror-induced
stutter would resonate in my own unsavage breast.

Plus, her red hair would stand on end. So would Sandy the dog's. A-arff.

And on the radio:

Who's that little chatter box,
The one with all those golden locks,
Who can it be,
It's Little Orphan A-a-annie.

Arff, goes Sandy.


					P.