SLSL: 'Low-lands' Nerissa & Hyacinth (over the hill & far away)

David Morris fqmorris at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 18 18:02:01 CST 2003


--- Lucky Pierre <lucky_pierre2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> When Cindy kicks Dennis and his pals out of her life she tells him to go
"over the hill and far away" and he thinks, well, perhaps if we had kids the
marraige might have worked out and with the same wisecracking attitude thinks
it's just great that the Navy made him a communications expert. Dennis can't
communicate or procreate (the influence of Hemingway and Eliot) and he goes 
Over the hill and far away because that is where the fairies live. 

Actually, that's where Grandmother's house is.  Grandmother's "over the hill
and far away" house might later evolve into the retreat where Blicero becomes
the Gingerbread-house witch-grandmother.

David Mother

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