Grip

James Kyllo jkyllo at gmail.com
Wed Aug 23 18:37:47 CDT 2006


Now that 1977's been invoked, "Grip" says only "The Stranglers" to me.

James


On 8/24/06, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
> "Grip" immediately reminds me of the pet raven owned by Charles Dickens in
> the early 1840s, while he was writing _Barnaby Rudge_.  He incorporated his
> raven into the novel as the title character's pet, a talking raven which
> would later become the model for Poe's literary fowl.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Rudge
>
> http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/grip.htm
>
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