M & D Deep Duck. Go East, Young Man.

Becky Lindroos bekker2 at icloud.com
Sat Jan 10 16:05:10 CST 2015


LOL!  Good stuff there -  thanks! :-) 

Bekah 
> On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:01 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bktd_Pi4YJw
> 
> The reference to seeing Jean Crapaud (hard not to think of Crapper) is a reference to what happens in upcoming Part 4: the Seahorse, en route to Sumatra, will be attacked by a French military ship in the English Channel. A frightening experience that will make Cherrycoke, Mason and Dixon need to run for the crapper.
> 
> Laura
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com>
>> 
>> On Jan 10, 2015, at 11:40 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> And, of course, the behest to not inhale the hemp is a jest about Bill Clinton.
>>> 
>>> LK
>> 
>> This is so multi-layered - where’s up?   
>> 
>> But on the next page (?) there’s a lament from Cherrycoke that he will “… not be receiving Guidance from Lamas old as Time”  he’d be seeing "Jean Crapaud" with guns and a lesson.  
>> 
>> The Lamas are old Hindu teachers,  like gurus. 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lama
>> 
>> Jack Crapaud is derogatory slang for Frenchman - it means “toad.”  Cherrycoke may be heading to the French & Indian war.  
>> 
>> Bekah
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