Perhaps the terminology is suspect. Since I was a little whippersnapper I have
associated the term "galoot" with Gabby Hayes and any number of other
cantankerous but lovable sidekicks in the westerns I grew up watching. Too
late, after composing and sending off my bit of doggerel, I happened to look up
the word in the event someone not familiar with it should ask its meaning. I
was surprised to find it means "a clumsy or uncouth person." I certainly don't
mean in any way to imply that Brian is either. I do suspect, however, that,
like myself and a certain unnamed Australian, he may have a bit of Gabby Hayes
in him. :-)
Walt (not Whitman)
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I don't know about the terminology, but the artistry is very fine ...
>
> Chris
> ~~ >-)-
> C M I Barker
> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
> +44 (0)7092 251126
> www.threeshoes.co.uk
> homepage.mac.com/zuiko
>
>
> On 27 May 2005, at 14:00, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> > An inquiry from a New Zealand galoot,
> > Was answered by Ms. snotty Baloot.
> > I think now's the time,
> > To send her this rhyme,
> > And tell her to kiss your patoot.
> >
> > Sorry. These things just come over me sometimes.
> >
> > Walt
> >
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