Discussion
Loading...

#Tag

Log in
  • About
  • Code of conduct
  • Privacy
  • Users
  • Instances
  • About Bonfire
Charlie Stross boosted
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

If a lion attacks
Stoop swiftly
Pick up two medium sized rock stones
And insert them deftly up his nostrils…

—Ivor Cutler, “Jungle Tip: Lion”

A poem / useful advice from LIFE IN A SCOTCH SITTING ROOM, vol. II (Methuen, 1984)

2/7

#Scottish #literature #poetry #music #humour #surrealism #absurdist #IvorCutler

If a lion attacks
Stoop swiftly
Pick up two medium sized rock stones
And insert them deftly up his nostrils
He will forget your presence temporarily
In an attempt to remove the foreign bodies
But do not wait around
For he will bound after you
And you will not play your trick a second time
If a lion attacks Stoop swiftly Pick up two medium sized rock stones And insert them deftly up his nostrils He will forget your presence temporarily In an attempt to remove the foreign bodies But do not wait around For he will bound after you And you will not play your trick a second time
If a lion attacks Stoop swiftly Pick up two medium sized rock stones And insert them deftly up his nostrils He will forget your presence temporarily In an attempt to remove the foreign bodies But do not wait around For he will bound after you And you will not play your trick a second time
  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

“I have a harmonium and it’s going to explode in two minutes”

Ivor Cutler (1923–2006) – poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist, humorist – was born #OTD, 15 Jan

In 2013, to mark what would have been his 90th birthday, BBC Radio 4 celebrated his life & career:

1/7

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0381jzt

#Scottish #literature #poetry #music #humour #surrealism #absurdist #IvorCutler

BBC

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Ivor Cutler at 90

A celebration of the 90th anniversary of poet, humourist and absurdist Ivor Cutler.
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

If a lion attacks
Stoop swiftly
Pick up two medium sized rock stones
And insert them deftly up his nostrils…

—Ivor Cutler, “Jungle Tip: Lion”

A poem / useful advice from LIFE IN A SCOTCH SITTING ROOM, vol. II (Methuen, 1984)

2/7

#Scottish #literature #poetry #music #humour #surrealism #absurdist #IvorCutler

If a lion attacks
Stoop swiftly
Pick up two medium sized rock stones
And insert them deftly up his nostrils
He will forget your presence temporarily
In an attempt to remove the foreign bodies
But do not wait around
For he will bound after you
And you will not play your trick a second time
If a lion attacks Stoop swiftly Pick up two medium sized rock stones And insert them deftly up his nostrils He will forget your presence temporarily In an attempt to remove the foreign bodies But do not wait around For he will bound after you And you will not play your trick a second time
If a lion attacks Stoop swiftly Pick up two medium sized rock stones And insert them deftly up his nostrils He will forget your presence temporarily In an attempt to remove the foreign bodies But do not wait around For he will bound after you And you will not play your trick a second time
  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

“I have a harmonium and it’s going to explode in two minutes”

Ivor Cutler (1923–2006) – poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist, humorist – was born #OTD, 15 Jan

In 2013, to mark what would have been his 90th birthday, BBC Radio 4 celebrated his life & career:

1/7

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0381jzt

#Scottish #literature #poetry #music #humour #surrealism #absurdist #IvorCutler

BBC

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Ivor Cutler at 90

A celebration of the 90th anniversary of poet, humourist and absurdist Ivor Cutler.
  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block

bonfire.cafe

A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate

bonfire.cafe: About · Code of conduct · Privacy · Users · Instances
Bonfire social · 1.0.1-beta.35 no JS en
Automatic federation enabled
Log in
  • Explore
  • About
  • Members
  • Code of Conduct