Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:01:04 -0700 (PDT) To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Bottlers Oops, my bad. I think he did say it only took 3, but that he had swallowed a few more than that. . .that may be where I got the 10. . . Apologies for my fuzzy memory! Eric > My, my the ante continually rises! When I began my career as a Punch > professor nearly 20 years ago, my British mentors told me that one must > swallow three swazzles to be initiated. Then, several years later, someone > told me it was four. Now we're up to 10, eh? Why not just go for 13 and > call it a Baker's Dozen?! > > In reality, I have been swazzling for two decades and never swallowed a > single one. I have happily forgone that experience. And though I am an > authentic Punch professor (a role I swallow gleefully), I can't claim to > be a real Punch and Judy man, having been born to the opposite gender. > > Regards, > Diane (alias Professor Freshwater) > > http://www.freshwaterpearlspuppetry.com > http://www.punchandjudyworld.org > > > |One bit of P and J lore we picked up from the puppeteer's after-show talk > |was that you are not a real Punch and Judy man until you have swallowed > at > |least 10 swozzles. He was a real Punch and Judy man. > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org > Admin interface: > http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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