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The title is a pun on Book of Proverbs 6:6 "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise." The fictional character Jimmy Mundy is based on evangelical preacher Billy Sunday. [5] In the story, Jeeves visits two nightclubs, "Frolics on the Roof" and the "Midnight Revels".
Walter de la Mare wrote that "a childhood without the busy bee and the sluggard would resemble a hymnal without ‘O God, our help in ages past’." [ 5 ] Charles Dickens 's novels occasionally quote "Against Idleness and Mischief"; [ 6 ] for instance, in his 1850 novel David Copperfield , the school master Dr. Strong quotes lines 11-12: "Satan ...
Speechify is a mobile, Chrome extension and desktop app that reads text aloud using a computer-generated text to speech voice. [1] [2] [3]The app also uses optical character recognition technology to turn physical books or printed text into audio which can be played in your own voice or in that of a celebrity.
'Tis the Voice of the Lobster" is a parody of "The Sluggard", a moralistic poem by Isaac Watts [1] which was well known in Carroll's day. [2] [3] "The Sluggard" depicts the unsavory lifestyle of a slothful individual as a negative example. Carroll's lobster's corresponding vice is that he is weak and cannot back up his boasts, and is ...
The strip's central character, King Aroo, is the monarch of the mythical Myopia. [2] Supporting characters included Yupyop, Lord High Almost Everything; scientific expert Professor Yorgle; Mr. Pennipost, the kangaroo mailman with an astounding pocket capacity; Mr. Elephant, so forgetful he doesn't recall himself; nosy court poet Dipody Distich, Drexel the dragon and Wanda Witch, a bird who ...
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While fleeing, George and Harold are caught by Krupp and suspended. The boys try to explain what happened in the gym, but he tells them to go home, anyway. All the teachers celebrate in the gym, but Mr. Meaner, the gym teacher, is promptly eaten by one of the toilets. Ms. Ribble then snaps her fingers at a toilet, making Krupp turn into Underpants.