(b)logophile » dreams http://www.logophile.org/blog blog of a logophile (not "logos", but "λόγος") Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Dream tshirt http://www.logophile.org/blog/2010/05/28/dream-tshirt/ http://www.logophile.org/blog/2010/05/28/dream-tshirt/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 06:31:06 +0000 tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=908 I have a tshirt from (the now defunct) Animals Have Problems Too, featuring an octopus with the caption “Who wants four hugs?”

In my dream last night, I was wearing the same shirt, but the caption was replaced by a dotted-line “cut here” box, containing the words “The caption is in the wash, try again later. Sorry!”

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Could have just been Olga objecting I suppose.

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Bonus for the eagle-eyed: I’m not sure if the dream original was singular or plural. I’m also not sure which would be better.

]]> http://www.logophile.org/blog/2008/08/20/heartburn-and-the-elephants/feed/ 2 Dutch derring-do (a dream) http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/08/02/dutch-derring-do-a-dream/ http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/08/02/dutch-derring-do-a-dream/#comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:19:40 +0000 tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=189 I’ve been reading Gerard Reve’s De Avonden: a classic of Dutch literature and truly fantastic, but deeply depressing. So when I happened upon The Princess Bride at my local 2nd-hand bookstore, I took an evening out to rampage through it, for some light relief. The night after, I finished De Avonden and, having enjoyed the swashbuckling so much, began on The Three Musketeers.

Which I guess explains why I dreamed that night of a duel (cape, twirled moustache and all), in which the customary insults were exchanged in Dutch. I distinctly remember, upon waking, saying to myself “How ridiculous; I’ve never met a Dutchman who could buckle his swash without step-by-step instructions.”

[With apologies to any truly dashing Dutch readers; I'll be glad to grant you satisfaction. You can see my short reviews of these books at my LibraryThing reviews account.]

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