LEWIS CARROLL- The Walrus & The Carpenter' -

[42whatelse]

It's a nonsense poem on fooling them. 

[cqsallie]

I love Lewis B. Carroll. Disney totally corrupted the wonderful tale of Alice - and, in particular, made a collosal mish-mash out of this incredible poem.

The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things - of shoes and ships and sealing , of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings.

Of course pigs have wings, you silly goose!!!!!! And both the Beatles and Styx can sing the hell outta "I am the Walrus."

[mk2007al]

"The time has come," the Walrus said,

"To talk of many things:

Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--

Of cabbages--and kings--

And why the sea is boiling hot--

And whether pigs have wings."

this is a line in "Harriet the Spy" with Michelle Trachtenberg

[scg325]

@mk2007al i watched that movie last night lol

[TheLairOfRockwhales]

AND THIS WAS ODD BECUASE IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

[Elfinesmom]

No offense to hardcore fans or anything- I'm not looking for a fight but:

I think in this poem Lewis Carrol's guilt towards his sexual preferences is touched on. Intentional or not. Even if there IS religious symbolism, I maintain my stance.

[zarcyne1]

I've heard this inspired John Lennon to write "I am the Walrus" John being a Lewis Carroll fan.

[cqsallie]

To this very day, I am unable to say "the time has come," without reciting the rest of the Lewis Carroll poem.

This is more than just a classic; it has become a part of English vernacular - shoes and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings.

There are only four deceased writers I would have loved to have known and Lewis Carroll is one of them....

[Schimoen]

the walruss ate the oysters because he had the munchies from smoking weed. If you look in the disney movie, the walruss puffs on his "cigarr" all the time.

[42whatelse]

I regret of the walus and carpenter had ate the oyster, because they were hungery, from walking in the beach!

[cherryberry360]

Awesome read! This was always me and my sister's favourite, we used to recite it together, switching stanzas, and fighting over who got to say the 'shoes and ships and ceiling wax' part.

[Xyph3n14]

The reading is ok, but he doesnt read it in the pattern its written, he reads it as it would be read, by someone who had no idea of the rhyme scheme/ rhythym of the poem

[onegirrl]

This reading is amongst the best..

[Kira010492]

woo <3

[yersubconscious]

Yay, Neil!

[tieno05]

such a sad story with an even deeper concept on life

[JustAudio2008]

now that is deep!-and true in this 'Credit Crunch Time'

The rich are eating the poor!

[zonilo1]

@JustAudio2008

Yup, the metaphors are very obvious...

[freakoffreaks145]

@JustAudio2008

Hmm. I think it's about religion. Carrol was very into symbols, you know.

[bicstick]

Alright!!!

[JustAudio2008]

poor, poor Oysters.....

..have you no heart?

those poor.poor Oysters.

-he ate them.

ate them all up he did.

[vehicledestroyer]

Lewis Carroll FTW!!!

[RyanWatson]

Heck yeah!