Yet another Bizarro POP (phrasal overlap portmanteau) — Dan Piraro is very fond of them — from 12/22/19:
(#1) (If you’re puzzled by the odd symbols in the cartoon — Dan Piraro says there are 8 in this strip — see this Page.)
So: Christopher Robin + Robin Hood — plus, of course, the outrageous Robin Hood pun: he steals from the rich and gives to the Pooh.
The contributions are the Winnie-the-Pooh books, about the fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne (and his human companion, the boy Christopher Robin); and the legend of Robin Hood, who famously stole from the rich (in Nottingham Forest) to give to the poor. Both, of course, explored in earlier postings on this blog.
August 12, 2020 at 5:32 pm |
While this is an excellent cartoon, Piraro seems to be under the impression that in the Hundred Acre Wood/Nottingham Forest the rich speak with a cockney accent. However, I suppose it was easier than coming up with something to represent received standard English.
August 12, 2020 at 5:51 pm |
Yes, I really didn’t know what to do with that.