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johnfowles · 09-11-2004, 09:52 AM

quote:Originally posted by Gaby:
Got my tickets for Hamilton!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe it!
I'm grinning like a Cheshire cat!

Who else has theirs?

Seat 9-Sunday
Seat 34-Monday

Anyone I know sitting by me?

Phew!! Now all I've got do is fly 3000 miles or so. Help.

[This message has been edited by Gaby (edited September 11, 2004).]

Great Gaby
but are they in row z or even outside the theatre (in the parking lot perchance)???!!

Regarding Gaby's "Chehire Cat" expression
Just in case anybody was wonderring what that meant or where it came from I googled for "Cheshire Cat derivation"
and found this
"To grin like a Cheshire Cat. An old simile popularized by Lewis Carroll: "please would you tell me," said Alice a little
timidly, "why vour cat grins like that?" "It's a Cheshire cat," said the Duchess, "and that's why." - Alice in Wonderland
(1865). The phrase has never been satisfactorily explained, but it has been said that Cheshire cheese was once sold moulded
like a cat that appeared to be grinning. The waggish explanation is that the cats know that Cheshire is a Country Palatine
and find the idea a source of perpetual amusement"
I also found this:
"but so far no one has ever explained why cats native to Cheshire should grin more than others. Cheshire is noted for its
cheese and dairy products, perhaps they had more cream in their diet than their relatives in other parts!"
Not really satisfied I also thought I would google for "Cheshire Cat" images/pictures
and found a great number of caricatures and one neatly showing such a grinning cat with young Alice
So here is one with Alice:-

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[This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited September 13, 2004).]

09-11-2004, 09:52 AM	#6
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by Gaby: Got my tickets for Hamilton!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it! I'm grinning like a Cheshire cat! Who else has theirs? Seat 9-Sunday Seat 34-Monday Anyone I know sitting by me? Phew!! Now all I've got do is fly 3000 miles or so. Help. [This message has been edited by Gaby (edited September 11, 2004).] Great Gaby but are they in row z or even outside the theatre (in the parking lot perchance)???!! Regarding Gaby's "Chehire Cat" expression Just in case anybody was wonderring what that meant or where it came from I googled for "Cheshire Cat derivation" and found this "To grin like a Cheshire Cat. An old simile popularized by Lewis Carroll: "please would you tell me," said Alice a little timidly, "why vour cat grins like that?" "It's a Cheshire cat," said the Duchess, "and that's why." - Alice in Wonderland (1865). The phrase has never been satisfactorily explained, but it has been said that Cheshire cheese was once sold moulded like a cat that appeared to be grinning. The waggish explanation is that the cats know that Cheshire is a Country Palatine and find the idea a source of perpetual amusement" I also found this: "but so far no one has ever explained why cats native to Cheshire should grin more than others. Cheshire is noted for its cheese and dairy products, perhaps they had more cream in their diet than their relatives in other parts!" Not really satisfied I also thought I would google for "Cheshire Cat" images/pictures and found a great number of caricatures and one neatly showing such a grinning cat with young Alice So here is one with Alice:- ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited September 13, 2004).]