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Comments on MetaFilter post Rossetti and the wombatMon, 06 Jul 2015 01:00:55 -0800Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:00:55 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Rossetti and the wombat
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (/ˈdænti ˈɡeɪbriəl rəˈzɛti/;[1] 12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/angus-trumble/rossettis-wombat-a-pre-raphaelite-obsession-in-victorian-england">wombat enthusiast</a>. He celebrated it in <a href="http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/picture-piece-rossetti-and-the-wombat/">poetry and image</a>; others have since done so with <a href="http://preraphaelitesisterhood.com/wombat-friday-rossetti-burne-jones-and-a-brownie-recipe/">baking</a>. <br /><br /><blockquote>The wombat was to become a principal obsession of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his unofficial trademark. He wrote loving poems about the creature and captured it in paint and pen. He later bought two of them for £8, and added them to his Cheyne Walk menagerie, naming one of them Top after his rival in love, William Morris. The attraction apparently lay in the sheer absurdity of the beast and its funny-sounding name. 'The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness!' Rossetti declared, and before long his crowd of acolytes embraced the wombat cult as a badge of loyalty to their leader.</blockquote>post:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989Sun, 05 Jul 2015 22:42:33 -0800i_am_joe's_spleenwombatmarsupialpre-raphaeliterossettiBy: pracowity
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Poor wombat. Or wombats (he bought two). And the llama. And the toucan. I'm glad he couldn't afford the elephant.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114450Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:00:55 -0800pracowityBy: Segundus
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Numbats have a comparably absurd name, but they haven't got the embonpoint to carry it off.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114460Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:16:40 -0800SegundusBy: progosk
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You know who else loved wombats? (No - that <a href="http://kulturindustrie.blogspot.it/2006/03/adorno-loved-furry-animals.html">other German</a>.)
Also: Rossetti's sister liked them <a href="http://www.abaa.org/book/791611533">too</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114492Mon, 06 Jul 2015 02:50:44 -0800progoskBy: dances_with_sneetches
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You have to understand, back then rhyming poetry and celebration of battles were important and wombat was the only thing to rhyme with combat. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Qzqr7KBFo">Also.</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114512Mon, 06 Jul 2015 04:29:18 -0800dances_with_sneetchesBy: Devonian
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Wombat rhymed with combat in progressive rock: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsQfehQrHhM">a worked example</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114550Mon, 06 Jul 2015 05:45:39 -0800DevonianBy: flyingsquirrel
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<em>Oh how the family affections combat
Within this heart, and each hour
flings a bomb at
My burning soul! Neither from owl nor
from bat
Can peace be gained until I clasp
my wombat.</em>
*swoon*comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114558Mon, 06 Jul 2015 05:59:41 -0800flyingsquirrelBy: Gor-ella
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In my opinion, this post needs more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/538505646164308/videos/vb.538505646164308/1105045426176991/?type=2&theater">wombat</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cedar-Creek-Wombat-Rescue-Inc-and-Wombat-Hospital/538505646164308?fref=photo&sk=videos">visuals</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114560Mon, 06 Jul 2015 06:01:00 -0800Gor-ellaBy: moonmilk
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This is your periodic reminder that wombats poop cubes.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114576Mon, 06 Jul 2015 06:26:13 -0800moonmilkBy: OrangeDisk
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<a href="http://factually.gizmodo.com/wombat-poop-is-cube-shaped-1603606922">Pictures of wombat poop cubes</a>, with a bonus video of a running wombat.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114595Mon, 06 Jul 2015 06:56:27 -0800OrangeDiskBy: jcm
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<em>This is your periodic reminder that wombats poop cubes</em>.
<a href="http://www.marsupialsociety.org/marsupial_poetry_new.htm">And inspire poetry in doing so.</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114601Mon, 06 Jul 2015 07:01:37 -0800jcmBy: honest knave
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Rosetti's cartoon of "<a href="http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/s607.rap.html">Mrs. Morris and the Wombat</a>," where the Wombat has a halo(!), is on my office door and never ceases to amuse.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6114610Mon, 06 Jul 2015 07:09:15 -0800honest knaveBy: Combat Wombat
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I feel I should contribute to this conversation in some way.
However, as a wombat, my skill lies more in having a bit of a snooze.
So I shall do that instead.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.150989-6115483Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:44:42 -0800Combat Wombat
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