Other formats

    Adobe Portable Document Format file (facsimile images)   TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Volume 31, Number 22. September 17, 1968

The Return Of The Triboldies — Part 22

The Return Of The Triboldies

Part 22

At a solemn ceremony this morning Rigmarole was elected leader. He begged inexperience and incapability; his pleas were ignored. It is a tradition that he who is chosen must not refuse. Rigmarole slated that he would have to rely largely on the advice of such experienced men as Cantilever and Ottoman.

I was a little surprised that Rigmarole should have been chosen. Why not Cantilever? More pebbles were before the smaller flaxen Cantilever than before the smaller flaxen Rigmarole until the throw that was last before the sign. Also, a bird's settling in our midst does not seem to be a marked enough sign When we chose Ocarina (and how did we manage to do that?) we sat in Sparadrap ()'s wagon. Then the sign was that the smaller flaxen Ottoman fell over backwards for no reason (unless perhaps somebody pushed it). The smaller flaxen Ottoman this morning, until the last throw, had twice as many pebbles as the Rigmarole.

Many of our people have by now read Ocarina's journal; it is kept in the tunnel below Ocarina's Folly (as some, including myself, continue to call it). All have something to disagree with, but for each who disagrees with one of Ocarina's statements, another agrees.Perhaps the ancients were mistaken in deciding that there should be only one chronicler—it might have been better for truth if we had all written our own journals from the beginning, and, when we had arrived, had argued over each sign. Hut at this moment, there are perhaps dozens of private chronicles being kept, carved in the walls of runnels and of people's caves, and in cloth books like this.

Already Rigmarole, in a way rather daring for him, has thought aloud that Sparadrap () was not wise when he chose Ocarina to be chronicler. And perhaps Ocarina was not wise when he chose me.

New knowledge has come, about Ocarina's experience in the valley of Ytinutroppo. In his journal he remarks about Peccadillo and Cumulonimbus, who were "last seen disappearing into a thicket several days ago with two Troppo maidens." Little Buxtehude has told us that he (from a nearby treetop) saw Ocarina earnestly talking to two Troppo maidens, trying to entice them to perform for him the notorious Troppo rite of friendly greeting. They were laughingly refusing him by pretending disagreement about who was to he first, when Peccadillo and Cumulonimbus strolled by: the two maidens ran off alter Pecco. and Cum. Ocarina shouted incoherently after the four. Buxtehude laughed so much that he fell from the treetop to Ocarina's feet. After that, Ocarina would never speak to Buxtehude, and glared at him whenever they met. (And the happy four have not been seen since.)

I have been trying to find men willing to seek after the much despised Capsule of Enur; nohody wants to leave his hearth. All our people, except for a restless, inquiring few have dozen into a permanent half-sleep. Most rise late in the morning, eat, sit in the sunlight for an hour or two, then eat again, after which they doze in the sun, after which they eat again and return to their beds. Even I am overeome by this lethargy, and slept four days of the last six. What agony it is to he liable to horedom, but to be naturally idly enough inclined to worry about the boredom rather than resolve it! But what of our bold 880? It must be time to look for them. Perhaps I shall see Rigmarole about it tomorrow. A month later. Today I went to Rigmarole and asked him, "What shall we do about Indigophera. Angerthas, Jabberwocky, Certiorari, Oberammergau, Hobbledehoy, Montezuma, Tashilhumpo, Tuttendario, Bandersnatch, Afrormosia Corroboree, Enthusiasmus, Niminv Piminy, Nocturnalitis, Nomenclature, Northumbria, Jacomart, Osphresiolagnia, Zachojadkin, Melanesia. Micronesia, Polynesia, and Indiane, Hotchpotch, Orang Outang, Sanctimonious, Incunabula, Orbicula. Drosophila, Metamorphosis. Ubiquinasterism, Crackiottomy. Oriflamma, Cassegranary. Terminologarith, Garabedian, Pabulum, Maglemose, Tardenoisi, Pachydermata, Dordogondola, Azcatasema, Crestiyanka, Paddywack, Palatinhat, Territoria, Hubbubbubb, Panjandrum, Curriculicurricula, Intelligenzia, Aquarium, Mari Juana, Panache, Corollari, Surrogaticum. Vivtsector, Vercingetorix, Gangang, Redcurrantface, Yoknapatawha, Megalomania, Kalliwoda, Ambumanikin, Skedaddle, Zinjanthropus, Teratoma, Dermatoglyph, Candlebar, Interalia, Moribundle. Cherhozem, Zigguratic, Chiaroscuro, Septizonium. Sarcophaginia, Calcuttacotacats, Erebustopical, Panacea. Cherrapunji. Frumioso, Borogove Dandelion, Pendulum. Ganglia Gondolamesiat, Intrinsic, Anaximander, Hiroshima, Umpslopogas, Syndromeda, Smorgasbord, Ozymandias, Dreadnought, Hippodrome, Fujiyama, Mississippi, Clandestined, Verbigeranda, Herbivorous, Bundestag. Yoghorticult. Balderdash. Tuscaloosa, Vanillavilla, Cornucopia, Bombadillion. Cantankeroso, Wildeforce, Gingembre, Zizinaze, Nambypamby, Olive Green, Cheswits, Zenoam, Cancrizans, Rhodiaceta, Interregnum, Malentedu, Impropaganda, Hyperbola, Mundugumor. Pennsylvania, Torquemada, Sdrucciola, Gallimaufry, Wooloomooloo, Coolangatta, Hridhvalier, Stongamanick, Kittikachorn, Knickerbocker, Macadamant, Minderbinder, Fonsetorigo, Misericord, Questionnaire. Inglenook, Weasel Nook, Spatula, Gobbledygook, Pyrethrum, Mistigris, Deuteronomy, Eurekovitch, Pyxidium, Foozlepuss, Hanniballismus, Hunkydory, Chitterlings, Gerrymander, Hebdomadal, Pantechnicon, Wentlietrap, Tyrotoxicon. Pennyroyal. Extravaganza, Seatophago, Havildar, Gravamina, Etadidnae, Oubanguichari, Nathanometer, Chicoutimi, Nebuchadnezzar, Snagglepuss, Ramekins, Ooobooglunk, Polydypsia. Somambulism, Hypnopompia, Coprophagia. Coprolalia, Idioglossia, Paraplegia, Bradykinesis, Cataplexy, Hemballstick, Paraplegia, Aerophagia, Hyperalgesia, Amblopia, Coccygodynia, Erythromelelgia (!). Juggernaut. Cholestrol, Custoardcups, Antipasto, Bouillabaisse, Dysmenorrhea, Metrorrhagia, Plantagenet, Tuldander, McMillimillimillion. Lacitame-tham, Hohenzollern, Thixotropy, Cochincal, Desdemona, Nhosslednem, Hodgepodge, Callocalia, Nibelungenlieder, Astacas, Weylawei, Senfgurken, Zabaglione, Maraschino, Angostura, Arislophanic, Brekkekkex, Eulenspiegelatindianapolis, Lacimontsaria, Ezitamillca, Metamasquero, Herstedvester, Kamchatka, Seciterppa, Emmargrop, Zingelbong, Finkelstein, Salamanca, Tudelidixus, Pojoripockidickius, Tudelidixus, Bartholomew, Penrhyndendraeth, Tudelidixus, Hexachlorophene, Tudelixus, Nosnikpoh & Nosibor, Tudelilixus, Trichlorocarbanilide, Tudeldixus, Dendroglyph, Tudelidixus, Chiaturmagnets, Tudelidixus, Tudelidixus, Machinazhauri, Tudelidixus, Stroimashina, Tudelidixus, Manickavasagam, Ankarafantsika, Rabindranach, Fattidomens, Medlidande, Ninnananna, Madagascony, Hapaxlegomenon, Herpeszoster, Schnackenberg, Tralfamadore, Lohopajuihirka, Anthelminica, Jambolina, Heliogabalus, Epithalamion, Tictactoe, Voltefascia, Trafalgar, Tulipomania, Phantasmagoria, Hyperspasticism, Hammurabi, Pocohontas. Nomignolo, Atosannim, Nobodaddy, Wissenschaft, Karakorum, Eschscholtzia, Troglodyptarine, Genuvarus & Genuvulgum, Cholelithium, Stealopygia, Bratkartoffeln, Gorgonzola, Pumpernickel, Kuttelflecke, Pamplemousse, Mulligatawny, Pomodoro, Topinambour, Curragundi, Kalanganda, Murrumbung & Murrumbong, Pilliethillcha, Tutinacoco, Electrostasy, Obsolesco, Chandra Chowrighee, Madzimbamuto, Brisingamen, Coquelicot, Coquecigrue, Multigravida, Czechoslovakia, Domoladossa, Cabbagestalk, Nunnawadding, Sharawadgi, Sendivogius, Flottalauro, Melchisadek, Carpentaria, Magnanimi, Amanuensis, Frontignac, Tisoucierna, Minnieapplcus, Andironaxc, Abednego, Vulpecula, Nubecula, Stellaphane, Funicular, Spicaspanker, Fakaotimanava, Zittersteyne, Camelopardis, Metamathematicality, Mithridatabank, Primavera, Zarathrustra. Merovingianz, Cassiopeia, Zoroaster, Aipheratz—" …and here I paused for a moment to take a breath, then went on: "Zubelgcnubi, Rasalhague, Aldebaran, Venaticorum, Pyriphlegathon, Xerticon, Shitarangski, Caractacus, Loewenguthtavuth, Sirosio, Magnitogorsk, Akcibzriew, Panapona, Pompidextrous, kalicanthus, Puchtekotamot, Tinopuckech, Yror Wywdfa, Lanigiriha, Hagoromo, Ycarcolytheme, Salazarello, Periplum, Balthazar, Heretaunga, Santayana, Sigismundo, Hamilcarton,