New Adventures of Queen Victoria by Pab Sungenis for December 17, 2008

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    oranaiche  almost 16 years ago

    I believe it’s called a “tritone,” Your Maj.

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    wndrwrthg  almost 16 years ago

    Remember Queenie, “it’s crackers to slip the rozzer the dropsy in snide”.

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    jaug  almost 16 years ago

    RE: Crackers to slip….. Mad Magazine 1959

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    ChiehHsia  almost 16 years ago

    Gweedo - a tritone, as fearciuil knows well, is also known as an augmented fourth or diminished fifth, and is the music interval used by British and European emergency vehicle sirens. Also known formerly as “diabolus in musica,” or the “wolf.”

    Study well, there will be a test, and I will try to get Dr. Burber to proctor it.

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    mivins  almost 16 years ago

    “What fresh hell..” was Dorothy Parker’s perpetual response to the ring of the doorbell.

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    Digital Frog  almost 16 years ago

    Roger, but not THAT one, the other one. says: Gweedo - a tritone, as fearciuil knows well, is also known as an augmented fourth or diminished fifth, and is the music interval used by British and European emergency vehicle sirens. Also known formerly as “diabolus in musica,” or the “wolf.”

    I think Roger has it - It’s a CheckStop and good old Vicki is being pulled over because of the diminished fifth in her purse.

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    r.dauphinee  almost 16 years ago

    Ah wndrwrthg, How I miss Lugg, he always had le mot juste for any occasion.

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    TonysSon  almost 16 years ago

    Is she being pulled over by Frank Sinatra?

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    Pab Sungenis creator almost 16 years ago

    Jon: If she were, the siren would go “DOObeeDOObeeDOO,” not “BEEdooBEEdoo.” It’s all in the emphasis.

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    therestlessmouse.com  almost 16 years ago

    I am enjoying the arcane references of my fellow posters!

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