Comments on: Krampus http://hootingyard.org/archives/1064 A Website by Frank Key Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:47:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Trubott Wellington http://hootingyard.org/archives/1064/comment-page-1#comment-5355 Trubott Wellington Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:45:44 +0000 http://www.hootingyard.org/?p=1064#comment-5355 Perhaps this is one of the "services" advertised in the Hooting Yard charter: Scare that il-diciplined child back to the piety of it's infancy. I can just imagine Mr. Key setting up his office in a tent just outside the local community hub - a desk stacked with un-pasted pictures of Krampus and a pot of paste ready to paste pictures of the local scallywags into his haversack as a sobering warning of the consequences of delinquency. Perhaps this is one of the “services” advertised in the Hooting Yard charter: Scare that il-diciplined child back to the piety of it’s infancy.

I can just imagine Mr. Key setting up his office in a tent just outside the local community hub – a desk stacked with un-pasted pictures of Krampus and a pot of paste ready to paste pictures of the local scallywags into his haversack as a sobering warning of the consequences of delinquency.

]]> By: J. Chilton http://hootingyard.org/archives/1064/comment-page-1#comment-5354 J. Chilton Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:34:45 +0000 http://www.hootingyard.org/?p=1064#comment-5354 If only one could take tinies to the mall and have their pictures taken on Krampus' lap. On a completely unrelated note, when did Frank Key start writing admissions questions to Universities? http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/08/odd.oxford.questions/ Would you rather be a novel or a poem? What would you do if you were a magpie? How would you poison someone without the police finding out? --- How would you poison someone without out-of-print pamphleteers finding out? Would you rather be tossed into a bottomless viper pit or a Terrible Cave? Which holds more: A pippy bag, or a haversack? What would you do if you were a fictional athlete? If you were Mrs. Gubbins, would you add Unspeakable Oooze to a soup at the beginning or end of a recipe? Why? What color is the ooze? If only one could take tinies to the mall and have their pictures taken on Krampus’ lap.

On a completely unrelated note, when did Frank Key start writing admissions questions to Universities?

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/08/odd.oxford.questions/

Would you rather be a novel or a poem?
What would you do if you were a magpie?
How would you poison someone without the police finding out?
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How would you poison someone without out-of-print pamphleteers finding out?
Would you rather be tossed into a bottomless viper pit or a Terrible Cave?
Which holds more: A pippy bag, or a haversack?
What would you do if you were a fictional athlete?
If you were Mrs. Gubbins, would you add Unspeakable Oooze to a soup at the beginning or end of a recipe? Why? What color is the ooze?

]]> By: Pansy Cradledew http://hootingyard.org/archives/1064/comment-page-1#comment-5347 Pansy Cradledew Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:19:09 +0000 http://www.hootingyard.org/?p=1064#comment-5347 This child looks suspiciously as though his picture has been pasted on to Krampus' haversack as an afterthought. Could one, I wonder, buy Krampus cards ready to be 'personalised' in this way? This child looks suspiciously as though his picture has been pasted on to Krampus’ haversack as an afterthought. Could one, I wonder, buy Krampus cards ready to be ‘personalised’ in this way?

]]> By: Outa_Spaceman http://hootingyard.org/archives/1064/comment-page-1#comment-5338 Outa_Spaceman Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:37:46 +0000 http://www.hootingyard.org/?p=1064#comment-5338 Could it be that the credit crunch has reached such a pitch that the Grunty man has taken to moonlighting to make ends meet...? (time and half surely...? ) Could it be that the credit crunch has reached such a pitch that the Grunty man has taken to moonlighting to make ends meet…?
(time and half surely…? )

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