My dual-webloggist friend, George Wallace has a birthday today, and treated himself to a self-referential “double dactyl” at his Fool in the Forest site. In honor of his not yet being 50, I decided to write my very first double dactyl (a form of light verse that is defined for you here — I had to look up the rules, too, as George bends them as much as he bends his oenophile elbow).
Since I like my male friends to have interesting foibles and saintly wives, George and I get along famously. So, here’s to you, GMW: Happy Birthday!
Another Forty-Niner
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Gianduia‘s BarristerSuperInsurallyFools in the Forest andSends out the bills(Dec. 6, 2004)Gianduia is one of the masks of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte, typically representing the town of Turin (and Piedmont in general). The mask depicts an honest peasant of Piedmontese countryland, with a certain inclination for wine, gastronomy and beautiful girls, while strictly faithful to his lover Giacometta, who is usually represented by a cute girl. . . . He is dressed (in the usual version) with a tricorn hat, a brown jacket with red borders, and has a happy humour. The character of Gianduja was originally created as a marionet and is now Turin’s official “king of the Carnival“.
