Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Dandy
DANDY, n. One who professes a singularity of opinion with regard to his own merits, accentuating his eccentricity with his clothes.
I thought of Barbra Streisand's melodious rendition of FINE AND DANDY ~~ Please forgive this platitude But I like your attitude ... blah, blah, blah ... Even trouble has its funny side ... When you're gone my sugar candy I get so lonesome I get so blue But when you're handy It's fine and dandy But when you're gone What can I do?
Jim Dandy here! To the rescue (I always have some crude to say)! I once had Sunday school teacher, the preacher's wife, who shocked the most of us, her adult class with this oldie: "Candy's dandy but liquor's quicker."
Guess that shouldn't be too shocking, it was and 'adult' class. ..
Don't get me wrong [Doug] I am very glad you have your blog I peek in every now and then [throughout the day] I also recommended that you have [another] one ...
Jim Dandy to the rescue! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
I was sitting on a mountain top. 30,000 feet to drop. Tied me on a runaway horse Uh huh, that's right, of course. Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
One day, I met a girl named Sue. She was feeling kind of blue. I'm Dandy, the kind of guy Who can't stand to see a little girl cry. Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Jim Dandy to the rescue! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
I was riding on a submarine Got a message from my mermaid queen. She was hanging on a fishing line. Mr. Dandy didn't waste no time! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Once upon a time, I went to Maine. Got a ticket on a DC plane. Mr. Dandy didn't need no chute! I was high and ready to boot! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Jim Dandy to the rescue! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Dandy: Formerly a bourgeois personality, now a hipster.
Oscar Wilde, a well known dandy, said "One should either be a work of Art, or wear a work of Art" and he was/did, and then came the Dandy Warhols....named after a modern day dandy, Andy Warhol.
Discovering that the "Dandy Warhols" were probably not just doing a play on words when choosing that name is so enlightening.
Actually, Dawg ...
ReplyDeleteDANDY, n. An androgynous person (Dan + Dee). See e.g. ZIGGY STARDUST.
unest: to not to be, Latin scholars.
... now, where did I put that yankee doodle. ...
ReplyDeleteDandy Doug, no? I will leave ya'll to ponder that
ReplyDeleteIt just sounds so good
I have nothing brilliant or amusing to add to this discussion. Better call Jim Dandy to the rescue.
ReplyDeleteJim Dandy to the rescue...first thing that came to my mind.
ReplyDeleteDandy: unlucky boy dressed in a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit.
I thought of Barbra Streisand's melodious rendition of FINE AND DANDY ~~ Please forgive this platitude But I like your attitude ... blah, blah, blah ... Even trouble has its funny side ... When you're gone my sugar candy I get so lonesome I get so blue But when you're handy It's fine and dandy But when you're gone What can I do?
ReplyDeleteDANDY, n - Finally. I'm a Yankee Doodle :) Not really I'm from Winnemucca I have to remember that :)
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, Thom. I thought your entire childhood took place on the H.R. Pufnstuff set.
ReplyDeleteJim Dandy here!
ReplyDeleteTo the rescue (I always have some crude to say)!
I once had Sunday school teacher, the preacher's wife, who shocked the most of us, her adult class with this oldie:
"Candy's dandy
but
liquor's quicker."
Guess that shouldn't be too shocking, it was and 'adult' class.
..
This blog is ALWAYS so much fun!! Too bad I have to go out for a while. I could play patty-cakes with Thom and Pia all afternoon.
ReplyDeletep.s. Jim, have you forgotten already? Nobody pays much attention to you any more.
dandy of a mess you hsve
ReplyDeletegotten us into.
thought-laurel & hardy
then
this a dandy time for a shot
so
pbr will have to do
Peace
Don't get me wrong
ReplyDelete[Doug]
I am very glad you have your blog
I peek in every now and then
[throughout the day]
I also recommended
that you have
[another]
one ...
[pbr]
Ziggy Stardust, Paul Lynde and Oscar Wilde, Amoeba. The John Madden, Frank Gifford and Al Michaels of generations past.
ReplyDeleteSaurkraut, did you check the pocket of your silk shirt?
Pia, no.
Quilly, I bet he'd have come if Amoeba called.
TLP, I'm thinking I might have just missed a cut-off for something.
Karen I don't know that one, but it looks like you actually typed it from memory.
Thom, just call the feather chicharrone instead.
Karen, that was Quilly.
Sure Jim, and Ogden Nash is scripture of a sort.
Karen, I read every word.
Bear, that's a fine selection. A bon beverage, s'il vous permettent.
Karen, another beer or another blog? I have too many blogs, not enough beer, probably.
Nicole, that sounds like a definition for man and maybe primate.
50's song (I guess)
ReplyDeleteJim Dandy to the rescue!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
I was sitting on a mountain top.
30,000 feet to drop.
Tied me on a runaway horse
Uh huh, that's right, of course.
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
One day, I met a girl named Sue.
She was feeling kind of blue.
I'm Dandy, the kind of guy
Who can't stand to see a little girl cry.
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
I was riding on a submarine
Got a message from my mermaid queen.
She was hanging on a fishing line.
Mr. Dandy didn't waste no time!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Once upon a time, I went to Maine.
Got a ticket on a DC plane.
Mr. Dandy didn't need no chute!
I was high and ready to boot!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Karen can't tell Jim and I apart. How depressing.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering what ever happened to Dandelion?
ReplyDeleteDandy: Formerly a bourgeois personality, now a hipster.
ReplyDeleteOscar Wilde, a well known dandy, said "One should either be a work of Art, or wear a work of Art" and he was/did, and then came the Dandy Warhols....named after
a modern day dandy, Andy Warhol.
Discovering that the "Dandy Warhols" were probably not just doing a play on words when choosing that name is so enlightening.