A penny for the Gold Eye
~E. S. Teliot
My fellow blogger has already explained the origins of Flick in the Liver, and I suppose she's done a rather thorough job of it. The only thing I'd like to add is a quote by one of our mutual friends, who after hearing "we flick in the liver" quickly remarked "And that's why life is so bitter."
I am not quite sure what to expect from this blog. In the same way, in those brief seconds between the idea of a spoonerism and its utterance, one is never quite sure what to expect from the wordplay. "Between the idea and the reality... falls the Shadow." You may get something sensible; you may get something disturbing. Play your cards wrong, and you may draw the Spate of AIDS.
Or you may get something so absurd, it's just poetic enough to be used as a blog title.
Now are those scant seconds between the idea and the reality: for both Flick in the Liver, and its two authors. As you probably guessed, I am one of those two Vancouverites of which were spoken, specifically the one remaining in this glorious city of eternal precipitation. And with our lives in a state of flux, it's things like Flick in the Liver which keep us sane in the approaching world of madness, lest we become corrupted like Mistah Kurtz.
Oh, and "Spate of AIDS" is a spoonerism for "8 of Spades (♠)", in case you didn't catch that.
Two final notes about this blog. One, I don't intend for spoonerisms to become a recurring theme, a constant metaphor around which we base our writing. I seek to avoid any such overly-long gags. Of course, if the blog does take this path, I'll be happy to play along.
Two, I'm quite fond of using "they" as a third-person, singular, gender-neutral pronoun.
Now are those scant seconds between the idea and the reality: for both Flick in the Liver, and its two authors. As you probably guessed, I am one of those two Vancouverites of which were spoken, specifically the one remaining in this glorious city of eternal precipitation. And with our lives in a state of flux, it's things like Flick in the Liver which keep us sane in the approaching world of madness, lest we become corrupted like Mistah Kurtz.
Oh, and "Spate of AIDS" is a spoonerism for "8 of Spades (♠)", in case you didn't catch that.
Two final notes about this blog. One, I don't intend for spoonerisms to become a recurring theme, a constant metaphor around which we base our writing. I seek to avoid any such overly-long gags. Of course, if the blog does take this path, I'll be happy to play along.
Two, I'm quite fond of using "they" as a third-person, singular, gender-neutral pronoun.
I hope we can still be friends.
-TheSequenceKitten
-TheSequenceKitten
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