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#134978 - 11/06/04 11:41 AM gyascutis
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	gyascutis a large imaginary four-legged beast with legs on one side longer than on the other for walking on hillsides another wwftd reader chimes in with: Imaginary? IMAGINARY?? I think not! Any Scots school-boy can faithfully recite the full phylogeny of the quite extant Wild Haggis. Dost think it sprang from nowhere. Eh? Sadly, lost in the Darwinian Mists, is the provenance of its New World cousins, the Sidehill Gouger and the Sidehill Dodge Hodag. (Habt: Wisconsin & envirns. ) As a matter of fact, during the mining boom of the mid-eighteen hundreds, some imported Wild Haggis (sing/pl) were released in the State of Nevada, where they secretively flourish, even today! Why, I have, in my wallet, a 1960 State of Nevada Haggis Hunting License. anyone else have experience of this word(s)?
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#134979 - 11/06/04 11:48 AM Re: gyascutis
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	here in Vermont we call 'em a whumpahoofus... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#134980 - 11/06/04 03:42 PM Re: gyascutis
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	Everything I know about the Sidehill Gouger I learned from an article in a scholarly journal: Dill, L. M. Behavioural genetics of the sidehill gouger. J. Irrep. Res. 21(4): 20-21 (1975). This article was reprinted in "The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results", George H. Scherr, Ed., Richard Liebmann-Smith, Ass. Ed., New York: Workman, 1983. The compendium was reprinted five times, the last in 1989, which volume is still available through a bibliopole whose name is reminiscent of ancient female warriors. The article was rather naughty in that it raised the serious question of how Sidehill Gougers could mate, given their unequal footing. This is how to keep adolescent boys interested in basic science.
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#134981 - 11/06/04 04:52 PM Re: gyascutis
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	I used to own one! A female. I called my Haggis Sophia. _________________________ TEd
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#134982 - 11/06/04 08:32 PM Re: gyascutis
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Kipling used the word for monkey--no mention of leg length. Scroll halfway down and you'll find the sentence: “Unchain the Gyascutis!” said Sir Christopher commandingly. Giuseppe placed the monkey atop of the organ, where the beast, misunderstanding, stood on his head. http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/ActionReactions/puzzler.html
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#134983 - 11/08/04 06:29 AM Re: gyascutis
dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK	I called my Haggis Sophia. Oh dear! Sometimes the short ones are the worst. That was a real Turkey!
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