Re: Snagglepuss - happy memories there! Wasn't he also famed for saying: "Exit - stage left" when in a tricky situation?

Re: Sylvester - Mel Blanc was a genius - I wonder how many other voice actors could lay claim to such an impressive and diverse body of work!

Re: to swan - I grew up with the phrase "swanning around", meaning fussing around looking like you're busy/doing something when in actual fact you are just time-wasting/doing very little indeed. An alternative in the more colourful Oz [there u are stales - a compromise!] vernacular is "buggering around".