The WhimWham Man

My thanks to you.

(archaic language but still useful)

“hard cheese” = bad luck

Breaking a mirror on Friday the 13th is extra hard cheese!

Very smart 👍

(archaic language but still useful)

“fuss and feathers” = unnecessary drama

The WhimWham Man was trapped into watching a #housewives episode.
His review: an hour of fuss and feathers.

Shed 😳 oh dear

🤭❤️👍

It’s a pretty cool one 👍

(archaic language but still useful)

“wally” = pickle, gherkin
“woolies” = olives

When The WhimWham Man entertains he makes sure to have lots of wallys and woolies on hand.

ALTERNATE
A male dog, when he gets neutered, still has his wally but not his woolies. 🤭

Liv’n the dream 👍

Likely impossible 😉

That’s the 1st bird my grandmother taught me to identify 👍❤️

The WhimWham Man traces his failure to grasp the rules of modern punctuation back to his 3rd grade teacher: the evil and very frightening Miss Table (yes, her real name). 3rd grade was a blank.
Miss Table married a Marine Sargent who, famously, fainted during their wedding - likely from fear!

(archaic language but still useful)

“toad-eater”
meaning: freeloader

Relatively new to #bluesky , The WhimWham Man is still feeling a bit of a toad-eater at this lovely banquet. However, he’s grateful for every morsel of kindness.

I flinched cause I thought it was a snake 🫣

Oh, grandma 🫣

It’s ingrained in every New Englander to get up and get the chores started: “early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise”. Enjoying sunsets is a modern concept, our ancestors were too busy in the barn or the house to notice the beauty.

It’s always about Putin’s approval

My apologies for all the likes 😬
I’m thrilled to stumble across your exquisitely curated collection of illustrations, you made my day!

Great book, just read it. All of Mr. Barbour’s many, many books are exceptional as is this illustration 👍

Good heavens, exciting times !!!

100% agree 👍

What a goober

(archaic language but still useful)

“diver”
meaning: pickpocket

“bottled”
meaning: jailed

The coppers nabbed Danny-the-diver: he was bottled for 5 to 10.

When I moved from NYC in 1989 I was sad but consoled myself by telling everyone that I would never hear about Trump again.

think he’ll hold a grudge ?

(archaic language but still useful)

“gigglemug”
meaning: smiling face

I love opening Bluesky and seeing your gigglemug!

men agree 👍

Surprised and delighted to learn that the exquisite Miss #Lizzo has a song titled “Whim Whamiee”. The WhimWham Man is always tickled pink to learn of a fellow lover of archaic #victorian slang 😉

The whimwham that the WhimWham Man is slang-whanging appears to be a bit too archaic for the #bluesky #algorithm

(archaic language but still useful)

“bone”
meaning: skinny

Despite lifting weights and gaining 25 pounds the WhimWham Man is still bone 🫤