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Friday, May 16, 2025

Snarkstitutes! The Gorgon


 
Gorgon 

Gorgons are monsters with snakes for hair (and, in the case of this gorgon, shit for brains) who turn the unwary into stone by staring at them (as with a mugshot...?) 

Alack, it's true: one's jumping to 
conclusions reckon'd foregone 
ought not be done a jot -- when one 
goes gunnin' for a gorgon.
(Not only will he lie 'n' shill:
he'll grab a female organ.)

Snarkstitutes! The Formorian


Formorian 

Personifications of chaos and blight, the Formorians of Irish myth are often portrayed as hostile, monstrous beings.

Halt! Half a mo! Don't laugh. I'll show 
you rafts of cups I glory in. 
I won this bling while collaring 
the fatu'us foul Formorian.
(Some claim to hear, when one draws near,
the cant of chant Gregorian.) 

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's On Hudred Years of Solitude Anagramaniacal Opening Lines

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad...  ...he -- Chief Yananda as Mr. Sage, Sr. -- quietly farted...