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To: bagster

Naw. Too famous from Dr Who. When Matt Smith becomes the Doctor (2010-32013), the Tardis explodes a bit and eventually lands in the garden of the little girl who becomes his companion as an adult. Because he was so sooty and disheveled, she often refers to him as Raggedy Man. The last thing she says to him is “Goodbye, Raggedy Man.” Obviously, a Dr Who fan here.


294 posted on 02/16/2018 6:24:37 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie

:)


296 posted on 02/16/2018 6:25:41 PM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: mairdie; bagster
Naw. Too famous from Dr Who. When Matt Smith becomes the Doctor (2010-32013), the Tardis explodes a bit and eventually lands in the garden of the little girl who becomes his companion as an adult. Because he was so sooty and disheveled, she often refers to him as Raggedy Man. The last thing she says to him is “Goodbye, Raggedy Man.” Obviously, a Dr Who fan here.

You both are too young and think in modern terms. The Raggedy Man predates all of that. From Wikipedia:

The Raggedy Man is a poem written by James Whitcomb Riley and first published in 1888. The poem was the inspiration for the Raggedy Ann doll, and two films of the same name. The poem is one of Riley's most famous works. It was inspired by a German tramp employed by Riley's father during his youth.

From wenaus.ort/poetry

The Raggedy Man
O The Raggedy Man! He works for Pa; An' he's the goodest man ever you saw! He comes to our house every day, An' waters the horses, an' feeds 'em hay, An' he opens the shed--an' we all ist laugh When he drives out our little old wobbly calf; An' nen--if our hired girl says he can-- He milks the cow for 'Lizabuth Ann.-- Ain't he a' awful good Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man! W'y, The Raggedy Man--he's ist so good He splits the kindlin' an' chops the wood; An' nen he spades in our garden, too, An' does most things 'at boys can't do!-- He clumbed clean up in our big tree An' shooked a' apple down fer me-- An' nother'n, too, fer 'Lizabuth Ann-- An' nother'n, too, fer The Raggedy Man-- Ain't he a' awful kind Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man! An' The Raggedy Man, he knows most rhymes An' tells 'em, ef I be good, sometimes; Knows 'bout Giunts, an' Griffuns, an' Elves, An' the Squidgicum-Squees 'at swallers therselves! An', wite by the pump in our pasture-lot, He showed me the hole 'at the Wunks is got, 'At lives 'way deep in the ground, an' can Turn into me, er 'Lizabuth Ann! Ain't he a funny old Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man! The Raggedy Man--one time when he Wuz makin' a little bow-'n'-orry fer me, Says, "When you're big like your Pa is, Air you go' to keep a fine store like his-- An' be a rich merchant--an' wear fine clothes?-- Er what air you go' to be goodness knows!" An' nen he laughed at 'Lizabuth Ann. An' I says "M' go' to be a Raggedy Man! I'm ist go' to be a nice Raggedy Man! Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man!" James Whitcomb Riley

As the basis for the Raggedy Ann doll, the male version of that doll was the Raggedy Andy doll. So I wonder if that might be a reference to the now damaged (raggedy man) Andrew McCabe, the FBI man, i.e. The Man, now becomes The Raggedy Man?

478 posted on 02/17/2018 12:30:07 PM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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