The Ashelycrumb Tinies

hauntedheadnc · #1 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 5:28 AM**

With apologies to Edward Gorey.

A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs.

B is for Basil, assaulted by bears.

C is for Clara, who wasted away.

D is for Desmond, thrown out of a sleigh.

E is for Ernest, who choked on a peach.

F is for Fanny, sucked dry by a leech.

G is for George, smothered under a rug.

H is for Hector, done in by a thug.

I is for Ida, who drowned in a lake.

J is for James, who took lye by mistake.

K is for Kate, who was struck with an axe.

L is for Leo, who swallowed some tacks.

M is for Maud, who was swept out to sea.

N is for Neville, who died of ennui.

O is for Olive, run through with an awl.

P is for Prue, trampled flat in a brawl.

Q is for Quentin, who sank in a mire.

R is for Rhoda, consumed by a fire.

S is for Susan, who perished of fits.

T is for Titus, who flew into bits.

U is for Una, who slipped down a drain.

V is for Victor, squashed under a train.

W is for Winnie, embedded in ice.

X is for Xerxes, devoured by mice.

Y is for Yorick, whose head was knocked in.

Z is for Zillah, who drank too much gin.

mello · #2 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 7:14 AM**

I don't get it? Interesting though

hauntedheadnc · #3 Posted **Jul 17, 2007, 10:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by mello

I don't get it? Interesting though

Does it make more sense now that all the letters are there? My camera only holds between 12 and 14 shots depending on what kind of mood its in, so I got 13 yesterday and the rest today.

Caernavon · #4 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 3:18 PM**

Hahaha, haunted, this is awesome! I applaud your dedication in getting an image for each demise. Yes a few of them are a stretch, but it doesn't really matter. I love your idea and creativity.

One minor quibble: it's the Gashlycrumb Tinies.

Red UM Rebel · #5 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 3:24 PM**

Asheville is a great place. Thanks for the photographs and the creativeness to go with them!

hauntedheadnc · #6 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 5:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Caernavon

Hahaha, haunted, this is awesome! I applaud your dedication in getting an image for each demise. Yes a few of them are a stretch, but it doesn't really matter. I love your idea and creativity.

One minor quibble: it's the Gashlycrumb Tinies.

Oh, I know, but when your city's name rhymes with the title, who can resist making a pun out of it? Thanks for your comment, and thank to Red UM Rebel, too.

(four 0 four) · #7 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 9:55 PM**

Great! Thanks for the laughs & pictures of Asheville!

HomeInMyShoes · #8 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 10:47 PM**

E is for entertaining. Nice. I liked T a lot.

atl2phx · #9 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 10:51 PM**

awesome use of literature as a correlation to your city. it would be cool to see the same A-Z narration for other cities using gashlycrumb tinies.

john_mclark · #10 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 10:52 PM**

were you on a drug trip???

HowardL · #11 Posted **Jul 18, 2007, 10:52 PM**

Fucking brilliant. This should win a forum award. Very clever.

hauntedheadnc · #12 Posted **Jul 19, 2007, 12:40 AM**

Thanks, everyone.

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

E is for entertaining. Nice. I liked T a lot.

I'm partial to Y, personally. I took that picture because it looks like the kneeling guy is clonking himself on the head with that brazier. I didn't notice until after I'd posted it that it also looks like he's about to get brained by the woman holding the incense bowl.

SpongeG · #13 Posted **Jul 19, 2007, 3:52 AM**

great idea - thats one of my favourite books

hauntedheadnc · #14 Posted **Jul 19, 2007, 5:37 AM**

Thanks again, everyone.

Looking back over these, I ought to make a notation here and there.

The bear in B stands in Hendersonville, 20 miles south of Asheville. I had a shot of a sticker with a bear on it, on the door of one of the gay bars downtown that I liked a lot, but I had to ditch it after it became apparent that my camera was going to be in one of its moods where it wasn't going to take many pictures. I knew where I could effortlessly replace that one shot, whereas all the other ones were one time only affairs.

I took a picture of a terrarium in a cafe for F mainly because it looked creepy, and I thought that scary things might live inside.

The guy pictured for H was a harmless drunk guy who started jumping up and down and demanding that I take his picture so I did.

The thing in the foreground in X is the head of a bronze cat. It's looking at a bronze mouse, one of three on the wall near the bottom of the railing. I tried sticking my camera through the bars to get a shot of a mouse, but none of the pictures would come out that way, and climbing up onto the dumpster below to try again wasn't an option.

The frieze pictured for Y decorates the lobby of the Asheville Art Museum. The disco ball is there because the museum is currently exhibiting an extensive collection of paper clothing from the 60's. I took a shot using my flash, first, which created a somewhat psychadelic effect not suitable for impressionable younger forumers. So, I tried again without a flash.

hauntedheadnc · #15 Posted **Jul 21, 2007, 7:31 PM**

Bump. Needs more love.

mello · #16 Posted **Jul 21, 2007, 8:13 PM**

hell yeah I'm might be going to Asheville soon. Are the summers there a lot more mild then Charlotte, like is the difference in temperature and humidity considerable?

hauntedheadnc · #17 Posted **Jul 21, 2007, 8:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by mello

hell yeah I'm might be going to Asheville soon. Are the summers there a lot more mild then Charlotte, like is the difference in temperature and humidity considerable?

It's been an unusually hot summer for Asheville this year, but ordinarily there's a noticeable difference -- between five and ten degrees, and it does tend to be a little less humid here than there. Today the high was supposed to reach 82 but only got up to 78, while in Charlotte it hit 85.

atl2phx · #18 Posted **Oct 23, 2007, 10:53 PM**

great thread from back in july. but it's now october and is the season!