tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post1669730265287147457..comments2024-01-01T21:19:43.721+13:00Comments on THE LAST VISIBLE DOG: Why "The Last Visible Dog"?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-36360386003941710892018-08-26T10:45:25.039+12:002018-08-26T10:45:25.039+12:00Jinksy, somehow I missed replying to your comment ...Jinksy, somehow I missed replying to your comment here, such a long time ago now. Thanks for it. Yes, there's another level to the story I hadn't considered - that of the slow decay of potentially useful things... I hope you are well?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-2136612840266274172016-02-16T08:54:56.245+13:002016-02-16T08:54:56.245+13:00Thanks for the link Marina. I will check the poem ...Thanks for the link Marina. I will check the poem out soon.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-86217285587891254082016-02-16T07:06:57.926+13:002016-02-16T07:06:57.926+13:00The Mouse and His Child is one of the very best bo...The Mouse and His Child is one of the very best books. There's another beautiful instance of last-visibility, in a P.K. Page poem called "A Backwards Journey"<br />http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse/114/5#!/20599023Marina Endicotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832364315638669498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-67986908710219094282011-04-16T07:27:33.197+12:002011-04-16T07:27:33.197+12:00Thank you, belatedly, for you comment about "...Thank you, belatedly, for you comment about "The Mouse and His Child", Elizabeth!<br /><br />Vinnie - welcome to my site! Nice to 'meet' a fellow fan. I didn't realise the inimitable Ustinov was Manny. Shall come over to yours and see what you do...Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-58488198692089568482011-04-16T07:09:44.631+12:002011-04-16T07:09:44.631+12:00My first fanzine ever was titled "Beyond the ...My first fanzine ever was titled "Beyond the Last Visible Dog", after the selfsame story. Like you, I found the book a delight, and one of the few examples of an animated film as good as the original. With Peter Ustinov as Manny Rat, it came and went in the 80's, and has yet to make a return on DVD.Vinnie Bartiluccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031831695722239873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-14233436371395748192010-06-27T04:39:15.020+12:002010-06-27T04:39:15.020+12:00This book sounds wonderful - I'm going to have...This book sounds wonderful - I'm going to have to search a copy out, now. xElizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-70110150726874373922010-03-24T07:38:00.971+13:002010-03-24T07:38:00.971+13:00Beth - the book "The Mouse and His Child"...Beth - the book "The Mouse and His Child" is delightful - albeit a little 'heavy' for young children in places. (There is a very graphic fight scene at one point, and my 25 year old still remembers being scared by Manny Rat. <br /> It can be read on many levels.<br /><br />GB - The old Bycroft biscuit tin used the Droste effect. A boy held a tin of biscuits under his arm, upon which there was a picture of him holding a tin of biscuits etc etc.<br />And I don't know - 'beyond the last washing powder' may be more prosaic, but at least it doesn't have the same implication of dead dogs...Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-74473626828998378312010-03-21T23:22:05.579+13:002010-03-21T23:22:05.579+13:00I knew when I read this that it reminded me of som...I knew when I read this that it reminded me of something. It came to me today. The old packets of Persil washing powder in the UK had a picture of a packet of Persil washing powder and so <i>ad infinitem</i>.<br /><br />However "Beyond the last visible packet of washing powder" doesn't have quite the same cachet.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-21099422373613667142010-03-19T22:29:10.868+13:002010-03-19T22:29:10.868+13:00I've come to read this post because I've b...I've come to read this post because I've been so fascinated by the first two of your posts.<br /><br />Now I have to explore further.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-42707423258975622152009-08-09T12:21:51.410+12:002009-08-09T12:21:51.410+12:00Also stumbled across your blog via a google search...Also stumbled across your blog via a google search for the last visible dog. Was looking for a picture of a Bonzo can. Never knew there was a book, now I will have to find it! Love the above illustration! Kudos on your blog name, Mouse and His Child is a wholly underappreciated story.CeCehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02093417261594214939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-14067168849958994112009-08-07T21:04:23.275+12:002009-08-07T21:04:23.275+12:00Welcome to TLVD Puffpastry! Another name is the &...Welcome to TLVD Puffpastry! Another name is the 'Droste' effect, I think. You might enjoy searching using that word too....<br /><br />When I was young we could buy a brand of biscuits in a tin - on the tin's lid was a boy holding a tin, upon which was the boy, holding a tin etc etc... It fascinated me. <br />The Mouse and His CHild is a wonderful, wonderful story, is it not?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-80115546118453304022009-08-07T19:43:33.075+12:002009-08-07T19:43:33.075+12:00I don't know you at all, but I am a HUGE fan o...I don't know you at all, but I am a HUGE fan of "The Mouse and His Child", which I read in childhood, and have used the phrase "the last visible dog" practically my whole life -- especially recently, when trying to explain to friends what "recursion" is. Just for fun tonight, I googled "the last visible dog' to see if anyone else in the world knew what this phrase meant -- and your blog came up! Awesome!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-84016447259580533872009-04-25T19:31:00.000+12:002009-04-25T19:31:00.000+12:00Been coming around for quite a while without decid...Been coming around for quite a while without deciding to read this bit. Sounds like a charming story, and gives a shiny can a purpose in life, underneath its paint! xJinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-57474489559221663982008-05-25T08:24:00.000+12:002008-05-25T08:24:00.000+12:00Ok. I won't then. Looking forward to your 'new im...Ok. I won't then. Looking forward to your 'new improved version' post ... tell us about the meditation garden - sounds interesting.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-61229271506975699432008-05-25T07:17:00.000+12:002008-05-25T07:17:00.000+12:00The Title Is Perfect! 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