THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING IRON MAN - "WHAT KATYDID NEXT"
"I may never learn, never know
I may live and learn but never know
I may crash and burn, oh no
I may take my turn..." *
(*Babyshambles "What Katy Did Next" Down In Albion album)
Katy broke off singing and with a flick of her foreleg began to shyly groom her long antennae, pausing only to throw a coy compound eyed glance at the Incredible Shrinking Iron Man.
Tiny Tony Stark inclined his helmet sympathetically. "So...you were an invalid when you were a young bug but now thanks to your exoskeleton you can walk again?" Stark smiled sadly beneath his visor. "Well, y'know, I get where you're coming from with that...time was, without MY armour I couldn't walk either. "
The miniaturised marvel paused, remembering, "The bullet that was meant to kill me hit my spine instead and left me crippled. Her name...her name was Kathleen Dare and I didn't do right by her...."
"There's a lesson I have learnt
If you play with fire you will get burnt
Hell hath no fury
Like woman scorned."
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Gail spotted this large Common Garden Katydid under the eaves so naturally, I hauled out a ladder, the camera, and Tiny Tony and clambered up to 'take the shot'.
Daylight was fading and this wee beasty was looking for a place to spend the night but kindly allowed me and my diminuitive playboy billionaire pal to intrude long enough to get this picture.
Realising that the 6cm long bug was a Katydid brought to mind Susan Coolidge's mid 19th century children's book "What Katy Did" and its sequel "What Katy Did Next" where the heroine spends a large part of the novel bedridden after a bad fall. The similarity of names reminded me of Iron Man Vol.1 # 243, where a murderous former girlfriend, Kathy Dare, shot Tony Stark and damaged his spine. For a time afterwards Tony could only walk with the aid of his powered armour, and later with an implanted microchip.
Anyway, the tragic tale has parallels in the Babyshamble's song, which can be found here:
au.youtube.com/watch?v=-cTlaIetTSA
I haven't seen many Common Garden Katydids (Caedicia simplex belongs to the Tettigoniidae family) here so this was a bit of a treat for me.
The tiny Tony figure, of course, is the small figurine that I dug out of a superball type toy and repainted with enamels.
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING IRON MAN - "WHAT KATYDID NEXT"
"I may never learn, never know
I may live and learn but never know
I may crash and burn, oh no
I may take my turn..." *
(*Babyshambles "What Katy Did Next" Down In Albion album)
Katy broke off singing and with a flick of her foreleg began to shyly groom her long antennae, pausing only to throw a coy compound eyed glance at the Incredible Shrinking Iron Man.
Tiny Tony Stark inclined his helmet sympathetically. "So...you were an invalid when you were a young bug but now thanks to your exoskeleton you can walk again?" Stark smiled sadly beneath his visor. "Well, y'know, I get where you're coming from with that...time was, without MY armour I couldn't walk either. "
The miniaturised marvel paused, remembering, "The bullet that was meant to kill me hit my spine instead and left me crippled. Her name...her name was Kathleen Dare and I didn't do right by her...."
"There's a lesson I have learnt
If you play with fire you will get burnt
Hell hath no fury
Like woman scorned."
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Gail spotted this large Common Garden Katydid under the eaves so naturally, I hauled out a ladder, the camera, and Tiny Tony and clambered up to 'take the shot'.
Daylight was fading and this wee beasty was looking for a place to spend the night but kindly allowed me and my diminuitive playboy billionaire pal to intrude long enough to get this picture.
Realising that the 6cm long bug was a Katydid brought to mind Susan Coolidge's mid 19th century children's book "What Katy Did" and its sequel "What Katy Did Next" where the heroine spends a large part of the novel bedridden after a bad fall. The similarity of names reminded me of Iron Man Vol.1 # 243, where a murderous former girlfriend, Kathy Dare, shot Tony Stark and damaged his spine. For a time afterwards Tony could only walk with the aid of his powered armour, and later with an implanted microchip.
Anyway, the tragic tale has parallels in the Babyshamble's song, which can be found here:
au.youtube.com/watch?v=-cTlaIetTSA
I haven't seen many Common Garden Katydids (Caedicia simplex belongs to the Tettigoniidae family) here so this was a bit of a treat for me.
The tiny Tony figure, of course, is the small figurine that I dug out of a superball type toy and repainted with enamels.