tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782473167888285216.post8461908471929942311..comments2023-10-23T16:56:41.369+01:00Comments on Paul Bommer: Where & Who is This? A Rebus.Paul Bommerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398540932890763615noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782473167888285216.post-52331872863746792212011-07-19T01:35:32.203+01:002011-07-19T01:35:32.203+01:00Pokerhauntus! Of course, I was going backward from...Pokerhauntus! Of course, I was going backward from the name since I guessed that first. Sort of cheating...then I saw the images that fit.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782473167888285216.post-62583355072179682412011-07-12T08:24:47.914+01:002011-07-12T08:24:47.914+01:00Pokerhauntus, inventor of the Raccoon and Nancy Re...Pokerhauntus, inventor of the Raccoon and Nancy Reagan. The racoon is, as we all know, the favourite pet of the Bouvier-Beales.Paul Bommerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01398540932890763615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782473167888285216.post-75966730993315753972011-07-11T23:20:35.913+01:002011-07-11T23:20:35.913+01:00Wow guys!
I am so impressed. Yes Scott, bang on - ...Wow guys!<br />I am so impressed. Yes Scott, bang on - 'tis indeed Gravesend and Pocahontas. I think Matoaka was one of several names she had, depending on who was addressing her and when.As for the finger it was just a pointer and not meant to be anyone in particular. It may be King James, but its definitely Jacobean!<br />Marly, you astound me. An artist's eye and a poet's wordcraft - I absolutely love that you read 'poker' and 'haunt us' in there. Genius!Paul Bommerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01398540932890763615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782473167888285216.post-65336868091670189172011-07-11T21:49:42.333+01:002011-07-11T21:49:42.333+01:00Ah, that one was easy for a Southerner from the St...Ah, that one was easy for a Southerner from the States!<br /><br />For a moment, though, I was thinking not of her burial place but of the pointing hand as a "poke" and the "rest in peace" as an injunction not to "haunt us."<br /><br />Oddly, I was just thinking about the Powhatan nation and Jamestown because that's where the settlers picked up the word "raccoon."Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782473167888285216.post-21574079544971035992011-07-11T13:01:49.407+01:002011-07-11T13:01:49.407+01:00It's Pocahontas and the rebus is Gravesend( Gr...It's Pocahontas and the rebus is Gravesend( Grave's end,nice touch Paul) where she died and was buried. I believe Matoaka was her real(secret) name. I assume the hand is King James?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496760267994465209noreply@blogger.com