Am I crazy or doesnt anyone know who The Mad Hatter was?

hi Grandpa Bob right you are, and I just loved that silly'
character. happy postings back at you

PS==here's an image of The Mad Hatter...some seem to think he's either a rabbit or catepiller...LOL

hi pye yes moms can either help us get into reading or not'
my mom was a great reader and thus I read really early and
have been avid ever since. glad you taught yourself.

hi Rosekitty oh I would love to see that, its so much fun'ina play like that and your grandaughter will have a lot of gun
directing it I am sure. lol.

hi whitefeather that was my first thought, I thought
all people had read Alice in wonderland. wow.

hi Mandy right on. He was a wild zany character who was always looking at his watch.

hi cobrateacher yes idea they have missed a wonderful childhood story that lots of people still read today my dad read this to me, and I read it to my son years later. the mad hatter was my
favorite character. wow you have an original cel from theDisney film. thats fantastic.

Before all these "budget cuts" nibbled away at my pay, I actually could buy something if I really wanted it, without taking a loan.

hi sheperdspy hi I always knew that lol I think my favorites'
are between the Mad Hatter and The Cheshire Cat. and I am'crazy, crazy over Alice In wonderland

hi hiccup oh yes You know I used to say that to my husband who was perpetually late in meeting me say at a certain place in the
store, Im late,Im late etc. and he would always laugh and be late again the next time. So I made him read Alice In wonderlandand he loved it. off with their heads was one expression he was always quoting in.

I think the alternate title was "Through the Looking Glass".

HI jerzgirl you are so right. I feel sorry for those who
never read it as they are in for a treat if they do.

I know people who absolutely HATE reading. But, I really suspect it's either they have some sort of reading disability no one has diagnosed or, like my guy friend, are truly hyperactives and can't sit still enough to do it, so their thoughts run wild and it doesn't grab them like it does us. But, if they only knew what they were missing. Books were my refuge as a child. In many ways, they still are. There's a comfort in books, even just owning them, or being in a library, that other things can't provide. More of a serenity, in a way.

The book I'm reading now is VERY hard to read - it's about the links between gnosticism, druidism, the Essenes and the Catholic church and how knowledge was kept alive during the dark ages brought on by the Catholic church's denial of education to anyone but clergy as well as monopolizing the interpretation of scripture. Very "academic" so it's a tough read - but also very interesting as I'm learning things I'd never known.

Hi jersgirl. You are quite right about the mercury. It was used in hatmaking (just how, I'm not sure - probably a mercury compound rather than the pure metal) and the hatmakers got mercury poisoning as a result of handling the stuff every day. One result of this was brain damage. (nasty stuff mrecury)

That book sounds interesting - what's the title?

ROSSLYN: Guardian of the Secrets of the Holy Grail by Tim Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins. It was a Barnes & Noble book, but I actually got it at Dollar Tree. I've gotten some very good books there in the past few months.

hi gitfiddleplayer oh would love to play him, but Im a girl, ra
rather an old lady, but yes you are so right. he is oneof the'funniest characters in the book.