— My better half brought home a little statue of an angel the other day; you know the type I’m talking about. They’re white resin imitating marble, widely sold at places like K-Mart, and this one stands about ten or twelve inches tall. The angel in it has unfurled wings clearly visible, curly hair, and bare feet. In its hand the angel holds a bird regarding it, the bird (probably a dove) in turn looking at the angel. I laughed hysterically for several minutes after seeing the statue, which admittedly is not a normal reaction. It did, however, reflect the way that my mind works!
I knew what was going to happen next, you see…the angel would open its mouth, and stuff the bird into it, just as Sylvester the cat would Tweety in a Warner Brothers cartoon. Perhaps a stray feather would escape from the corners of the Angel’s mouth. A slight satisfied smile would cross over the Angel’s mouth, and then the bird would somehow force open the angelic mouth and emerge, verbally abusing the angel. The bird would further retaliate by wrecking mayhem upon the angel, in effect sending it to the nether regions. In my mind’s eye, I could see all of this happening perfectly!
Having been raised on Warner Bros. cartoons, I knew that this was simply the way that things happened and played out. Now, many years later, those same cartoons continue to shape and warp my perceptions of reality, strongly shaping the way that I respond to it…Sufferin’ Succotash!
— Disney has a mixed record on their portrayal of foxes, which range from the villainous to the heroic. On the one hand, “Honest John” Foulfellow of the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio was a scoundrel, a sly anthropomorphic fox and known criminal who tricks Pinocchio twice in the film; negative stereotyping! In fairness to Disney, however, both the fox and cat characters were depicted as con men who lead Pinocchio astray and try unsuccessfully to murder him in the original Adventures of Pinocchio story, a tale which is quite dark in places. The Fox and Cat in the original story even pretend to sport disabilities, the Fox lameness and the Cat blindness! Felines will probably take offen
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— Then for a heroic fox, it’s hard to beat Disney’s Robin Hood, with a very affable vulpine in the title role. Most furolks genuinely like this film and for good reason, even though the characters are somewhat stereotypic and parts of the film footage including dance sequences were borrowed or adapted from other Disney creations to save a little time and money.– Still, two paws up for Robin Hood and a positive portrayal of foxes!
Q:–What is a wok?
FOXSYLVANIA 
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