Tuesday 15 May 2012

Tahitian Magpie Riddle

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Three Tahitians in a row,
A vahine in the middle;
 A tane sitting either side;
 A Gauguin Painting riddle.

 But note expressions on each face,
Their minds are on each other.
The boys are clearly terrified
She’s gonna drink their kava!

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 Prompted by The Meal, a Paul Gauguin collected by the Magpie.
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18 comments:

  1. Helen15 May 2012 at 7:33 am

    Where there is life, there is kava OR is it where there is kava, there is life? I had a taste of it long ago in Fiji! (I think I just fell asleep)

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  2. ninotaziz15 May 2012 at 9:08 am

    Hhhmmm, there's is so much more I have not tasted, or experienced!

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    1. Stafford Ray15 May 2012 at 10:23 am

      For you and Carrie too, let me say; I tried it once and it tastes as bad as a durian smells!
      But if you want to get totally legless in a short time, go for it!
      Warning: Produces the worst hangover!

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  3. Carrie Van Horn15 May 2012 at 9:42 am

    Must be a wonderful drink....i never have tried it. You always find the humor in a picture....i love that Stafford!!! :-)

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  4. Anonymous15 May 2012 at 12:40 pm

    Then there'd be 'no kava for Johnny'! Good one Stafford :)

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  5. Silent Otto 15 May 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Kava, of course, that would explain the doped out expressions on their faces.

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  6. Brian Miller15 May 2012 at 1:02 pm

    haha they better keep an eye on her then...smiles....

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  7. Anonymous15 May 2012 at 5:07 pm

    Love it! Her expression says pretty much the same doesn't it?

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  8. Little Nell15 May 2012 at 10:45 pm

    I love the idea that they are all watching each other to see who is going to make a move.Not sure about the ‘vahini’ and ‘tane’ - Tahitian I’m guessing.

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    1. Stafford Ray16 May 2012 at 5:30 am

      Maybe I should have included a glossary.
      Vahine (waheenee) is a Tahitian girl and Tane (tarnee) a Tahitian man.

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  9. Tess Kincaid16 May 2012 at 12:05 am

    Hee...you nailed it...

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    1. Reader Wil16 May 2012 at 7:18 am

      Kava! Do they sell it Australia? My daughter lives in Queensland and I am going there for the ninth time. I'll ask her if she knows kava.
      Your post is very nice! Thanks and also thanks for your comment.

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  10. zongrik16 May 2012 at 7:17 am

    i like how you see this as a riddle. i think he just mixed up themes. i don't think the still life and the figures were there at the same time when he painted them.

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  11. Dave King16 May 2012 at 7:57 pm

    Superb rhyme. I absolutely love this!

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  12. Laurie Kolp16 May 2012 at 9:59 pm

    lol- I love it, Stafford!

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  13. Jinksy17 May 2012 at 5:04 am

    Thanks for the quick vocabulary lesson in this one. LOL :)

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  14. Helena17 May 2012 at 8:03 am

    lol....sweetly succinct!

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  15. Yvonne Osborne18 May 2012 at 10:08 pm

    Nice! The girl definitely seems to have the upper hand as the knife looms in the foreground.

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