Sheer enjoyment; my enthusiasm (Хочу всё знать!) for the language of Pushkin is only exceeded by my incompetence in utilising it. (I'd thought you'd not only m

Sheer enjoyment; my enthusiasm (Хочу всё знать!) for the language of Pushkin is only exceeded by my incompetence in utilising it. (I'd thought you'd not only matched the verve but: saw mission — hit bullseye) Not sure I'm resonating to the Smurfiki vibe, unless we're back to Goethe? — ...a true horror, a realm filled with the relentless crashing quiet of peace punctuated by the wretched cacophony of joyousness... — It's such a shame when a bad girl turns good (wait a moment, I'm not really up on my lore, but this seems like it's leading up to a scene where Gargamel "Papa Smurf never told you what happened to your father" tells Smurfette to search her feelings, she knows it to be true? Nooooo) Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaLa7NboOAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaLa7NboOAw EDIT: hmm, a Wellerman chastushka might take some reflection. In the meantime, I note that of course https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/thumb/6/6f/Кот_Матроскин.jpg/548px-Кот_Матроскин.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/thumb/6/6f/Кот_Мат... knows how to sew; in the middle of the ocean one certainly isn't going to quickly put into port and try to find a seamstress, after all. [cf "(I like to shift girls) / While they're ironing my jocks / Or fixing holes in my socks"]