Did you know?
Colonel Blimp was a cartoon character created for London's _Evening
Standard_ by New Zealand-born cartoonist David Low after World War I. The
name "Blimp" came from the nickname for the observation balloons used during
the war. Low's Colonel Blimp was a caricature of the archetypal elderly
British Tory, a paunchy, harrumphing John Bull opposed to all change and
rather dim mentally. English speakers have used the word "Colonel Blimp" to
refer to characters of this type, or, broadly, to any ultraconservative
person, since 1937. In fact, during World War II, British filmmakers Michael
Powell and Emeric Pressburger chose "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" as
the title of a film about an army officer who in his old age clings to the
values and codes of the past.
Erika
(with a *K*)
"Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to
stop and smell the flowers." - Walter C. Hagen
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