Saturday, July 27, 2013

OF MICE AND FAMOUS MEN

 Our  far flung   readers , many  in  America , the  Ukraine,  China hacking circles  , CIA,  ASIO  and   Wally World ,  have  been  clamouring for    early   photos   of    two   talented   regulars  in  the   Little  Darwin blog  Pete  Steedman   and  Peter  Burleigh  .  From  our   archives  we  were  able  to   retrieve  this   unusual  1969  illustration  by  Burleigh  revealing   that  the  two  Peters , along  with   the  gifted  Michael  Leunig,  were  laboratory mice in another  life.  It  gives  you  faith in  reincarnation  to  think  that  all  three rodents  were  reborn  as   upstanding , handsome  homo sapiens .  We  believe  the  missing  mouse  called   Basil , out strolling , became  Basil  Fawlty  in  another  life.