A push-me pull-you! The pushmi-pullyu [image: Story of Dr Dolittle p107.jpg] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Story_of_Dr_Dolittle_p107.jpg>
The *pushmi-pullyu* (pronounced "push-me—pull-you") is a "gazelle-unicorn cross" which has two heads (one of each) at opposite ends of its body. In *The Story of Doctor Dolittle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Doctor_Dolittle>*, the grateful monkeys in Africa persuade it to accompany Dr. Dolittle to England to earn money for him (in *Doctor Dolittle's Circus* and *Doctor Dolittle's Caravan*.) The pushmi-pullyu usually only uses one of its heads to talk, reserving the other for eating (thus allowing it to eat while speaking without being rude) and claims that its great-grandfather was the last unicorn <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn>. In the 1967 film <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle_%28film%29>, the pushmi-pullyu was instead portrayed as a double-headed llama <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama>. The doctor can immediately speak to the pushmi-pullyu, knowing that llamas speak a dialect of camel language. The 1998 Eddie Murphy film <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dolittle_%28film%29> has a brief scene where it's walking in the background while Dr. Dolittle talks to the tiger in the cage. This is in keeping with the fact that Eddie Murphy's <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy> version is only very loosely based on the books.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Dolittle_characters#cite_note-4> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 2:49 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > "Possibly" for clowns? Really, it's a REAL stretch to imagine clowns > having anything to do with that.... > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On June 9, 2018 9:53:16 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >But for different reasons: > > > >https://cfl.craigslist.org/cto/d/two-ended-car/6607835398.html > ><https://cfl.craigslist.org/cto/d/two-ended-car/6607835398.html> > > > >-D > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
