September 14, 2004

Alphabetical list of Captain Haddock's curses. Wikipedia article.
posted by PF 20 years ago
  • Bashi-bazouk! It's so fun to say!
  • "Two-timing Troglodytes!" has a nice mouth-feel : ) This is the kind of thing I like to see people spending their time on. thanks!
  • Awesome. I like 'Iconoclasts!' myself.
  • Via this blog, I forgot to say.
  • Mille millions de mille sabord!@#
  • I don't know who Captain Haddock is, would someone explain?
  • Arrgh! Cachinnating cockatoo! These are delightful -- and so useful! Many thanks, PF. Unfortunatly neglected by the above: -- pink footie pajamas with ASPLODING feet!
  • humandictionnary: Haddock is a secondary (still major) character in the Belgian comic Tintin (He's the one with the beard on the picture). He happens to be a drunken sailor who's into creative cursing.
  • *wild applause for Haddock* I am all for creative cursing -- the same old hoary sayings get so tiresome!
  • Thanks Richer
  • Wow. I love people who have too much time on their hands.
  • I can't believe Captain Haddock started Bashi-bashing decades before we did. (Ponders how many MonkeyFilter user names would make good Haddock Curses...) Beeswackies!!!
  • wendellismo!
  • Wol off.
  • Anyone else remember the previous incarnation of the official site (tintin.be) had a flash app of the good captain cursing, en francais? So. Good. The best anecdote (is mentioned in the wikipedia entry for Captain Haddock): The surname was derived from a conversation that HergĂ© had with his wife, in which she mentioned that the haddock was a 'sad English fish'. HergĂ© chose this name accordingly.
  • I must protest. Captain Haddock is not a 'drunken sailor'. He is a highly decorated naval captain with an unfortunate tendency to drink to excess. One he countered in later years by swearing off the demon rum, although it only made him more prone to frustration and creative cursing. Cocolynths!!
  • flash, boy.
  • I was oversimplifying.
  • I like the simplicity of "misguided missles"
  • 1. He drank whiskey, not rum, except for that one where they find rum when they're looking for red rakham's treasure in the shark submarine. 2. I love you so much.