HW: MR. QUIMBY'S BEARD

[Nick Medford]

In message <HESK4EABOfQ7Ewkw at comics.demon.co.uk>, Jon Browne
<jon at COMICS.DEMON.CO.UK> writes
>In article <200107011543.LAA21621 at listserv.spc.edu>, Z E Itgeist
><stuart.hamilton at SCOTTISH.PARLIAMENT.UK> writes
>>
>>MR. QUIMBY'S BEARD / STRANGE TRIPS NEWS
>
>
>I am so puerile, every time I see this band's name I think
>MR. BEARDY'S QUIM

But isn't that what the name basically means? I thought Mr Quimby's Beard
must be another name for the, ah, "cuckoo's nest", as the old Fairport song
has it.
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Nick Medford