The Hunting of the Snark violent mentally ill patient in 1873, during Lutwidge's time as an inspector of lunatic asylums. They support their analysis with parts of the poem, such as the Baker's uncle's advice to seek the Snark with thimbles, forks, and soap, which, according to Torrey and Miller, were all items the lunatic asylum inspectors checked during their visits. Holiday and Carroll had some disagreements on the artwork. Carroll initially objected to Holiday's personification of hope and care, but agreed to the change, when Holiday explained that he had only intended to add another layer of meaning to the word "with". However, Carroll
On the Ning Nang Nong On the Ning Nang Nong "On the Ning Nang Nong" is a poem by the comedian Spike Milligan. The poem was featured in the book named "Silly Verse For Kids" which was published in 1959. In 1998 it was voted the UK's favourite comic poem in a nationwide poll, ahead of other nonsense poems by poets such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. This nonsense verse, set to music, became popular in Australia where it was performed weekly on the ABC children's programme Play School, however, it is now only shown on occasion. In December 2007 it was reported that,