Albatross (metaphor) attention to her merchandise, while the potential customer keeps asking questions about the product, like "What flavour is it?" and "Do you get wafers with it?". Finally the man buys two albatrosses for nine pence each. The salesgirl then shouts she is selling "gannet on a stick." Later during the episode, several other characters in other sketches shout "Albatross" for seemingly no reason at all. Albatross (metaphor) The word albatross is sometimes used metaphorically to mean a psychological burden that feels like a curse. It is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (1798).
Water, Water Every Hare face. • Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Gossamer ("Rudolph") and Mouse • John T. Smith as Scientist (uncredited) Water, Water Every Hare Water, Water Every Hare is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon released in 1952 featuring Bugs Bunny and Gossamer, with a similar premise to "Hair-Raising Hare". The title is a pun on the line "Water, water, everywhere / Nor any drop to drink" from the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The cartoon is available on Disc 1 of the "". Much like in "Hair-Raising Hare", Bugs (after being flooded out of his rabbit hole