Giles Andreae upper second class degree. In 2006 Andreae worked alongside Blunderbus Theatre Company (Nottinghamshire) to adapt his story "Giraffes Can't Dance" to bring it to stage. The company toured this story across the UK. Purple Ronnie is a cartoon character used in greetings cards, T-shirts and other merchandise. Drawn in a simple stick man style with a smiley face and a large oval body, Ronnie is usually shown as a comic poet, the cartoons' rhyming captions being written in a simple style and including mild taboo language. Purple Ronnie cards were first sold in 1987. The character was later used in
Ahoy (greeting) used it to address the congregation from the pulpit. A recent resurgence in the popularity of the term has resulted from its use by "The Simpsons" character Montgomery Burns, who often answers the telephone with the greeting of "Ahoy-hoy." The use of the now-defunct ahoy-hoy, instead of the standard "hello", is a running joke referring to Mr. Burns' very advanced age. Lyrics to "Solid Potato Salad" performed by the Ross Sisters in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor musical film "Broadway Rhythm" in 1944 include the words "Hoy hoy" Czechoslovak cartoon character Mole also often used the greeting ahoj, popularizing it amongst children