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  • A Todal is a creature that looks like a blob of glup that makes a sound like rabbits screaming and smells like an old unopened room. It is made of lip and feels as if it has been dead for a dozen days. It moves about like monkeys and shadows and cannot be killed. It was created as an agent of the devil to smite those who do evil but not to their fullest extent.

    October 11, 2007

  • I think we need a medic in here.

    October 11, 2007

  • *gleep*

    October 11, 2007

  • It looks something like this.

    October 11, 2007

  • That. Is. Disgusting.

    October 11, 2007

  • If you stare long enough you can see a grumpy man face.

    October 11, 2007

  • That's it. This is a Conversation for the Ages.

    October 12, 2007

  • I actually think that blobfish is kind of cute.

    October 12, 2007

  • If you love it so much, why don't you marry it?!

    (say in snarky middle-school voice)

    ( :) Sorry, I couldn't resist. Today's been a day for getting my snark on.)

    Actually, it's just... it's made of lips for god's sake!! Just like... like... hot dogs! Gross!

    October 12, 2007

  • If it's not available you could elope with Grug.

    Uselessness's imagination is a dangerous thing.

    October 12, 2007

  • If it were Grug Maria, maybe!

    October 12, 2007

  • This word should not be confused with toadal, of or pertaining to toads.

    October 12, 2007

  • Absolutely. We should distinguish by pronouncing it with emphasis on the second syllable. to-DAHL.

    October 12, 2007

  • That is the ugliest--no, the fugliest--lip I've ever seen. Ever.

    And I had no idea that rabbits can scream.

    October 12, 2007

  • *gleep*

    October 12, 2007

  • *Shiver* - it todally gave me nightmares when I was little.

    October 12, 2007

  • For what it's worth, I didn't write that description. The Todal is a monster in James Thurber's book The 13 Clocks. I've never read it (and had never heard of it), but after trivet listed it I got curious about the "blob of glup" thing and did a little Googling. The description I posted comes from this page, which really just summarizes all the fragmented descriptions that Thurber scattered throughout the book. Apparently. I'm not that imaginative. ;-)

    October 12, 2007

  • Not to worry, uselessness. I'm a Thurber fan. Already got it after trivet's reference. :-)

    October 12, 2007

  • Oh, yes, rabbits scream. It's terrible. Terrible. I hate that sound. I don't ever want to hear it again.

    October 12, 2007

  • And if you haven't read The 13 Clocks yet, go read it - right now! Shoo!

    October 12, 2007

  • On a second Googling now, it seems Wordie links are fourth and fifth in a search for "todal". I'm constantly amazed at how googlipresent this site is. Someday we'll show up first in everything.

    October 12, 2007

  • "Todal.com" is for sale--only $24,500! It features "extreme brandability."

    I'm sold. Who's in?

    October 12, 2007

  • Here's a five-spot!

    October 12, 2007

  • I'm in! I have a coupla two-three dollars here.

    October 12, 2007

  • I'm in ten deep, you'd think I was Aaron Burr from the way I'm dropping Hamiltons.

    October 12, 2007

  • This conversation todally illuminates somebody's facebook status. :)

    October 12, 2007

  • Haha, where ya been? ;-)

    October 12, 2007

  • My school computer security system has BLOCKED WORDIE!!! I'm rather upset, especially since the comments page has exploded recently. I'll never keep up once slumry returns!!!

    October 12, 2007

  • Silence... of teh rabbits!

    October 12, 2007

  • What the hey ho? Did they block it as a result of you coming here all the time, or just as a matter of happenstance? Either way, major suckage.

    October 12, 2007

  • My guess is that it was blocked because it was engaging, creative, and instructive. Can't have THAT in our schools.

    October 12, 2007

  • Probably because of me and all my fucking bad words.

    October 12, 2007

  • Hey jennarenn, if you let me know what school (johnatwordie.org), I'll contact a sysadmin there and see if they'll lift the blockade. Lots of admins are sympathetic if you ask nice.

    You could also try going through a proxy. And you can see specific pages by using Gooble's cache.

    October 12, 2007

  • OE todal — partition, division, separation; difference, distinction, discretion; dispersion: 'comma', dividing point, clause, section, period.

    April 12, 2013