tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post7498733978425032993..comments2023-09-24T05:45:48.350-04:00Comments on One Hand On The Radio: Lost Annals of Psychoanalysis: The Case of Flopsy B.Kithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456824676841760384noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-17483402675789784612016-04-10T16:06:51.092-04:002016-04-10T16:06:51.092-04:00This is an email comment from my friend, Katie:
&...This is an email comment from my friend, Katie:<br /><br />"Hi Kit - Thank you for a new post. It’s good to know that you are posting again. Your strange case of Flopsy B recalls to mind the equally strange case of Little Rabbit Foo Foo. Do you remember that one? It has been documented many times but in case you have forgotten it I will try to refresh your memory. Little Rabbit Foo Foo (hereinafter called F.F.) was compulsive , compulsive and also fits into aspects of Freud’s pleasure principle (if I understand that correctly) F.F.’s great pleasure in life was to run into the forest, scoop up all the field mice and bop them over the head. Of course, this was compulsive and criminal behavior. Along comes the Fairy Godmother (hereinafter known as <br />F.G.) She’s sort of like a Grimm therapist - and she is very displeased with F.F.’s actions and says to him: “F.F. don’t do that any more. If you do I will turn you into a Goon!” F.F. can’t resist and the next day when he’s at it, F.G. comes to him and once again tells him to stop or she will turn him into a Goon! Well, the temptation of the mice and bopping is just too much for F.F. and the third day he is at it again. F.G. finds him and immediately turns him into a Goon!! Oh, my.<br /><br />As an elder, with some knowledge under my belt, I guess I have to summarize this sad case: “Hare today, Goon tomorrow”.<br /><br />That’s it for now. Keep those posts coming."<br />–––––––––––––––––<br /><br />Thank you so much, Katie. The Little Rabbit Foo Foo connection is noteworthy and clearly apt.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456824676841760384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-11020729067354383622016-04-10T13:25:40.907-04:002016-04-10T13:25:40.907-04:00A comment via email from my friends, Bill and Debb...A comment via email from my friends, Bill and Debbie: <br /><br />"Thank you for your deeply thoughtful and ambitious commentary. Of course, a lesser known aspect of this case (one that Herr Sig would rather have forgotten) was Flopsy's initial opening line of "What's Up Doc?" , later copied and made famous by Bugs himself who was a devoted reader of anything that had to do with animals in psychoanalysis. SIgmund, after hearing this line (and, of course, not saying a word), must have been in turmoil...like "what exactly IS up here?...why am I analyzing a bunny, and, what's worse, why do I think it's talking to me ". He may also have been wondering how those colored eggs would look scrambled, which color would dominate, and why?, whatever, it somehow has to be sexual. Just think...if Freud was alive today, he could do amphibian analysis and work with Frog and Toad , or, to keep it in the mammal kingdom, Tom and Jerry...or, even take it up a notch and work with Batman and Robin....speaking of family stuff, the fact that Flopsy gets it on with her bro is not that unusual in bunny land , in essence, they were '.......like bunnies' , an accepted and not so well regulated practice. <br />On a serious note, I think I am more in line with S. Ferenczi's approach to psychoanalysis and his general idea that clients really did experience some bad stuff (not just in their minds)."<br />––––––––––––––<br />Debbie, thank you so much for your fertile association to Bugs Bunny's "What's up, Doc?" And Bill, thank you equally for your compelling and rather singular elaboration upon that association.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456824676841760384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-9193037296056048272016-04-04T14:25:53.101-04:002016-04-04T14:25:53.101-04:00Hi, Anne. Flopsy B. eventually broke it off with H...Hi, Anne. Flopsy B. eventually broke it off with Herr Peter R., a separation consolidated by the actual death of Herr Hare. Despite repeated warnings to stay away from Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden, Peter R. had continued to go there ... where one day he was caught by Mr. McGregor and, like his father before him, turned into an ingredient in one of Mrs. McGregor's pies. <br /><br />Flopsy B. subsequently married her cousin, Benjamin Bunny. While they had many children, my understanding is that Herr Benjamin was nowhere near as libidinous as his cousin Peter R. had been. So far as I know, Flopsy B. was content in her later years: her marriage was a success, she grew a vegetable garden of her own, she joined a book group, and she was active in her community, mentoring generations of younger bunnies. She never sought treatment again, either with Dr. Freud or another analyst.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456824676841760384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-10573674626784730092016-04-04T12:00:54.363-04:002016-04-04T12:00:54.363-04:00What about Flopsy. I heard rumors as a young child...What about Flopsy. I heard rumors as a young child which have haunted me to this day?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664010540075996930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-25851666798765874732016-04-04T09:40:05.636-04:002016-04-04T09:40:05.636-04:00Thank you, Douglas, for your comments. Todd, as y...Thank you, Douglas, for your comments. Todd, as you know, cannot directly respond –– nor Cyril, for that matter –– but I feel we are all of one mind here in the editorial room. Let me therefore speak on Todd's behalf and thank you; in particular, for your adjectives "trenchant" and "hermeneutic." (Todd is more accustomed to being thought plodding and thick, not trenchant. And while officially he is Layout Editor, few recognize his contributions to textual analysis.)Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456824676841760384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-76826924230141995372016-04-04T07:05:26.250-04:002016-04-04T07:05:26.250-04:00Todd, your trenchant formulations considering the ...Todd, your trenchant formulations considering the effects of rooster-hen hanky-panky speaks truth to power in ways that few post-colonial, hermeneutic writers are willing to touch. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724142297970418916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-81057220698080655562016-04-04T06:28:29.555-04:002016-04-04T06:28:29.555-04:00Welcome back to Flopsy and Todd, tooWelcome back to Flopsy and Todd, tooAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724142297970418916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-59408615315186175292016-04-03T14:24:16.915-04:002016-04-03T14:24:16.915-04:00Thank you, Galen, Lolly, Louise, and Ed. My edito...Thank you, Galen, Lolly, Louise, and Ed. My editors and I love getting the feedback. And Ed, as to my mind, it <i>is</i> an intermittent thing, I suppose –– couldn't find it at all this morning –– but nonetheless an improvement since those days of our yore.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456824676841760384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-89005630286201715872016-04-03T13:13:12.255-04:002016-04-03T13:13:12.255-04:00Your mind still follows strange pathways.Your mind still follows strange pathways.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620321369187369376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-31485542657944506002016-04-02T05:35:39.906-04:002016-04-02T05:35:39.906-04:00Just love it Kit , one of your best post .Just love it Kit , one of your best post .louise lortiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165221824075828983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-28850396858458223522016-04-01T20:03:45.208-04:002016-04-01T20:03:45.208-04:00Well, Kit, now you've actually done it: produc...Well, Kit, now you've actually done it: produced a psychoanalytical analysis of Peter Rabbit's sister and an explanation of their odd relationship. Proud of you, kid! I only wish I'd been able to do this with Alice in Wonderland fifty years ago. Keep up the good work!<br />LollyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021637893028296015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931948236571195668.post-52031601337368241612016-04-01T19:37:52.602-04:002016-04-01T19:37:52.602-04:00A comment, via email, from my friend, Galen:
&quo...A comment, via email, from my friend, Galen:<br /><br />"What an interesting, arcane, and educational post. I had not heard of Mr. Ferenczi nor his feminine principle and therapeutic ways, and I can see why he and Mr. Freud developed some strains in their friendship. Cross-species psychoanalysis is also a brand new idea to me and it occurs to me Mr. Staton would be quite good at it, perhaps more so if it involved dogs rather than Mr. Hare. Speaking of which, I also like "leporine." And I betcha someone is going to find your source document in Mr. Jones' monograph, maybe even me. In the meantime, thanks for the brightening post and keep on writing. Best, Galen"Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456824676841760384noreply@blogger.com