gunga din

     

This Kipling poem about a native water carrier appears in his collection "Barrack Room Ballads"

Trivia about gunga din

  • Kipling:"By the livin' gawd that made you, you're a better man than I am,..."
  • Kipling called this regimental water-carrier "The finest man I knew"
  • He's the regimental bhisti, or water carrier, that Rudyard Kipling made famous
  • Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen & Douglas Fairbanks Jr. battle the Thuggee cult in this film inspired by a Kipling poem
  • "'E'll be squattin' on the coals givin' drink to pore damned souls, an' I'll get a swig in hell from" this Kipling character
  • Kipling water carrier called a "limping lump o' brick dust"

Tweets about gunga din

  • This is the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. Look at his gunga din! The Hapsburgs inbred on an industrial scale.
  • @jumomachapou Interested in any of these? “@BrattleTheatre: This Weekend: Gone With The Wind, Gunga Din, Hunchback…
  • This Weekend: Gone With The Wind, Gunga Din, Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Women, Ninotchka & The Roaring Twenties…
  • RT @steven_hallmark: If anyone is following Duncan Oldham you can find information about him and koptalk online which may give you cause to…
  • @marcmaron You are a better man than I am, Gunga Din... or is that a bitter man?
  • @jrsalzman Ordering meds should be easier. I just spent 20mins in the phone with Gunga Din in Houston.
  • Michael Buerk is starting to look a lot like Harold Shipman with that beard
  • Overheard at water cooler: "f&@** Gunga Din - I got your water right here!" Irony & comedy alive & well at ad agencies.
  • Ian Gillan - Gunga Din sangtekster og oversættelser
  • Coming Soon: Gone With The Wind, Gunga Din, Ninotchka, Destry Rides Again & more in 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year:
  • @russianmachine You're a braver man than I Gunga Din.
  • Lorelei made a gunga din reference and I just read that today! Thanks, ucsb
  • There'll be a poor single parent in court tomorrow getting a crim record for benefit fraud, whilst this goes on at stormont. #Spotlightni
  • RT @tim_brannigan: Have I got this right? Arlene is Minister for Trade and Enterprise? That's straight from The Thicķ of It! #bbcspotlightni
  • RT @Farley010: With serious questions raised about political corruption by #SpotlightNI what's the odds in increased sectarian agendas to d…
  • Sooner northern ireland has a proper non sectarian socialist party the better. Too many MLAs are just in it for the money #spotlightni
  • Watching Scotland v England on English ITV. Schoolboy error. Ally McCoist is Gunga Din - better man than I am.
  • RT @TonyBarretTimes: Nani, his wages still paid by United, has just topped Di Maria, their record signing. Di Maria in a lot of pain.
  • RT @Cunny71: Flower of Scotland is a song and a half. A proper anthem.
  • @Gunga__Din always catchup tv
  • @redsmicer she's fantastic at pulling faces. Unfortunately I'll miss it as I'm on way to Dublin airport for flight back to liverpool
  • @Gunga__Din brilliant that get some superb gurns of Monica 😁
  • @redsmicer the greatest ever thing to happen on masterchef the professionals was when a chef cut the head of a pigeon with kitchen scissors
  • @dsiglin You are a better man than I, Gunga Din.
  • @Rockstar6662 "You're a better man than me Gunga Din." When I get angry/upset I don't think
  • @Ram_Guha and how nice that our local gunga din helpfully quotes BBC to bring up this fact 1/2
  • Realism in Movies: Oxymoron ('Gunga Din')
  • @donnae324 There is a lot of misery over there & some people have more courage & goodness than sense. They're better men than I, Gunga Din.
  • @TallBoyPoppy @Or_am_I Better man than me Gunga Din. How about a clue or a starter for ten.
  • Din! Din! Din! You limping lump o' brick-dust, Gunga Din!
  • @blueheronhollow You're a braver man than I am, Gunga Din. ;-)
  • You're a better manatee than I am, Gunga Din #manisobsolete #riseofthemanatee
  • Tasty! - Drinking a Gunga-Din Cider by St. Julian Winery - #photo
  • Cary Grant follows orders in Gunga Din (1939) …
  • @gloriawandrous gunga-din, that guy is something else... :)
  • @AspensDave You're a better man than I, Gunga Din. Have fun and be safe :-)
  • @colinwright1959 You're a better man than I an gunga din.
  • RT @Las3nochesdeEva: Foto: Douglas Fairbanks jr and Joan Fontaine  Gunga Din. 1939  Director: George Stevens 
  • RT @LorraineMcVeigh: After a day of heavy rain, Warrenpoint is enjoying a lovely, clear sky and not a bad sunset either! @newslineweather h…
  • Rockin. - Drinking a Gunga-Din Cider by St. Julian Winery @ Guitar Lessons — #photo
  • @smurray38 You're a *braver* man than I am, Gunga Din
  • RT @DorianTB: The British Empire Blogathon is on! Tales of the Easily Distracted does GUNGA DIN!
  • @HeerJeet be nice if you'd do a comparison of popular usage of "Uncle Tom" and "Gunga Din" when you have the time.
  • The British Empire Blogathon is on! Tales of the Easily Distracted does GUNGA DIN!
  • I wisely resisted the temptation to quote "Gunga Din" in my eulogy for @acoyne. And some people say I have no tact.
  • Tales - Gunga Din - Go Blow Your Horn! (cc @DorianTB)
  • Photo: las3nochesdeeva: Douglas Fairbanks jr and Joan Fontaine  Gunga Din. 1939  Director: George Stevens 
  • Foto: Douglas Fairbanks jr and Joan Fontaine  Gunga Din. 1939  Director: George Stevens 
  • @borobeaver you're a braver man than I, Gunga Din!
  • gunga-din, when @dorizori @RadioMilwaukee play @Studio_Rio, my heart lifts up like a goldang balloon. #LovelyDay #BillWithers #SambaTHAT