Alphabet associations - I

[subcontrabass]

(and where is Dumbledore when you need him to cast his wizardly eye over things?)

Totally mystified by this question.

[Anna]

Totally mystified by this question.

Oh, there is magic abroad! I mention his name and here he is!
Lat says something that came from La Rochelle (something, not someone) but Georges Simenon used to live there ...... can we call upon him aussi and get Maigret on the case?

[Lateralthinking1]

Is there a time when I just tell people and do a G or doesn't it work like that?

[amateur51]

No it isn't fascist or fascism. You need something else that came from La Rochelle.

Faiences and FrancoFollies:

[Flay]

My Cow Island is in the United States too but in the south.

Cow Island, Montana?

[Lateralthinking1]

More French.

[amateur51]

More French.

I think a real humdinger of a clue, just short of the total reveal, would be good now, Sherlock

[Lateralthinking1]

Well, the answer isn't an English word. It is French.

[Flay]

Vache islands in Haiti http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...Ov-KVHg4Ebt0Jc

& Seychelles

[Anna]

Cow Island, Montana?

Looking at the topography of it, there is Butch Reservoir and a a Bullwhacker amongst names of places. Well. Goodness, thank The Lord it's Friday afternoon and we can indulge in silliness.

[Lateralthinking1]

Yes, quite right, Louisiana.

[Flay]

Falla is Spanish for "failure"...

[Lateralthinking1]

Is it? How striking.

Let me clear up another point. My Cow Island is in Vermillion, Louisiana. That deals with the "red" question.

[Anna]

Falla is Spanish for "failure"...

Don't rub it in Duckie .............. <tearful emoticon>
My last word on the subject is Eugène Fromentin!! Not that has anything to do with it but I enjoyed saying it

[amateur51]

Falla is Spanish for "failure"...

As the ever-wise Quentin Crisp observed:

"If at first you don't succeed ... maybe failure is your style"