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3. That was my thought as "flannegan" is an unusual variant of that name

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 09:08 PM

Jul 2020

There's probably a comic or elsewhere ratcatcher appears where he gets cursed and this is a reference to that.

Google thus far has failed me....

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I don't get it. [View all] Disaffected Jul 2020 OP

Yeah, me either. dchill Jul 2020 #1

Ratcatcher? blm Jul 2020 #2

That's the only Flannegan I ever heard of. blm Jul 2020 #5

Seems plausible alright Disaffected Jul 2020 #6

I think the point is that they are already in hell. n/t brewens Jul 2020 #4

Even a stable super genius like me is mystified. nt Binkie The Clown Jul 2020 #7

+1 flying rabbit Jul 2020 #10