re: through the fooking glass -- I can take no credit for this, it's from the guardian books website that sarra linked to below, but I had to include it anyway because it made me laugh so hard I had to put my head down on my desk.
Good point — that first page alone has crivens, a Scotsism; Bold and Ariel, British detergent brands; Sadler's Wells, a theatre noted for ballet which has lent its name to a company of same; David Blunkett, an ex-(I think!)politician; the Territorial Army…
Naked Bunch
Baked Lunch
Naked Hunch
A Doom of One's Own
re: through the fooking glass -- I can take no credit for this, it's from the guardian books website that sarra linked to below, but I had to include it anyway because it made me laugh so hard I had to put my head down on my desk.
You guys are on a roll today! I think my new favorite is "Paradise Rogained".
Sionnach, I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this list. I can't tell you because I'm laughing too hard. :-D
Good point — that first page alone has crivens, a Scotsism; Bold and Ariel, British detergent brands; Sadler's Wells, a theatre noted for ballet which has lent its name to a company of same; David Blunkett, an ex-(I think!)politician; the Territorial Army…
Those Guardian list ones have a veddy British flavour. I didn't understand half of them.
There's a huge archive of these I've enjoyed for a while. Guardian Books Talk: Change one letter in a book title
What pomegranate said! I'm really enjoying this.
Hilarious damn list! Excellent!
Wuthering Heights 40 years on.
Haha! Excellent, sionnach!