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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 04, 2002, 09:28:27 am
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Has anyone ever read this? It's by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd and is one of the funniest things ever written. It is like a phrase book, where all the nameless situations are given a name, taken from a placename, I know it sounds crap but here is an example.
CROMARTY
The brittle sludge which clings to the top of ketchup bottles and plastic tomatoes in nasty cafes.
or
ABILENE
Descriptive of the refreshing coolness on the reverse side of the pillow.
Those a re just two examples form a truly funny book.
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I've got it, it rocks ;)
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Finally....words I can use
;)
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Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
ABILENE
Descriptive of the refreshing coolness on the reverse side of the pillow.
Oh, yes, Yes YES!!!!!!!!!!!! :nod:
Tell me, is that the correct spelling of the book's title? "...Liff"?
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Well here's my copy of the books front cover...
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/col/files/misc_meaningofliff.jpg)
Although given the difference in titles it might be a sequel? I've not heard of there being two different books in the series though...
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Douglas Adams is the man! I have to find that book. If anyone who is looking at this thread has not read the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: A trilogy in fuve parts, go get it. It's funny as something we don't say on nice forums like HLP;7
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Ooo, I might look into buying that...
Its funny as *bleeped by Thunder*
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Originally posted by TheVirtu
Its funny as *bleeped by Thunder*
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:wtf:
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Originally posted by Shrike
:wtf:
:wtf:, indeed.
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Hmm, yes.
I read the intro to the book more carefully and it might well be a sequal or a revised edition - however as with the rest of the book the preface doesn't take itself seriously (the authors have a conversation with eachother over several years worth of revised edition prefaces) so I'm not exactly sure what it is. Still funny though :)
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Finally....words I can use
;)
Yes, they're perfectly cromulant words. :nod:
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If anyone in the UK wants to know where to buy it, you can get it from Waterstones or Ottakars for £5.99.
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Originally posted by Thunder
Well here's my copy of the books front cover...
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/col/files/misc_meaningofliff.jpg
Although given the difference in titles it might be a sequel? I've not heard of there being two different books in the series though...
Illustrated by Bert Kitchen.... now that's a quality name!
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More words! More!
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Originally posted by TheVirtu
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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AITH (n.)
The single bristle that sticks out sideways on a cheap paintbrush.
AMERSHAM (n.)
The sneeze which tickles but never comes. (Thought to derive from the Metropolitan Line tube station of the same name where the rails always rattle but the train never arrives.)
BANFF
Pertaining to, or descriptive of, that kind of facial expression which is impossible to achieve except when having a passport photograph taken.
BEREPPER
The irrevocable and sturdy fart released in the presence of royalty, which sounds quite like a small motorbike passing by (but not enough to be confused with one).
BONKLE
Of plumbing in old hotels, to make loud and unexplained noises in the nigth, particulary at about five o'clock in the morning.
BRECON
That part of the toenail which is designed to snag on nylon sheets.
BUDBY
A nipple clearly defined thorugh flimsy or wet matereal.
CLENCHWARTON (n. archaic)
One who assists an exorcist by squeezing whichever part of the possessed the exorcist deems useful.
CORFU (n.)
The dullest person you met during the course of your holiday. Also the only one who failed to understand that the exchanging of addresses at the end of a holiday is merely a social ritual and is absolutly not an invitation to phone you up and turn up unannounced on your doorstep three months later.
CRANLEIGH (n.)
A mood of irrational irritation with everyone and everything.
DIBBLE (vb.)
To try to remove a sticky something from one hand with the other, thus causeing it to get stuck to the other hand and eventually to anything else you try to remove it with.
DORRIDGE (n.)
Technical term for one of the lame excuses written in very small print on the side of packets of food or washing powder to explain why there's hardly anything inside. Examples include 'Contents may have settled in transit' and 'To keep each biscuit fresh they have been individually wrapped in silver paper and cellophane and separated with courrugated lining, a carboard flap, and heavy industrial tyres'.
A few of my initial favorites from a-d.
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Talk about having absolutely nothing productive to do... :p
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Originally posted by Styxx
Talk about having absolutely nothing productive to do... :p
Hell f***in yeah...