Fanworth’s dream was to be delicately placed in a mental institution and there to be tended by a modest number of dead-eyed strangers. To this end, wearing fiercely orange tights, he drenched himself head to toe in butter fat and sang nonsense in falsetto outside City Hall. Sure enough, he was removed from the scene […]
Edna Mae had: a. a statue of Charles Dickens in her garden, at which she tossed hoops. b. a cravat formerly belonging to Charles Dickens, which she used as a bookmark. c. an autographed portrait of Charles Dickens perched above the samovar on her dining room table. d. a stamp collection envied most particularly by […]
Loon: I have the honor, privilege, and golden opportunity today to conduct the 3 question interview with the ghost of Mr. Charles Dickens, who famously wrote many famous books, so I am told. Welcome, sir, and may I begin by asking a question about your childhood? Dickens’ ghost: You may. Loon: I know I should […]
It seems to me a lot of folks don’t understand the word ‘kurpaginostician’. I tremble for them. To be fair, I tremble for everyone, what with me being afflicted with ‘the shakes’ and all. Howsoever and to boot, I stand 43 per cent behind whatever I was saying, which was, as I recall, I don’t […]
But what was sweeter than dancing and the lovely waltzes of those days were the gardens gay with paper lanterns, and the trees as green as lettuce over the fairy lamps; and the smell of the limes and the night stocks hanging on the dark, and the lovely girls in their trailing skirts walking under […]
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5 of 5 stars to The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton goodreads.com/review/show/55…
