My Hovercraft is Full of Eels

Graham Stone kindly informs me that in Papua New Guinea pidgin, ‘My hov­er­craft is full of eels’ becomes the epic: Balus em i no goupim bilong me em i pul­lup long lik­lik pela snek bilong sol­warra (Literally: My aero­plane (balus)  that can’t fly (no go up) is ful­lup of little salt­water snakes.) Aeroplane main­ten­ance is quite […]

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Abstract nouns I-spy. Prison cell hide & seek. Underwater blow foot­ball. Meltemi Monopoly in a sand­storm on the beach at Serifos (chocol­ate pieces to make it more challenging).

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I’ve always wanted to sleep on a train but I don’t really like cour­gettes!!!! ” ←my logo on a blog! DO I REALLY HAVE TO EAT COURGETTES?????!!!!! WHY I WANT TO SLEEP ON A TRAIN: I am look­ing for­ward to wak­ing up in Venice! I am look­ing for­ward to sleep­ing in a triple decker bunk! (it’s not […]

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The Hungarian Phrasebook sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus Set: A tobacconist’s shop. Text on screen: In 1970, the British Empire lay in ruins, and for­eign nation­al­ists fre­quen­ted the streets  —  many of them Hungarians (not the streets  —  the for­eign nation­als).   Anyway, many of these Hungarians went into tobacconist’s shops to buy cigarettes…

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