My Hovercraft is Full of Eels

To Greece by train - and other journeys of the mind, body and soul

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July 29th, 2011 by callum · 2 Comments · food, haha, islands, travel, USA

Hi! I’m in seattle right now and we will be get­ting on the plane in about four hours so I thought i had bet­ter write about what we’ve been doing. Jane arrived in Portland last Friday and she was very impressed by Helsers (break­fast cafe) and Powells (the biggest ofline book­shop in the world!). Then we […]

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More translations

August 24th, 2009 by Chris · No Comments · Greece, haha

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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Invented games to pass the time

August 4th, 2009 by Chris · 1 Comment · Greece, haha

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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Sleeper trains

June 18th, 2009 by callum · 4 Comments · Greece, haha

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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WARNING this blog does not have anything to do with hovercrafts or eels!

May 21st, 2009 by callum · 4 Comments · Greece, haha

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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