tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post283965402976489656..comments2023-09-20T14:18:32.900+02:00Comments on Obscene Desserts: Life imitating science fiction: Attack of the giant squid editionJCWoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585322642151280666noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post-86480146328723034102009-07-20T15:04:05.358+02:002009-07-20T15:04:05.358+02:00Isn't it rather splendid that the Grauniad act...Isn't it rather splendid that the Grauniad actually got the right species? I mena they could have made it the Giant Scrod. (Cue the favourite joke of classicists who think they are little whoo, a little whee. I once won a CD for getting it on a radio show. Not know what I am on about? - see wikipedia. Although the version done by Benny Green with accents on Radio 4 circa 1977 was rather better.)mikeovswinton, bit of a geezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post-75646797561955437542009-07-18T15:15:54.513+02:002009-07-18T15:15:54.513+02:00Hi, KB.
Yes, it's kind of a drag either wa...Hi, KB. <br /><br />Yes, it's kind of a drag either way... Though I'm pretty sure I'd take the pain of rejection over becoming some squid's next tasty morsel. <br /><br />But there might be those who think otherwise.JCWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585322642151280666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post-43654168728352716962009-07-18T14:49:25.077+02:002009-07-18T14:49:25.077+02:00The animals taste with their tentacles, he said, a...<i>The animals taste with their tentacles, he said, and seemed to be touching him and his wet suit to determine if he was edible.</i><br /><br />So either he is eaten, which would be painful, or he's rejected as being inedible, which would be wounding to his feelings. He canna win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com