Re: Winning the Covid-19 war

Posted by Timmo on
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You can look up the meaning of Wet Wang in the first book. Though you may have fun creating your own definition. it was my first introduction to The Meaning of Liff.



On 13 Apr 2020, at 10:47, Port-Na-Storm [via UK HBBR Forum] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Way back in time, actually on April 11th but it seams a lifetime ago, CW casually threw in a reference to The Meaning of Liff.  (Ah; The Meaning of Liff!)
These things don't go unnoticed.

For those unfamiliar with this work it is a tomb written by the late Douglas Adams, of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame and John lloyd of QI and many other important cultural works such as Blackadder, Not The Nine O'Clock News and Have I got News for You.

The basic premise of the book is that there are many things in life which have no names and a vast number of place names which could be better employed.

I don't have "The Meaning of Liff" on my bookshelf but I do have "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" so from that volume I will give this example.  

There is a small hamlet in Lanarkshire called Elsrickle.  
This is described as "A bead of sweat which runs down your bottom cleavage".

I come from the beautiful Scottish Borders town of Peebles and was rather dismayed to discover it was described as "Small carefully rolled pellets of Skegness."  
If you want to know what Skegness is, you'll have to read the book.

Well what else were you going to do?
 
















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