Category Archives: British humour

Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees

By terje | Published: July 19, 2008
1926. 273 pages. Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. Where the rivers Dapple and Dawl converge is situated the small country port of Lud-in-the-Mist, capital of the free state of Dorimare. From here, the burghers send their trading ships out into the world, bringing back wealth to the upper strata of Dorimarite society. But Lud and Dorimare has [...]
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Oh. My. Fucking. Gods.

By terje | Published: January 4, 2008
I just found out that there exists a British television show from 1990 where Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry plays the parts of P.G. Wodehouse’s Wooster and Jeeves. Naturally, all my viewing plans and schedules have been postponed until I’ve downloaded and watched all four seasons. Not that that means much — I’ve hardly watched any [...]
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‘Tis been a good day, so far…

By terje | Published: December 4, 2007
First, I took my NwN Dwarven monk through a couple of levels. Which is always fun, as they get so many feats and special abilities, it’s a treat to play them. Then, just as I had cleared level 7 and killed Head Gaoler Aelfinn, I was roused by my flatmates who desired my company for [...]
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2007-11-15 — Quote of the Day

By terje | Published: November 15, 2007
“Attacking his opponent Disraeli in Parliament, Gladstone remarked that ‘the honourable gentleman will either end on the gallows or die of some loathsome disease.’ To which Gladstone rejoined: ‘That depends on whether I embrace the honourable gentleman’s principles or his mistresses.’” — An example of a witty repartee, A Glossary of Literary Terms.
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2007-11-08 — Quote of the Day

By terje | Published: November 8, 2007
“Some sixty years later the dispute between king and Church flared up again. This time it took the form of a quarrel between Henry II (1154-1189) [of England] and Thomas Becket [...] Just as in the case of the emperor Henry IV [of the Holy Roman Empire] and Pope Gregory VII, personalities played their part [...]
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Movies Galore: A Summary

By terje | Published: September 24, 2007
It’s nearly two months since my last movie review — a review, I might add, where I was unreasonably hard on the reviewed movie, as the fact that I’m in a foul mood shouldn’t really count against it. Anyway, since then I’ve watched a lot of movies: excellent movies, great movies, good movies, mediocre movies, [...]
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Doctor Who 2006 2×03 School Reunion

By terje | Published: August 3, 2007
Tony Head as a reptile-bat alien disguised as a headmaster. Awesome.
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The obviousness of it

By terje | Published: July 3, 2007
Low Key Lyesmith, a grifter from Minnesota with orange-blonde hair, and a morbid sense of humour involving a lot of gallows. Come on! XD
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Doctor Who 2005

By terje | Published: June 5, 2007
One of my flatmates claimed that the series featuring Christopher Eccleston as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor, wasn’t all that bad. So now I’ve watched the first episode of this thing — my first encounter with Doctor Who since I accidentally came across an episode from the 70s, a couple of years ago. And my [...]
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Television Shows — What Else Is There (Time For)?

By terje | Published: April 14, 2007
Sigh. I just sat down to plan which TV shows I’ll watch in the next couple of months, and I currently feel as if I’m in the infamous time squize, or whatever one should call it. Because first of all, I have over half of season 4 and all of season 5 of Angel left to watch [...]
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