Fictional:
"The uni with wasabi snow, while conceptually ambitious, was a disappointment" - (Nina, food critic on Master Of None played by Claire Danes).
"The chef's mahi-mahi was awful awful" - (New York Post critic reviewing Alessandro's).
"I'm torn... between my integrity and my desire to avoid a beating. But I must be honest, your soup is abysmal" - (After the food critic tastes Monica's bouillabaisse again).
Genuine:
"Well it would have been splendid ... if the wine had been as cold as the soup, the beef as rare as the service, the brandy as old as the fish, and the maid as willing as the duchess" - (when a young Winston Churchill was asked about dinner he had attended the night before).
Domestic Goblin's sample verbal book reviews:
"Nothing really happens"
"The story should have ended a few chapters ago"
Sunday 1 May 2016
Sheldon's Ratings
According to Sheldon Cooper, everything is quantifiable:
Amy's french fry - 7
(The French Fry Goodness Inventory is based on three variables: crispiness, saltiness and shape)
Curly fries - 2
Spider-Man - 9
The number nine - 4
Berscheid, Snyder and Omoto developed the Relationship Closeness Inventory which predicts the stability of a couple based on behaviour. Amy and Sheldon scored 8.2 out of 10.
Amy's french fry - 7
(The French Fry Goodness Inventory is based on three variables: crispiness, saltiness and shape)
Curly fries - 2
Spider-Man - 9
The number nine - 4
Berscheid, Snyder and Omoto developed the Relationship Closeness Inventory which predicts the stability of a couple based on behaviour. Amy and Sheldon scored 8.2 out of 10.
One Art Please!
Hayley remembers:
Kindred Spirits
Spider remembers:
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| "Looking Very Undancey Indeed" from 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' by J.M. Barrie, 1906 |
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| Colours of London by Colin Ruffell |
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| Chop Suey by Edward Hopper |
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by Asher Brown Durand
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| The Kiss by Gustav Klimt |
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| Seated Woman with Bent Knee by Egon Schiele |
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| Hare by Albretcht Durer |
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| Seated Nude by Modigliani |
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| Guernica by Picasso |
Sutton Chancellor
The Canal House painted by Boscowan
A small oil painting representing a pale pink house standing adjacent to a canal spanned by a small hump-backed bridge. There was an empty boat drawn up under the bridge against the back of the canal. In the distance were two poplar trees.
This post was inspired by Agatha Christie's novel By the Pricking of My Thumbs.
A small oil painting representing a pale pink house standing adjacent to a canal spanned by a small hump-backed bridge. There was an empty boat drawn up under the bridge against the back of the canal. In the distance were two poplar trees.
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| An artist's interpretation #1 D. Hoye |
This post was inspired by Agatha Christie's novel By the Pricking of My Thumbs.
Names That I Despise
Eunice
Grace
Carmen
Charmaine
Ada
Tracey
Amy
Quentin
Tarquin
Dante
Lucien
Sandy
* This list is not exhaustive *
Grace
Carmen
Charmaine
Ada
Tracey
Amy
Quentin
Tarquin
Dante
Lucien
Sandy
* This list is not exhaustive *
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