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The Meaning of Liff - Douglas Adams |
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08/07/00 (28 review reads) |
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Advantages: It's light and undemanding entertainment
Disadvantages: It can get a wee bit boring
The meaning of Liff is for Adams fanatics and aspiring observational comedians only. It has no connection with any of the Hitchhikers' guide books.
Co-written with John Lloyd it takes the form of a dictionary of words that don't exist. So what exactly do I mean by that? Well maybe the best way to explain it is with a couple of examples...
MOFFAT (n. tailoring term)-That part of your coat which is designed to be sat on by the person next to you on the bus.
TODDING (vb.) - The business of talking amiably and aimlessly to the barman at the local.
WRABNESS (n.) - The feeling after having tried to dry oneself with a damp towel.
RIPON (vb.) - (of literary critics.) To include all the best jokes from the book in the review to make it look as of the critic thought of them.
I like that last one. Did anyone notice that all the words are place names?
So is it worth it? Well at only 3 quid I suppose you cannot complain. It does have it's moments and it probably benefits from being dipped into rather than read from cover to cover. The humour is quite middle class and English but that may not necessarily be a bad thing I suppose. It won't stay with you forever but the humour is quite gentle and will bring a smile to your face.
ISBN 0-330-28121-6
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- 23/07/00 I think I made the mistake of trying to read it from cover to cover - it's much better to just dip in and read a wee bit at a time. |
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- 22/07/00 I love this book. A funny piece of trivia is that Douglas Adams wrote this wround the same time as the Pythons made Meaning of Life. At the beginnging of the film the title reads Meaning of Liff until a lightning bolt strikes it. Nice bit of advertising. |
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