G20 Meeting

Watching the coverage of the G20 meeting brought to mind the book Freddy and Fredericka by Mark Helprin. The story revolves around Freddy and Frederika, the Prince and Princess of  Wales, and their quest to reclaim America for Great Britain. Now Freddy is middle aged with big ears and Frederika is beautiful and a ditz. Not hard guessing who the characters are based on. Much of the book is laugh out loud funny, and a welcome relief from the real world. What is concerning is that comparing the events in the book to what is  currently happening in London, the events in the book make more sense.

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking's full name is: Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraimsdaughter Longstocking.

On an almost unrelated note, I was surprised to learn how sheep farmers in Lancashire count. It goes like this in their vernacular: "Yan, tan, tethera, methera, pimp, teezar, leezar, cattera, horna, dik, yandik, tandik, tetherdik, bumpit, yan-a-bumpit, tan-a-bumpit, tethera-bumpit, methera-bumpit, jigot."

via TKWKIWDBI via The Guardian.