THE TERROR-TROUT OF PREFAB SPROUT!

Whoops, No, I'm Lying Again
 - it's just that last night with the "Devil Chub of Beelezebub" I got a lot of hits, so perhaps once again those curious about psychopathic fish and a British band might consider hitting the blog out of a mordant curiosity, if nothing else.
     And there are so Terror Trout!  Take a look at this bad boy:

Calling it a "Trout"is, perhaps, using a little too much poetic licence

     Okay, okay, it may not be a Terror Trout, but it's definitely a Terror Fish.

"Prig"
Conrad was fairly certain he knew what this word meant, so just to make sure he went and looked it up.
     Correct, Conrad!  A Prig is defined as "a person who believes themself to be morally superior to those around them".
     Conrad, by definition, cannot be priggish as his general superiority to mere Hom. Sap.* is a simple fact rather than any mere belief.

Miss Priggy.  Close enough

Judge Dredd And Sir Whacko
I take it you are all familiar with Mega-City One's favourite teak-hard lawman?

He states that he " - is the law."  Nobody particularly quibbles with this claim.

     If not here is a precis:  Judge Dredd is a Mega-City judge, who is empowered to deliver instant justice up to and including lethal force**.  He is totally dedicated, incorruptible and mostly devoid of humour, although he does have sly little moments here and there.  He appears in 2000 AD and is renowned for never having shown his face; he even sleeps in his helmet.  Of course, as he is a clone, if you want to know what he looks like then all you have to do is Google Judge 

THIS INFORMATION REDACTED

VIOLATION CITY ORDINANCE 1570b SECTION A ("SECURITY OF THE CITY" ACT)

BY ORDER

MEGA-CITY ONE HALL OF JUSTICE

    - simples!

Karl Urban in the very good and in the right spirit film version***

Now, hands up here who remembers "Whacko" the comic strip?
     As I suspected, none.  It was a long time ago and even those of you who were around at the time were probably out playing football.  Conrad's memory fails when it came to which comic it was in - probably Dandy or Beano^.
     Here an illustration:

It's medieval.  You can tell because he says "Ye"

     The opening panel has a little doggerel verse as an introduction:

In days of old

When knights were bold,

And monkeys chewed tobacco,

The only master of this school

Was armour-clad Sir Whacko!

     I'm sure you see the problem here, because tobacco didn't exist in medieval England.
     Anyway, this school was so terribly rough that the only teacher capable of controlling it was, indeed, Sir Whacko.  He wore a full suit of armour.
     WHICH HE NEVER TOOK OFF!
     Every week the hilarious sustained joke that the evil pupils tried to see what his face looked like was trotted out again, and again, and again. They never managed.
     You can see where I'm going with this, can't you?  Sir Whacko is plainly the inspiration for Judge Dredd.  I rest my case.

An Embarrassment Of Eggs
I bough a pack of 18 last night and need not have done so.  We are now blessed with 32 eggs that need using up.

     What you might call an egg-cess.

The Quiz Is
I did mention about posting this yesterday, but it's been held over until today.

VALENTINE’S DAY QUIZ

QUESTIONS

11)      Which football team play at Letchworth Stadium?

22)       How many ventricles does the human heart have?

33)       In which city did the St Valentine’s Day Massacre take place?

44)      Which of these images is of St Valentine?

A

  B

 C

55)       In which of these countries is Valentine’s Day not illegal:

A)     Iran

B)      Saudi Arabia

C)      North Korea

66)       “All You Need Is Love” – The Beatles

“Love Shack” – The B52’s

“You Can’t Hurry Love” – Phil Collins

“The Hounds Of Love” – Kate Bush

Which is the odd one out, and why?

77)      Which soppy rom com is this picture from?

Hint: it has “Love” in the title

88)       Which pioneering Shoegazing band is this?

 

99)       A) Coconut Layer Cake

 B) Coconut Jam Sandwich Bars

 C) Cherry Cupcakes

 D) Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes

Which of these is NOT in the “Valentines” section of The Hummingbird Bakery Cake Day recipe book?

110)   What is unusual about the Volkswagen Beetle in “The Love Bug”?

111)   “Set a course for adventure,
Your mind on a new romance”

What incredibly cheesy television show are these lyrics from?

112)    Jeff Beck has had two hit singles, both of which he hates.  The one he hates the most is “Hi Ho Silver Lining”.  What is the other?

ANSWERS

11)       Hertfordshire (“Herts”)

22)       Two

33)       Chicago

44)      A

55)      C

66)      B – They’re American, the others are British

77)      “Love, Actually”

88)      My Bloody Valentine

99)      B.  Obviously.  Do these sound romantic at all?

110)   It’s alive!  Sentient! Thinks for itself!  Any variant of these will do.

111)   “The Love Boat”, which I can proudly claim to have never watched.

112)   “Love is Blue”

And I think that is quite enough excitement for this afternoon.
     I have more stuff to post but it would make this an extreeemely long post and I don't want to tire your glazzies out.

Chin chin!


* "Homo Sapiens".  You lot.  Humans.
** Probably quite popular with Daily Mail readers at this point
*** We here at BOOJUM! deny that other one ever existed.
^ Which had nothing to do with beans.