...to make up for the huge disappointment caused by my last post, whose link refused to work (I've now deleted it).
No prizes, but this is a fishy literary competition (game, really). Names of well-known books altered to look fishy. For example:
Peyton Plaice
The Cod Delusion
The Pilchard's Progress
Over to you now (only those with nothing better to do need apply. I'm off to do the ironing).
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On The Roach............Jack Kerouac
ReplyDeleteCatch 22.
Huckleberry Fin.
Yes it is a silly competition but anything is better than video editing.
Oh, very good, Adrian!
DeletePride and Jaundice.
ReplyDeleteBluthering Heights.
Jane Where.
Very good, Sonia, but not much to do with fish?
DeletePlease may I include films?
ReplyDeleteThe Codfather.
Forest Guppy.
The King Sperch
Adrian, you're disqulified, (although very witty). Get back to books, please.
DeleteFine by me.
DeleteBarnaby Rudd.
Turbot or not Turbot.
That's better (though the second one is a speech, not a book. But I'll let it pass).
DeleteIt's from 'Amlet.
DeleteTurbut, or not turbut, that is the question:
Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The squids and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,
IT FINISHES WITH A SEA.
That's to do with fishes.
Give us a kiss for first prize. Women. a funny breed but beautiful.
You mean Clamlet, don't you? Adrian, you've worked very hard on this, but there aren't any prizewinners, and therefore no kisses. Sorry about that. But you can have this one x
DeleteI wish, I just write as I think, Clamlet is a thingy I missed. it's why I'm thick.
DeleteI deserve more than a kiss.
Harry Potter and the Fish Filleter's Stone.
ReplyDeleteThe trouble with this is I keep thinking of others, like The Ascent of Clam and Diary of a Shrimpy Kid (for those who have kids). Although Lady Chatterley's Lobster doesn't quite cut it. This is what happens when you (I) do the ironing.
ReplyDeleteDown and trout in Paris and London
ReplyDeleteCindereller and the glass kipper
Cray the beloved country
Prawn free
Oh, whistle and eel come to you my lad
What fun!
ReplyDeleteTo Krill a Mockingbird
The Bridge on the River Koi
Lock Stock and Two Smoked Eels
Jurassic Shark
Groundhog Ray
Wow! You're not just good at short stories, are you, Teresa?
DeleteLord of the Herrings. You've got me hooked now!!
ReplyDeleteThe Stickleback of Notre-Dame.
ReplyDeleteMaggie, you really are "hooked", aren't you? Brilliant. Keep them coming!
DeleteMr Pollack. I won't 'carp' on any more!
ReplyDeletePhew! But thanks, Maggie. Btw who's Mr. Pollack?
DeleteSorry, full title is The History of Mr Pollack, Charles Dickens?
DeleteMansfield Shark
ReplyDeleteAnchovy of Green Gables
And husband has contributed;
Lamprey Parsonage
Barnacle Rudge
Whiting for Godot
ReplyDeleteGoldilox
Two high-scorers!
Delete"Goodbye To All Sprat"
ReplyDeleteYou're on top form, Mrs.B.
DeleteThe Good, The Bad and The Blobfish.
ReplyDeletePatsy, what's a blobfish??
DeleteGoogle for an image of it - you'll soon see why he goes with the good and the bad.
DeleteYikes! nuff said.
DeleteSorry but I feel completely out of my depth. I never was any good at this sort of thing. However I can and do admire the responses.
ReplyDeleteNever mind, Graham. You can't be brilliant at everything.
Delete"Barnaby Rudd" by Charles Dickens
ReplyDelete"Waiting for Codot" by Samuel Beckett
"Life of Fish Pi" by Yann Martel
I love the second two, YP, but Adrian beat you to it with Barnaby Rudd! Life of Fish Pi is YP one of the best.
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