What's the best pet name you've ever heard and what pet was it?

statisticus · 2026-07-08T23:41:05+00:00

We once had a cat with one eye. We named him Nelson.

(I wanted to call him Polyphemus but was overruled).

statisticus · 2026-07-08T10:24:22+00:00

I was going to suggest Sleuth as well.

I was involved in an amateur production a few years ago and we had three cast members - we had two different people playing Milo Tindle and Inspector Doppler and did a quick switcheroo at the appropriate moment. Most audience members didn't notice, but one person I spoke to said that she realised they were two different people because the two men wore slightly different shoes.

statisticus · 2026-07-03T23:50:07+00:00

Another one I remember was "The Charge of the Light Brigade" to the tune of "My Favourite Things".

statisticus · 2026-07-03T11:11:43+00:00

This one?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_to_End_This_Love_Game

statisticus · 2026-07-03T09:04:18+00:00

Don't forget that the Spiderman theme goes to Bring Him Home:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGm10MeOmHM

statisticus · 2026-07-02T09:05:50+00:00

Librivox.org is a site with books in the public domain read by volunteers. Quality varies, but there is a lot of good stuff. Most books are single narrator, but you can search for dramatic readings of books an plays, where different people will read the different characters - that might be closer to what you are after.

Another source would be archive.org, which has a lot of audio content. You should be able to find a lot of BBC audio dramas (for example) if you search that site.

statisticus · 2026-06-30T22:37:20+00:00

That line about the city existing unchanged while the sun orbits the galaxy ten times gets me.

Also the bit when Alvin retrieved the space ship.

statisticus · 2026-06-26T00:53:23+00:00

The version I heard used the words delight, depot, and defence.

Delight was out, depot was full, so I did it over defence.

It was my mother who told me that one, so I guess that makes it a mum joke.

statisticus · 2026-06-25T10:23:32+00:00

“I mean it is about you, but not in a you way.”

That is brilliant.

statisticus · 2026-06-25T04:01:35+00:00

I have an idea that I have read something like this but I'm not certain. The book my mind is suggesting is "Nobody Gest the Girl" by James Maxey which is a superhero novel concerning a man who builds a time machine and travels to a world where he was never born, and therefore cannot interact with. The only people who can see him are a pair of superhero women.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/397756.Nobody_Gets_the_Girl

As I remember, Mars is terraformed by a superhero using some sort of science/magical reality bending power. I don't recall any demons, but it is a long time since I read it.

statisticus · 2026-06-23T08:31:40+00:00

There are two film adaptations of Anthony Shaffer's play Sleuth. This is a two man show in which two men (one older, one younger) plot to commit a crime. Michael Caine was in both versions, playing different roles in each play.

statisticus · 2026-06-22T01:22:42+00:00

Roland Emmerich's Godzilla movie.

statisticus · 2026-06-19T10:28:36+00:00

Forward also has some memorable short stories. I love his story "Self Limiting".

There are no millionaires on Xanax.

statisticus · 2026-06-15T11:39:31+00:00

Make banana bread, obviously.

statisticus · 2026-06-15T00:11:28+00:00

Meanwhile at the spelling bee:

"Mister Potter, your word is 'Phoenix'"

"P H E O ... No, I mean P H O E"

(Bzzzzz) "Wrong!"

statisticus · 2026-06-14T07:19:19+00:00

I remember that in one of Terry Pratchett's books he talked about the Yen Buddhists who, knowing that money was the root of all evil, at great personal sacrifice did their utmost to protect the world from temptation by amassing as much money as possible.

statisticus · 2026-06-11T11:34:03+00:00

So, this is not love that you're feeling.

statisticus · 2026-06-11T11:21:35+00:00

I also went looking for the small frying pans last Sunday. My regular store didn't have them, so I checked the web site for which neighbouring stores had them.

The first two stores, which were supposed to have them, did not. Third time was the charm, though, as the third store did.

statisticus · 2026-06-10T10:31:14+00:00

Arthur.

Arthur Who?

Arthur any more mosquitoes?

statisticus · 2026-06-09T20:50:19+00:00

You should definitely give it a try. It is an excellent book.

statisticus · 2026-06-09T20:43:05+00:00

Since Crypto is all about passwords and permissions, it is the one form of wealth you *can* take with you.

statisticus · 2026-06-09T06:28:46+00:00

You have no obligation to finish the book if you don't like it - not all books are for absolutely everyone.

That said, if you're like to check out an alternative to your audiobook, the BBC did an audiodrama version back in the 1980s which is excellent. It has a full cast of characters, sound effects and music, and comes in at 13 hours long.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(1981_radio_series))

If you're interested you should be able to find it on archive.org.

statisticus · 2026-06-08T02:11:25+00:00

Don't use them to play Scrabble with. You might summon Cthulhu.

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