Dragon Drop: Spreadsheet of Pern
The title of this journal (Head On A Stick) was inspired by discussion on the Feedback page of this week's New Scientist about misprints inspired by copy taken down over the telephone. For example, a software product was described as having a "dragon drop interface". Apparently back in 1999 Feedback reported on a Sheffield newspaper's personal ad which read "Professional man, 45, head on a stick, seeks similar woman."
Which made me think that perhaps the pleasure-seeking miscreants - such as highwaymen - whose crania ended up decorating London Bridge back in Olden Times had been pursuing a head on a stick lifestyle. And who better to exemplify that than Barbara Windsor in Carry On Dick?
Anyway, I've always enjoyed mondegreens, to which the New Scientist examples above are clearly related.