sparbled and chased

[extemporanea]

Today's subject line courtesy of Worthless Word for the Day. "Sparble" is a verb meaning "to scatter or disperse", but mostly I just like the way it sounds. The sixteenth century has a good line in words

Comments

[strawberryfrog]

Gandahar...

Oh, sounds good. Why have I never heard of it?

Clearly French sf flies below the radar. Possibly because of all the boobies.

I don't think it works that way on the internet.

[anonymous]

Apparently the frog eating was intended to parody French stereotyping, sort of thing. Like the huge noses.

scroob

[extemporanea]

Yes, clearly, and the mad dynamiting bit is funny, I just find the eating whole frogs thing a bit gut-wrenching.

Actually, one of the strengths of the film is its ability to take the affectionate mickey out of French stereotyping.

[herne_kzn]

Ah, "My cast sparbled his marbles." Must start playing marbles just so that I can use that sentence.