Even I'm having trouble believing I said it. This morning I awoke after a luxurious lie-in: early to bed, late to rise. Boy, did it feel good. I turned to the wife and said "Wow, I really needed that Raymond Chandler".
What did I mean? A big sleep! My mind works in mysterious ways and had created a new form of slang in an attempt to show off my literary mind. But it set me to thinking of other bits of literary slang I could use.
- It's a nice day out. Let's take the kids to the George Orwell - Animal Farm
- The garden's a bit John Wyndham. Time to get weeding - The Day of the Triffids
- So, what's your Robert McKee? - Story
- My bosses are such Michael Moores - Stupid White Men
- I know it's got enough bedrooms, mate, but it's too Charles Dickens for us - Bleak House
- The weather has postponed play here at Lords Cricket Ground. There's too much Kenneth Graham about - The Wind in the Willows
- Dammit, my hat is Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind
- I'm too tall. I don't date Louisa May Alcotts - Little Women
- Nuts, this thing never tells the time properly. I need to take it back to the Alan Moore - Watchmen
- I just need to go do an AA Milne - Do I really need to spell it out?
- If you don't tidy your room, there'll be Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment
- Horrible day. I feel terribly Victor Hugo this morning - Les Miserables
- My ex wife has a Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
- I'm a bit of a horticulturalist myself. So what's the Umberto Eco of this one? - The Name of the Rose
- Lads, I'm sure the wife will let me out to the pub if I try a bit of Jane Austen - Persuasion
- Wow, is that a Herman Melville in your pocket? - Moby Dick
- ...and then he dropped his trousers. It was so disappointing seeing his Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit
Of course, some authors may have two meanings. Charles Dickens appears twice in the above examples, but the context determines the answer. However, some authors would have problems regardless of context. Imagine the following...
- I'm bored. Why don't we occupy ourselves with Irvin Welsh? - Is it Trainspotting or Porno? A major social gaffe hangs on the answer!
Can you come up with any more?
