I have read Shamela which was quite funny in that 18th century type way. In general, however, I much preferred Laurence Sterne and his subtle references to engorgement and blushing!
Blimey! That one's just got to take theThe time table relating to those Trolley Buses that went along Market Street, Farnworth, Lancs., on Tuesday mornings in the period between 1950-1957.
But only those that used the no.56 stop next to the Co-op Chemist's shop where my auntie Florie's prescriptions were made up.
Why was the person who wrote the timetable called Mr Herbert?
Blimey! That one's just got to take thebiscuitsorry! 'frog', on grounds of shameless obscurity! I wish you luck!
Mind you, I can certainly remember the Bradford Trolleybus routes, if not the timetables, in the early 1970s. There was the no. 7 trundled along from Thornton to Thornbury. The no. 8 from the City Hall to BRI at Duckworth Lane. No. 16 (I think) along Sundridge Road to Four Lane Ends. No. 37 up Listerhills Road and Pasture Lane to Clayton. No. 38 was a shortened version of same. No. 40 from Forster Square to Saltaire by a very roundabout route. No. 41 from Forster Square to Idle. No. 45 to Wibsey. No. 46 to Buttershaw. Have I left any out?
How's that for geek-ness?![]()
I don't think I'd be very good at the specialist bit, especially as the Mastermind subjects these days seem to require obsessive interest in unimportant things. I'm a generalist, in fact I kick General Knowledge ass to the point where I have been banned from pub quizes in several places. I have little in the way of useful specialist knowledge or skills!
The main reason I don't watch mastermind is that they'd probably let you have that.
The life & works of an author / director / musican with a large body of work and an interesting life ok, but what happened in a book/s or film doesn't denote a specialist subject imo.
Yes they do. I'd have a stab at the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy L Sayers - a dozen or so books, crammed with detail.
I always thought Lord Peter Whimsy would have been more appropriate.