Bonkers, quite bonkers. Laughed out loud multiple times - certainly worthy of the 'chortleworthy' label!
No idea to which book you're referring, but there's something of Conan Doyle about it in some of the vocab (which, also being Victorian, is to be expected) and phraseology.
Good guess, Rebecca, thre only problem being that it’s wrong. Chortle. The novel I had in Mind was The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells. Like several other novels (eg Conrad’s Heart of Darkness), it uses a framing device in which someone relates someone else’s story, thereby giving the reader a story within a story.
Glad you found it chortlesome! Were there any bits in particular you guffawed at?
You delight us with your ink craft! Very clever version, Terry. I have been intrigued by steampunk sculpture but never really knew what it was all about.
"Our eyes met in a moment of magic." Cue music 😂. So good, Terry. I immediately thought of the opening of a Hallmark movie . . . of which the rest of the post wouldn't fit at all, which makes it funnier to me. Thanks for the evening chuckle.
My steampunk experience has been from an artistic perspective. I had no idea they had the equivalent of Cockney slang going on. A cool version of the story anyway. Well done.
Drain the boiler had me laughing out loud. 😂
Lol. It's great, isn’t it?
Definitely want to work out how to weave cognock and blootered into my next story! Florence Gearngale -- ! 😅
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Bonkers, quite bonkers. Laughed out loud multiple times - certainly worthy of the 'chortleworthy' label!
No idea to which book you're referring, but there's something of Conan Doyle about it in some of the vocab (which, also being Victorian, is to be expected) and phraseology.
Good guess, Rebecca, thre only problem being that it’s wrong. Chortle. The novel I had in Mind was The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells. Like several other novels (eg Conrad’s Heart of Darkness), it uses a framing device in which someone relates someone else’s story, thereby giving the reader a story within a story.
Glad you found it chortlesome! Were there any bits in particular you guffawed at?
‘Draining the boiler’ and ‘still dizzy from the cogknock’ spring to mind immediately!
Lol. Brilliant aren't they!
Defo!
You delight us with your ink craft! Very clever version, Terry. I have been intrigued by steampunk sculpture but never really knew what it was all about.
Thanks, Jim! Haven’t seen you for ages. Hope all is ok
"Our eyes met in a moment of magic." Cue music 😂. So good, Terry. I immediately thought of the opening of a Hallmark movie . . . of which the rest of the post wouldn't fit at all, which makes it funnier to me. Thanks for the evening chuckle.
Thanks, Mary! 😃
I like steampunk. It's hilarious, and accurate. People back then really did think that machines could do anything. Just like today
Very true! 😂
My steampunk experience has been from an artistic perspective. I had no idea they had the equivalent of Cockney slang going on. A cool version of the story anyway. Well done.
Mentioning steampunk or its subgenres is almost like showing a steak of the month catalog to Pavlov's Pooch. 🐕🐕🦺🐶