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[[Jenny Everywhere#Tricked by Shoebill|Jenny Everywhere]] once bought a '''contrafibulator''' from [[Sylvester Shoebill]] for twice the market price, not knowing that it was actually faulty. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') | [[Jenny Everywhere#Tricked by Shoebill|Jenny Everywhere]] once bought a '''contrafibulator''' from [[Sylvester Shoebill]] for twice the market price, not knowing that it was actually faulty. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
“Contrafibularity” was a nonsense word originally made up by Richard Curtis for ''[[wikipedia:Blackadder|Blackadder]]'', and also used (in the form of “Friction contrafibulator”) in his ''Doctor Who'' script ''[[ | “Contrafibularity” was a nonsense word originally made up by Richard Curtis for ''[[wikipedia:Blackadder|Blackadder]]'', and also used (in the form of “Friction contrafibulator”) in his ''Doctor Who'' script ''[[tardis:Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]''. As ''contra'' means against and the ''fibula'' is one of the major bones of the leg, the word sneakily refers to “pulling someone's leg”. Hence, it appears that Sylvester Shoebill ironically deceived Jenny about the value of a ‘deceiving machine’. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:59, 2 August 2024
Jenny Everywhere once bought a contrafibulator from Sylvester Shoebill for twice the market price, not knowing that it was actually faulty. (PROSE: The Grand Multiverse Hotel)
Behind the scenes
“Contrafibularity” was a nonsense word originally made up by Richard Curtis for Blackadder, and also used (in the form of “Friction contrafibulator”) in his Doctor Who script Vincent and the Doctor. As contra means against and the fibula is one of the major bones of the leg, the word sneakily refers to “pulling someone's leg”. Hence, it appears that Sylvester Shoebill ironically deceived Jenny about the value of a ‘deceiving machine’.
