Sinister: Bloody sod yer then

[A.M. Horne]

> 
> The Divine Comedy are an obvious one in the books/band name thing.  Not only 
> is the name borrowed, but large chunks of the lyrics are taken from literary 
> types - "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is an F Scott Fitzgerald short story 
> shortened further, "Lucy" is a Wordsworth poem set to music and so on.  This 
> is either theft or genius.  I go for the latter.

and 'something for the weekedn' is stella gibbons's 'cold comfort farm'.

similarly, i was really disappointed when i discovered that the best lines
from 'reel around the fountain' were nicked from 'a taste of honey'. 

espadrille

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