Re: OT: Monster Raving Loony (was Re: verbs?)

Tim May scripsit:

> Incidentally, given the international nature of this list, some
> members may not recognize JBR's use of the phrase "monster raving
> loony candidate" as a reference to the Official Monster Raving Loony
> Party, who have since 1983 satirised the British political system by
> issuing absurd manifestoes and fielding joke candidates in national
> and local elections.
And some may not know that a Rodent Of Unusual Size is a critter from
William Goldman's book and movie _The Princess Bride_, abbreviated
ROUS.

The OMRLP and its offshoots seem to owe something to the People's Front of
Judea and related organizations.


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