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Original poster

Great works of literature ruined by a single sentence

398 replies

Blandmum · 16/09/2007 15:59

Idea stolen from the Time ed website

'Hey Godot, you're early!'

OP posts:
RosaLuxembourg · 16/09/2007 23:34

Mother deserves some happiness at last after everything she had to put up with from father - Hamlet.

Pan · 16/09/2007 23:25

The Silence of the Lambs..

"Does her bum look big in this?"

LIZS · 16/09/2007 21:19

Beware the Ides of March ? ok then I think I'll stay indoors . Juilius Caesar

Hurlyburly · 16/09/2007 21:15

I've joined Save the Whales

Captain Ahab

LIZS · 16/09/2007 21:15

Well of course a mad first wife living in the attic isn't a problem, Mr Rochester.

No I don't touch a drop, says the soon-to-be Mayor of Casterbridge

wheresthehamster · 16/09/2007 21:13

"We love you Katie Nanna, don't ever leave us" said Jane and Michael

Mary Poppins

pointydog · 16/09/2007 21:12

"Mother's still alive and she's just bought me a jumper from Marks & Spencer"

The Outsider, Camus

NKF · 16/09/2007 21:10

So Mr and Mrs Brown decided to home educate Tom.

filthymindedvixen · 16/09/2007 21:07

''Fuck off Flashman!''

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Original poster
Blandmum · 16/09/2007 21:05

'We've decided that we'll save money and send you to the local comprehensive'

All the Mallory Towers books

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filthymindedbolshevixen · 16/09/2007 20:59

I blardy love this thread!

wheresthehamster · 16/09/2007 20:58

"We settle down in our new home and I resolve to keep a d... " (runs out of ink)

Diary of a Nobody

"The education bestowed on Flora Poste was NOT expensive, athletic or prolonged so when her parents died she was quite capable of earning her own living"

Cold Comfort Farm

Threadworm · 16/09/2007 20:38

"Fine, thanks: a spot of Germolene and it cleared up in no time."

The Singing Detective

slowreader · 16/09/2007 20:19

Priam:
"Everyone out of the horse."

Twiglett · 16/09/2007 20:14

the White Rabbit hopped into his rabbit hole and Alice went home for tea

edam · 16/09/2007 20:11

'There's a flood warning out tomorrow, let's find somewhere high up to stay until it's all over.'

Mill on the Floss.

gibberish · 16/09/2007 20:03

Pride and Prejudice

'Sorry, I'm gay.'

Slubberdegullion · 16/09/2007 20:01

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. All four of them were a bunch of ravenous little bastards so Mr Macgregor aquired a very proficient Jack Russell which caught the theiving sods in no time.

slowreader · 16/09/2007 19:55

Tess of the Durbyvilles:

"I think you'd get on with my sister."

Pruners · 16/09/2007 19:51

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MarsLady · 16/09/2007 19:51

lol

Slubberdegullion · 16/09/2007 19:50

OMG Mars spooky x post

Slubberdegullion · 16/09/2007 19:49

IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a sit on lawn mower.

MarsLady · 16/09/2007 19:49

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife sadly Mr Darcy had just lost it all on the second horse in the 12.30 at Kempton!

MarsLady · 16/09/2007 19:47

Of Mice and Men: George decided that Lennie needed to stay in residential care.