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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!'

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Blandmum · 16/09/2007 16:49

Mrs Beeton

'First catch your hare'

No, I think I'd rater have a pizza.

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NKF · 16/09/2007 16:50

Hamlet.
"I'm really happy for them. And it's time for me to leave home and get a job."

Or

Genesis
"No thanks. I don't like apples."

claricebeansmum · 16/09/2007 16:51

Brief Encounter

"Yes do lets forget everyone else and run away together". They elope.

Blandmum · 16/09/2007 16:52

Treasure Island

'No thank you Mr Pew, my mother says I'm not to take things from strange me'

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Dior · 16/09/2007 16:52

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Twiglett · 16/09/2007 16:53
Twiglett · 16/09/2007 16:53

May I extend to pop culture and crappy kids' programmes

Peppa Pig
"who fancies a bacon sarnie?"

DarrellRivers · 16/09/2007 16:54

Madame Bovary
Emma : No thanks, I'm very happily married

Blandmum · 16/09/2007 16:54

Little Woman

'No, Ma, we are not going to give up our christmas things to the poor family, fuck 'em'

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Blandmum · 16/09/2007 16:55

Anne of Green Gables

'So they sent us a girl,so I got Matthiew to take her right back'

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claricebeansmum · 16/09/2007 16:55

Demetrius to Helena (Act II, Scene III) in a wood outside Athens...

"Actually I rather quite like you. Shall we join Hermia and Lysander and elope?"

claricebeansmum · 16/09/2007 16:55

Midsummer Nights Dream...sorry!

EffiePerine · 16/09/2007 16:55

Book of Esther: I'm not listening to Haman, he's obv a complete tosser

DarrellRivers · 16/09/2007 16:56

North and South
Margaret Thornton, ooh John , you northern manner and foreboding looks are a big turn on in comparison to the Southern fops I've met before

StealthPolarBear · 16/09/2007 16:56

Macbeth
Well I do fancy being King ... but it's all just a bit too much effort. Think Mrs M and I'll just have a quiet night in.

Twiglett · 16/09/2007 16:56

Pollyanna

"oh just fuck off you miserable old fecker"

jaynehater · 16/09/2007 16:56

Swallows & Amazons:

"Better drowned than duffers, if not duffers won't drown"

Darlings, Daddy's thrown a wobbler, stay with Nanny while Mummy calls Social Services.

And bugger the Lake District, next year we'll go to Mauritius.

NKF · 16/09/2007 16:56

Lear: "I'm not giving you a thing."

Blandmum · 16/09/2007 16:58

Catch 22

'Guess what, they are sending me home early!'

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claricebeansmum · 16/09/2007 16:58

Importance of Being Ernest

"A handbag!
Well don't worry lad - don't let that stand in the way of you getting married"

Twiglett · 16/09/2007 16:59

To Kill a Mockingbird

"Oh no, that looks a bit of a tricky case,I don't think I will thanks all the same"

Blandmum · 16/09/2007 16:59

Romeo and Juliet

'Yes, marry her, its time we put all this fighting behind us!'

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EffiePerine · 16/09/2007 16:59

The Secret Garden: Mary gets a Playstation

Sheherazadethegoat · 16/09/2007 16:59

lol @ pollyanna

Dior · 16/09/2007 17:00

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