A very clever idea to use place names to describe things for which no word exists. Not an original idea but the results are amusing and sometimes inspired e.g. taken at random: Eads: The sludgy bits at the bottom of the dustbin, underneath the actual bin liner. Patney: Something your next door neighbour makes and insists that you try on your sausages. My favourite one isn't in the book though. Risca: Something white and gooey found at the back of the fridge that might be o.k. for frying something with. It inspires you to try it yourself: Cardiff: The transient sensation of unfamiliarity with your own vehicle after you've been driving someone else's. No?
Universaalit ilmiöt vieraskirjaan kirjoittamisen vaikeudesta bussin odotuskärkyntään saavat nimensä paikannimistä. Niin hauska ja nokkela kirja, että tekisi mieli kirjoittaa kaikki sanat ja niitten määritelmät muistiin! Myös hakemisto on erinomaista viihdettä.
The words themselves will be difficult to remember for most readers, so I most recommend this as a hearty study of manly thoughts, a kind of British Dave Barry. Since the late Douglas Adams and Barry have long been favorites of mine, this was a pleasant thing to discover from part of the Adams canon I've only just gotten to. Plus the fact that Adams and co-writer John Lloyd theorized that culturally we will have run out of new names by 2015? Which is this year? So that was a good bit of timing on my part. Is there a word for that? Oh, right. But none of them flattering...