Nancy Blackett is one of the coolest female child/teenage characters in fiction. When I don't grow up I want to be just like her.
With this is mind, do you see the phrase "Prize galoot" replacing "donkey felching cock womble" in the lexicon of the cyclist-about-town?
I'd forgotten about "prize galoot" but it's a wonderful phrase. An effective insult without actually swearing. I have been known to occasionally use "duffer" and "BF" though not in the situation mentioned, and "prize galoot" has far more power.
As for the film, ICBA to find the clip, but I have met the boy who played Roger.
As a child I identified most with the Walkers, probably because they were the obvious heroes of the story, but now I find the Amazons more intriguing. Also Captain Flint and even Timothy "Squishy Hat", who as we all know is not an armadillo.
Ok, that's enough for this thread, back to wood burning.