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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| b81c65d | Although the rival cereals of rye, barley,oats, buckwheat and millet have continued to exist in Europe, the triumphal march of king wheat was uncontestable | Norman Davies | ||
| a0d1808 | Discord among the ex-Soviet nationalities was fuelling an ugly brand of Russian nationalism. Voices in Moscow called for the re-conquest of Russia's 'near abroad'. For after Abkhazia, there waited several further targets for Russian intervention, including Tatarstan and Chechenia, and other non-Russian lands within the Russian Federation. Sooner or later, Russia would be forced to choose between its new-style democracy and its old-style imp.. | nationalism russia | Norman Davies | |
| 6576eb8 | The formula Muscovy + Ukraine = Russia does not feature in the Russians' own version of their history; but it is fundamental. | muscovy russia ukraine московия россия росія украина україна | Norman Davies | |
| 393a78e | A fantastic Riot Boy, Trash the Senses.. -Thurston Moore | DAVID RAT | ||
| a0c068f | fact, if there was a fire in their house, and Mum could only save either a sparkly gold tap-shoe once worn by Flavio Flavioli (the shiny, tanned dancer and heartbreaker from Italy who appeared on every series of the hit TV show) or her only child, Ben thought she would probably go for the shoe. | David Walliams | ||
| 235e351 | Dancing Master of the On-Going" -Scott Wannberg-" -- | DAVID RAT | ||
| bcba59d | Briefcase Crunch time. To escape the gravity of Jupiter, a spacecraft would have to travel over 134,000 miles per hour! Compare that to how fast space shuttles have to travel to clear the earth's gravity-seven miles a second, or about 25,000 miles per hour. Get too close to Jupiter, and you're not coming back! People are made for gravity. Astronauts in space have a great time floating around without gravity. But weightlessness eventually do.. | Lee Strobel | ||
| f2015ef | Goliath said with somber voice, "Since it is our custom to grant defeated deities some amount of vassal-like privilege, the Lord of Ashdod, Mutallu, thought it only gracious to allow this Yahweh an audience in Dagon's presence. But the next morning when the priests opened the temple, the image of Dagon was on the floor, face down before the Israelite ark." Lahmi and Ittai gasped. Warati sighed. Ishbi said, "That is only the beginning of the.. | Brian Godawa | ||
| bc68f9e | You have achieved nothing. Do you not see? Nothing. We scurry through time, like the rats in Fizqwik's wheel. Over and over the same mistakes. I am glad to be done. I am sick of it. | sharpwit skaven warhammer | David Guymer | |
| 31f7b02 | I think the Horned Rat prefers his children blind or we would surely have the world now. And he knows we would betray even him if we could. | skaven warhammer | David Guymer | |
| b38df5f | She began by taking R. Carter's resonating silver key, and unlocking the Rat-Thing door that led into the corpse garden where all hope was to be ended. | Kent David Kelly | ||
| 0c7f6ca | Goliath could not tell for sure until the lad had reached to within fifty or so feet of him. He was puny. And he wore no armor. He was clad as a shepherd without his cloak. He had a shepherd's staff and sling in his hand. He looked like a teenager. In fact, he was quite handsome and Goliath thought it would be a pleasure to sexually violate this stripling. But he was insulted by the challenge. He boiled with rage. He screamed out to his ene.. | Brian Godawa | ||
| 9e79e2f | The members drifted apart, did their own thing for a while, then came together somewhere down the line, in some merciless, dark rat hole of a public house where even the vermin stayed out of the dark corners for fear of being killed and eaten by the patrons. There they partied loud and cursed violently and drank themselves into a rare, dreamless stupor. Dudley's | David Leadbeater | ||
| e354d17 | Kid,' he laughed 'you're crazier than a shithouse rat in an Indian restaurant but you've got yourself a deal. Vinny! Lace up, you and the KFC are going three rounds. | humor | David Louden | |
| fcc3872 | Philistine Lords knew the Rephaim ranks were too crucial to their success as an army, so instead, they decided to take responsibility and get rid of the abominable offense. They sent the ark away on a cart pulled by two unblemished milking cows and accompanied by a guilt offering of images; five rats and five tumors made out of gold, one for each of the Philistine Lords of the pentapolis. They reasoned that if it was Yahweh that had harmed .. | Brian Godawa | ||
| 54235b8 | period | David Walliams | ||
| 32c6937 | Sikh. | David Walliams | ||
| a6320d4 | With a Spoon?! | David Walliams | ||
| dea626d | Zoe had to do something or she would be roadkill. | David Walliams | ||
| cc3b710 | Smelly cheese, blue cheese, runny cheese, MOULDY CHEESE, cheesy cheese. | David Walliams | ||
| afff663 | poo, | David Walliams | ||
| 4c4a9e1 | Do NOT complain about the tea. We know it tastes like someone's bathwater that has been PEED in. That's because it is. | David Walliams | ||
| fa0d6ba | Just to check she's not going out." "Going" | David Walliams | ||
| 54c4f31 | tedious | David Walliams | ||
| be052aa | emporium, | David Walliams | ||
| d630b2f | smiled in a week. "It's nice to see you smile, Dennis. Lisa told me what happened at school. I am very sorry." "Thanks, Raj." "I must say you had me fooled though! Very good you looked, Denise! Ha ha! But I mean, being expelled for putting on a dress. It's absurd! You haven't done anything wrong, Dennis. You mustn't" | David Walliams | ||
| 7b1497b | Now I am covered in knickers!" she complained loudly. "I can never show my face in polite society again!" | David Walliams | ||
| 8d8119b | school. | David Walliams | ||
| af20ed8 | Made-up word ALERT | David Walliams | ||
| 3e4d1f2 | rejects | David Walliams | ||
| f8627cd | Magazines like that are for girls! And woofters!" "SHUT UP!" said Dad. Dennis" | David Walliams | ||
| 14f37d2 | But how had he died? Zoe knew that Gingernut was very young, even in hamster years. Could this be a hamster murder? she wondered. But what kind of person would want to murder a defenceless little hamster? Well, before this story is over, you will know. And you will also know that there are people capable of doing much, much worse. The most evil man in the world is lurking somewhere in this very book. Read on, if you dare... | David Walliams | ||
| db3d405 | on | David Walliams | ||
| ded823b | At London Zoo, a girl leaped over the wall at the penguin enclosure. She thought that by tugging her pullover over her head, waddling and catching a fish in her mouth she could pass herself off as a penguin. | David Walliams | ||
| 54d7af7 | One Christmas on a school outing to see the local pantomime two pupils stole the pantomime horse costume. They were only found out when several months later they attempted to enter the Grand National. | David Walliams | ||
| 3fa57af | GET OUT! GET OUT OF MY CLASSROOM YOU VILE LITTLE GIRL! AND TAKE THAT DISGUSTING CREATURE WITH YOU!" snarled the teacher." | David Walliams | ||
| 37f0482 | Oh it's just my breakfast, Lisa. A couple of bags of Maltesers, a Toblerone, a Bounty, Jelly Tots, some Skips, seven bags of Monster Munch, Raj was doing a special offer on those, a box of Creme Eggs, and a can of Diet Coke. | David Walliams | ||
| 4c90047 | What I still don't get though," ventured John. "Is why you did it?" "Did what?" "Put that dress on in the first place." "I don't know really," said Dennis, a puzzled look crossing his face. "I suppose it's because it was fun." "Fun?" said John. "Well you know when we were younger and we used to run around the garden pretending to be Daleks or Spiderman or whatever?" | humour | David Walliams | |
| ceab3b8 | Pulling wings off daddy-longlegs, stapling cats' tails to the floor, hanging bunny rabbits on a clothes line by their ears, just a bit of fun. | David Walliams | ||
| cb1aa76 | At first all she could see was a tiny shadowy shape in the corner by the door. She tiptoed out of bed to have a closer look. It was little and dirty and a tad smelly. The dusty floorboards creaked a little under her weight. The tiny thing turned around. It was a rat. | David Walliams | ||
| 6573ad4 | Unfortunately for Ben and Granny, it turns out that ancient poo does still pong.) After | David Walliams | ||
| 5a3b253 | hank you, Miss Midget, I mean Midge, for that beautiful tuba playing," lied Mr Grave. It had been truly awful. Like a hippopotamus farting." | David Walliams | ||
| ae898a6 | He opened the card. It was from Raj's shop and featured a big smiling cartoon bear inexplicably wearing sunglasses and Bermuda shorts. Dennis had chosen it from Raj's shop because it had "Happy Birthday to the Best Dad in the World" written on it." | David Walliams | ||
| b583a21 | HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! | David Walliams |