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- From: bfde@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Bernard Francis DE LA COEUR)
- Subject: Re: lots o' questions&annotations for Mort
- Message-ID: <9232514.22374@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- Organization: Department of Computer Sci, University of Melbourne
- References: <1drrbhINNql0@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <1992Nov12.113113.1589@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 03:30:44 GMT
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- andyh@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andrew Holyer) writes:
- >ST102315@brownvm.brown.edu () writes:
- >>
- >>p.86..."They could pee through a dozen mattresses..." Albert here mangles
- >> a fairy tale. Unfortunately, I can't remember how it goes. Anyone?
- >> Anyone?
- >>
- >"The real princess", one of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy talkes.
- >The way you could tell a real princess was that if you placed *a*pea*
- >(the small round vedgetable) under a dozen matresses, which she then
- >slept on, she could still feel the pea...
-
- This story has been made into a very funny musical (occasionally seen performed
- by various amateur theatre companies), called, 'Once Upon A Mattress'.
- My favourite bit was:
- Princess: 'My name is Princess Winifred, but you can call me by my
- nickname.'
- Prince: 'What, "Winnie"?'
- Princess: 'No... Fred.'
- The Prince then proceeds to extoll her virtues in a song called 'I'm in love
- with a girl called Fred', while she gets totally ratfaced...
-
- OBPratchett: There's a thought. Perhaps a DW musical...? Someone mentioned
- playing the Disc like a record. Starring Jason Donovan as...(?)
-
- Bernard.
-
-