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Like many nursery rhymes, "Jack Sprat" may have originated as a satire on a public figure. History writer Linda Alchin suggests that Jack was King Charles I, who was left "lean" when parliament denied him taxation, but with his queen Henrietta Maria he was free to "lick the platter clean" after he dissolved parliament—Charles was a notably short man.
Jack Spratt is the protagonist in a series of alternate history science fiction fantasy novels by Jasper Fforde. He was named after the character from the English nursery rhyme . As revealed in The Big Over Easy , for example, he hates eating fat, and was once married to a woman who ate nothing else (hence, she died).
DCI Jack Spratt heads the Berkshire Nursery Crime Division, handling all inquiries involving nursery rhyme characters and other PDRs (persons of dubious reality). After doubts arise concerning his handling of the Great Red-Legg'd Scissorman's arrest and the Red Riding Hood affair, he is suspended pending a mental health review. His DS Mary Mary ...
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales is a postmodern children's book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. [1] Published in 1992 by Viking, it is a collection of twisted, humorous parodies of famous children's stories and fairy tales, such as "Little Red Riding Hood", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Gingerbread Man".
Independence Day hasn’t arrived just yet, but there are plenty of fireworks of the verbal variety in our latest Quotes of the Week compilation. In the list below, we’ve gathered more than a ...
The Big Over Easy is a 2005 novel written by Jasper Fforde. [1] It features Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant, Sergeant Mary Mary. [2]It is set in an alternate reality similar to that of his previous books: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten.
Quotes about strength and love “The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true ...
Find the best 'The Nightmare Before Christmas" quotes from Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie and other characters on love, motivation and even Sandy Claws.