The Ask Jeeves (search engine) question of the day was
What is it illegal to call a pig in France?
Apparently Napolean. It was never removed the statute book.
I wonder if that caused a problem with the French translation of Animal Farm.
The Ask Jeeves (search engine) question of the day was
What is it illegal to call a pig in France?
Apparently Napolean. It was never removed the statute book.
I wonder if that caused a problem with the French translation of Animal Farm.
According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
There was a problem with AF - not from a legal view, however - and you can't call your pig Francois Hollande right now, but Jeeves is wrong.
Snopes is your friend: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=44435
Go to work, get married, have some kids, pay your taxes, pay your bills, watch your tv, follow fashion, act normal, obey the law and repeat after me: "I am free."
Anon
Boo!!
According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
Today's Ask Jeeves question is why were mince pies banned in England in 1644. Apparently, Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas. Banned Christmas, I can't believe it! Wait a minute, perhaps that's not such a bad idea...
According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell