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MORE VOWELS THAN CONSONANTS |
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Done in comic strip form, Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" is about life during this country's Islamic Revolution |
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1984 NYC-set movie in which a priest says, "Because you share a love so big, I now pronounce you frog & pig" |
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In 1927 an Austrian candy man created the name "Pez" by shortening the German word "Pfefferminz" (this flavor) |
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This enigmatic & reclusive captain has lost a leg & possibly his mind |
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BBS can refer to a bulletin board system or this phrase meaning you'll return shortly |
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All things being this, meaning as great as, we know you're this to the task |
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"Red Scarf Girl" chronicles this horrifying Chinese Revolution of the 1960s |
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This cartoon elephant king of Celesteville is married to his, eek, cousin Celeste |
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Pez was invented as an alternative to this habit; early dispensers had no character heads & resembled lighters |
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The ship in "Moby Dick", the Pequod, was named after one of these groups |
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TTFN is short for this double talk phrase "for now" |
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You can try to contact the dear departed using this trademarked spiritual board |
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(I'm author and journalist Helene Cooper.) In "The House at Sugar Beach", my memoir of a childhood in Liberia, I recount the event that changed my life: the 1980 coup by Sgt. Doe against President Tolbert in this capital city named for the USA's 5th president |
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Orson Welles voiced Nag & June Foray voiced his wife Nagaina, 2 cobras who were dealt with by this 1975 title hero |
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In 1987 these body parts were added to the bottoms of dispensers to help them stand upright |
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Have yourself a cup of coffee after you name this first mate in the book |
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An e-mail bearing the ominous acronym NSFW means that the racy attachment is this |
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Il est un 2-word term for "see ya around, dude"; en francais, s'il vous plait! |
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Marc Cooper's "Chilean Anti-Memoir" is called this coup leader/military dictator "and Me" |
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In the 1936 movie sequel "After" this guy, Asta the Terrier is seen chasing away a "suitor" of Mrs. Asta |
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This beloved icon remains the best-selling dispenser today (but that won't make him visit more than once a year) |
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Moby Dick is a ferocious albino whale of this species |
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Chatting at your desk on Instant Messenger? Type AFK into the window to tell them you're "away from" this |
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This practice is sometimes called mercy killing |
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No coups or revolutions in Bruce McCall's "Thin Ice: Coming of Age in" this country |
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This animated family comprises Mama & Papa Bear & their kids, Sister & Brother Bear |
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The ominously named Peter Coffin owns the Spouter-Inn in this "New" Massachusetts whaling port |
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IANARS is a humorous caveat to your audience that you're not one of these, like Wernher von Braun |
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A disinfectant spray, or a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas |
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