Roald Dahl and the Giant Miscalculation
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:51 pm
I read today that scientists have proved Roald Dahl made a grave miscalculation in his book "James and the Giant Peach".
Dahl claimed 500 seagulls carried the peach across the ocean, but it would in fact have taken more like 2.5 million.
It got me thinking.
How many albatros for a giant apricot?
How many cormorants for a giant cherry?
How many nightjars for a giant nectarine?
Perhaps the gulls would have been better sticking to grapes, and they should have got pelicans for the peach.
Alliteration rules!
Dahl claimed 500 seagulls carried the peach across the ocean, but it would in fact have taken more like 2.5 million.
It got me thinking.
How many albatros for a giant apricot?
How many cormorants for a giant cherry?
How many nightjars for a giant nectarine?
Perhaps the gulls would have been better sticking to grapes, and they should have got pelicans for the peach.
Alliteration rules!