Roald Dahl | #funnyemails

No worries about the calories licking these stamps.

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Pradeep

Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake fans alike will be lapping up these ‘Wonkalicious. Whizzpopping. Swizzfiggling’ new Royal Mail stamps launched, ‘in tribute to one of the world’s greatest storytellers, this unique collection celebrates his most famous works, his best-loved characters and tales of his extraordinary life’.

The set of 6 stamps feature original illustrations of some of Dahl’s best-loved characters; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Twits and The Witches. Buy yours here!

{via}

Filed under: entertainment | Tagged: Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl | Leave a comment »

Television by Roald Dahl

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Pradeep

Image by dhammza / off via Flickr

The most important thing we’ve learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set –
Or better still, just don’t install
The idiotic thing at all.

In almost every house we’ve been,
We’ve watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.

(Last week in someone’s place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they’re hypnotised by it,
Until they’re absolutely drunk
With all that shocking ghastly junk.

Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don’t climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink –
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?

{Read on}