Friday, 4 January 2008

Knobbly monsters

Journalists love nothing more than a good "knobbly monster" - a desperate attempt not to use the same word again . . . when there is only one. Named after Paul Hudson, who was writing about alligators when, having used up "reptiles", he resorted to "the knobbly monsters".

Here are some classic funny newspaper knobbly monsters ...


Paddling pool: The watery playground

Chainsaw: The whirring powertool

Hail: Large balls of the freezing ice

Gordon Ramsay: The Michelin-starred stove ace

Daleks: Plunger-armed monster

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