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 (compiled by Tom Churchill of The Scottish Sun)
Nintendo players: the UK-based button-bashers (News of the World)
Cerne Abbas in Dorset: the 17th-century chalk outline of the sexually aroused giant (The Sun)
Teletubbies: the colourful custard-guzzling quartet (The Sun)
Friday, 8 February 2008
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