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 ..
Nigel Kennedy - The lumpy-necked fiddler
Postman Pat's cat - Genial Pat's feline sidekick
Saudi Arabia - The desert kingdom
Uri Geller - The wacky mystic spoon-bender
Friday, 25 April 2008
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