prawn

• “I liked when he guest-starred on The Simpsons—I still chuckle whenever the sentence "Three prawns are hardly a galaxy!" comes to mind, which is pretty much whenever I hear the word prawn or read the word galaxy.”

  Nick Mamatas' Journal

• “It was a variation on a wonderful 17-year old joke by Michael Heseltine from back before the 1992 election, when he taunted Labour leaders Neil Kinnock and John Smith for trying to woo the financial community with a series of lunches and dinners in the City of London - what became known as the prawn cocktail offensive. wrote:”

  BBC Blog Network

• “Wrong, the name is from a type of grasshopper found in southafrica/nigera called the prawn”

  The Anatomy of “District 9″ - Eric’s review » Scene-Stealers

• “English lobster is a species, our cray fish is another, our prawn is another.”

  Essays

• “Spinning is usually practised when the water is too high or too coloured for the fly; trolling is seldom employed, but is useful for exploring pools which cannot be fished by spinning or with the fly; the prawn is a valuable lure in low water and when fish are unwilling to rise; while the worm is killing at all states of the river, but except as a last resource is not much in favour.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1

• “The English lobster is a species, our cray fish is another, our prawn is another.”

  Lectures and Essays

• “We had a boat, and I would see these extraordinary creatures at the bottom of the island," such as prawn-like creatures the size of small dogs that were caught in nets.”

  How to train yourself to spot a dragon

• “Chiva-Som's two restaurants – Emerald Room and Taste of Siam – use a mix of Thai and Western influences to cook up low-calorie versions of dishes such as prawn salad and coconut curry, that are a feast for the eyes and mouth.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Asia's Top Spas

• “The obvious metaphor is there, made even moreso, when the South African government of this near-future's present decides to re-locate the one million-plus "prawn" population to a decidedly smaller, more isolated camp -- in tandem with MNU, a corporation running the alien ghetto while secretly trying to tap them for their technology and biology.”

  Brad Balfour: Q&A: Sci-Fi Director Neill Blomkamp Describes Life in District 9 As No Picnic

• “This stall has been serving Indian rojak -- a classic Singapore dish of fried foods such as prawn fritters, squid, prawn-paste cakes and potatoes with chilies -- since the 1960s.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Powerfully Good Cookie

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