Talk:Moab Is My Washpot
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[edit] Title
Can anyone explain the significance of the wacky title? It's a line from Psalm 108 ("Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph") but why is it the title of an autobiography? Flapdragon 03:07, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
- I wanted to ask just that. Adding to my confusion, I thought MOAB was a type of rain-absorbing asphalt. DirkvdM 09:37, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
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- I doubt that has anything to do with it. They didn't have asphalt in ancient Palestine. Aaрон Кинни (t) 16:30, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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- While the quote does originate in the Bible, I suspect that Mr. Fry uses it because of his admiration for the writer P.G. Wodehouse. The latter uses this phrase to express a feeling of great joy and contentment. One example occurs early in Uncle Dynamite. The discussion on the main page about the significance of this title with respect to Fry's view of himself as a boy is, I fear, spectaculary wide of the mark. I think he was jolly happy being a bit of a cad and rather like a character from Wodehouse in fact. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cliftonperkins (talk • contribs) 20:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC).
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[edit] Wording
I'm not sure I entirely agree with the use of the word 'seduction'. Isn't there anything better we could use? Voici 14:00, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Do you mean this part: "..Oliver Derwent, a prefect who seduces Fry."? Thhis seems okay to me -- the phrase is used by Fry in the book: "It was towards the end of my first year that I was succsessfully seduced and deflowered". (p298 of my Arrow UK edition) 143.252.80.100 10:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
