Let's hope this remake focuses on the book, and not the movie or TV cliches. It's a pity Maureen O'Sullivan is no longer available to play Jane, and that Bo Derek is.

Let's hope this remake focuses on the book, and not the movie or TV cliches. It's a pity Maureen O'Sullivan is no longer available to play Jane, and that Bo Derek is.

I've heard they amputate your arm if you try to vote there.

I've heard they amputate your arm if you try to vote there.

Followed by 'I adore all the Dutch masters, but I particulaly adore Veneer.'

Followed by 'I adore all the Dutch masters, but I particulaly adore Veneer.'

But if you do, you can always gobble down a bird so it can eat the spider.

But if you do, you can always gobble down a bird so it can eat the spider.

Those sorts of jokes aren't as good as they used to be.

Those sorts of jokes aren't as good as they used to be.

I know it's cheesy, but I'm amazed he can leave that mouse alone.

I know it's cheesy, but I'm amazed he can leave that mouse alone.

This is the trouble with literal interpretations: what do we mean exactly by 'The child is ready to eat'?

This is the trouble with literal interpretations: what do we mean exactly by 'The child is ready to eat'?

74 degrees F.  Partly cloudy. The chance of showers in the late afternoon. Light winds.

74 degrees F.  Partly cloudy. The chance of showers in the late afternoon. Light winds.

I was on my honeymoon when a cyclone went right over the island and destroyed the hotel we were staying in. But that was the only sucking and blowing going on.

I was on my honeymoon when a cyclone went right over the island and destroyed the hotel we were staying in. But that was the only sucking and blowing going on.

Beet puns are rooted.

Beet puns are rooted.