George's Marvellous Medicine

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...serving it to his unsuspecting Grandma! The ?medicine? has quite alarming results and Grandma ends up growing taller and taller until she is bigger than the family?s house. George then tries it out on some of the farmyard animals, and the potion brings about the same results. However, the saucepan of potion won?t last forever, and George didn?t bother to write down exactly what he put in it so George and his father set about trying to recreate the potion so that they can sell it to farmers and make their fortune. They also need to find a way to shrink Grandma [who is even more of a pain big than she was small and shrivelled up in her armchair] back to size. My favourite part of this book has got to be George?s father?s reaction when he comes home to find his mother-in-law?s heading poking out of the top of his house. He?s far more interested...

princesslaura 13.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

George's Medicine Making Morning

Advantages: Fun for small children
Disadvantages: Lacked a certain sparkle that other Dahl books have

...An extract for George?s Marvellous Medicine was in a Roald Dahl Anthology that I was privileged to own when I was younger and was one of the things within it that I really liked reading. Because of this I was quite pleased when I discovered that my brother had the book in his Roald Dahl box set. The book is like most of Roald Dahl?s offerings rather simple and easy to read. The story is rather vibrant and entertaining and the covers of the book can merely contain the colourful characters bursting to get out. The book itself was first published in 1981 and is not too long a read, coming in at 104 pages long in my copy, which is a Puffin edition, published in 2001. Despite saying that this book is 104 pages in length, not all of these pages contain writing and some contain only a minimal amount, as the story is accompanied by some...

MI9to5 05.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

a marvelous medicin

Advantages: brilliant story
Disadvantages: none

...George lives on a farm with his mother, father and grandmother, George is a nice boy but he cant stand his Grandma and who can blame him she is the most rude and nasty woman you could ever imagine. Georges parents go out for the day leaving him at home to look after his Grandma, all morning his Grandma keeps threatening to tell his parents he is naughty if he forgets to do anything for her. George decides to get his own back on her and makes a medicin potion using all the tablets and chemicals he can find around the house and farm. At 11 am it is medicin time for grandma, George gives her some of his potion and she begins to grow and grow and grow untill she is as big as the house with her head sticking through the roof. Mom and Dad return and are angry at George, Dad uses Georges medicin on the animals on the farm to...

danniell 20.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

Medicine or Cosmetic

Advantages: Very effective for dry skin and chapped lips
Disadvantages: Initial cost and strange smell

...'s grazed knee! However, before I get too carried away, there is a warning on the tube not to apply the cream to puncture wounds, infections or lacerations. I got some on a deep cut by mistake once and whilst there was a slight stinging sensation it easily washed off and there was no further stinging. One downside for me though is the smell, which seems more medicinal than cosmetic and took me a while to get used to. I also find the colour slightly disconcerting - a strange peachy/brown - although it appears clear when you apply it. Although it calls itself a cream, its consistency and texture are more like a gel and as such I find it a bit off-putting applying it to large areas of skin (eg using it as a moisturiser) and prefer to use it on smaller "problem" areas. The initial outlay on a 50 ml tube is around £17 which sounds a lot...

mgrigsby 25.06.2002 · Read review
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Wilt - My Medicine

Advantages: Cracking, melodic rock music
Disadvantages: Unheard of by many

..."Distortion", "Understand" and "Dave You Were Right" suggest and highlight a band extremely keen on melodic rock music - something caught between REM and Bush, as well as Idlewild and the Manic Street Preachers thrown in there - which is no surprise then that Eringa produced this album considering his previous work. Tracks such as title track "My Medicine" instantly back-up such the similarities with REM - especially the vocal consistencies of REM's Michael Stipe and Wilt's Cormac Battle; there's an uncanny resemblance after a couple of listens. "Take Me Home" was another single off the album, or so my basic research shows, which is surprising for me, as I feel it's style is somewhat "off key" compared to other tracks, such as the other single "Distortion". The slight distorted vocal effects don't work for me, and although the powerful chorus...

carl.mcqueen 01.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of My Medicine [ECD] - Wilt

An Essential For The Medicine Cupboard

Advantages: great medicine for a sick child with a high temperature or minor pain, cheap, sachets are great too
Disadvantages: rather bright pink colour, very sticky and syrupy

...Calpol is one of the most useful things for parents. It is liquid paracetamol, and a wonderful medicine that can be used for children with high temperatures, colds, headaches, teething pains and so on. It is suitable for babies from three months of age, although it is often suggested for babies aged two months who have just had their MMR vaccinations. But as they get older, the strength seems to diminish and I would recommend buying Calpol Six Plus for older children. Calpol is a pink colour and very sticky, but all children seem to like the taste, which is important. A sugar free version is available too. The box of Calpol sachets is also very useful, especially for when you are out and don't have a 5ml measuring spoon to hand ! The sachets contain the right amount for the dose, so can be administered directly from...

KarenUK 14.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Calpol Medicine

Merry Christmas Song from Medicine?

Advantages: Pushing the boundaries of Indie rock
Disadvantages: Definately caterting to the niche market

...then having left the student world behind and making the most of gig opportunities in the capital. I was still impressed - and I still thought they sounded like My Bloody Valentine. The lead singer Beth did look a bit scary though, I'm sure she glared at me a couple of times. With the Valentine's recent announcement of new material and gigs, I thought it was worth revisiting this under-rated band, probably not well known even to the usual suspects from early 90s Indie circles. MEDICINE Formed in 1991 by guitarist Brad Laner, Medicine's sound was akin to that from across the pond to bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Chapterhouse. If anything, their feedback sound was harsher and more industrial in my opinion; the UK bands tried to sweeten the feedback up a bit, but Medicine turned up the metallic sounding notch to 11 out...

larsbaby 11.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Shot Forth Self Living - Medicine

MEDICINE FROM THE GARDEN

Advantages: NATURAL
Disadvantages: TAKES A WHILE WITH MOST TO PREPARE

...Herbs have been around for a long time and grown all around the world.You will find that there are good, and bad ones, you do have to take great care with the identification of the herbs as some are so easy to get muddled, hence less risks if you are doing a herb garden yourself. Picking in there prime is usually the best. Clean, unblemished leaves or just before the flowers open and as the fruits ripen. Dried green herbs lose their medicinal use after about six to seven months, but the roots,seeds,bark can last for about two to three years so a big difference. Herbs can be used in many ways-medicial,decoration,potpourri and make-up to name a few. For creams the herbs: Aloe vera,borage,comfrey and dandelion spring to mind and are often mixed with glycerine and almond oil to make a creamy mixture for skin.(Usually heated...

linda01865 02.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of *Herbal Medicine in general*

George's Marvellous Medicine Overview

Advantages: Interesting plot; fantastic characters
Disadvantages: n/a

...George lived on a farm miles away from anywhere so there were never any children to play with. He had the companion of pigs, hens, cows, sheep and... his grandmother. George's grandmother was unlike other lovely, kind and helpful grandmothers. His was a 'complaining, grousing, grouching (and) grumbling' one and was extremely stubborn extremely. George hated her with all his might. But day after day, he had to give her her medicine, at eleven o'clock. One day, whilst his parents was out, he developed a 'marvellous' plan. He would 'make her a new medicine, one that is so strong and so fierce and so fantastic it will either cure her completely or blow off the top of her head.' It was to be a magic medicine. In it he was going to put EVERYTHING he could possibly find. He toured the house, going to the washroom, laundry...

melokilo 29.08.2008 (25.04.2008) · Read review
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Review of George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

Oscar Wilde's obsession with books

Advantages: Full of fascinating information about Wilde's life and love of books
Disadvantages: None really, except maybe best enjoyed by those with some prior knowledge of Wilde

...The controversial Victorian playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, so the introduction to this book tells us, ?devoured and luxuriated in books?. He had a lifelong thirst for reading, so it?s not surprising to find that his house in Chelsea was packed with them. Not only was he an avid collector, but he was also an accomplished speed reader with a remarkable ? and to some extent photographic ? memory which helped him to absorb and recall instantly vast amounts of prose and verse. As a reviewer for the Pall Mall Gazette, he could master a book's content, plot or argument in minutes. (If only ciao had been around in those days as well). Maybe it is only fair to get the one major chink in his armour out of the way quickly. Once, when he was preparing a lecture on the poet Chatterton, most of his notes were made up of entire pages and paragraphs...

JOHNV 24.11.2009 · Read review
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