Comments on: It is a truth universally acknowledged… Homages and Parodies

By: Bob Rosenberg

Bob Rosenberg — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:28:14 +0000

“Evidence based pride and observational prejudice.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a medical intervention justified by observational data must be in want of verification through a randomised controlled trial.”

From “Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials.
–Gordon C S Smith, Jill P Pell”
BMJ 2003;327:1459–61

By: Stephen Gallagher

Stephen Gallagher — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:28:38 +0000

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the burying of a disfigured and unrecognisable corpse in a crime drama means that character is still alive.

By: Jana

Jana — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:28:12 +0000

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a robot in want of hands can use her mouth.”

(Jeanette Winterson, Stone Gods) [about a robotic head that just performed cunnilingus on a teenaged girl in a chaotic post-3-war world]

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:26:01 +0000

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the first line of Pride & Prejudice is more commonly paraphrased for jokes than any other quote.

By: Kate the Book Buff

Kate the Book Buff — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:29:04 +0000

The thing with the Latter Day Comedy Pride and Prejudice, is that you have to be LDS (or Mormon) to appreciate a lot of the humor in it. The first line is ironic and funny if you are Mormon, because there is a whole cultural thing behind it that you must understand. Yes, it wasn’t the greatest Jane Austen adaptation that was ever made, but it is important to understand that the movie was made for a particular niche, it wasn’t meant to be funny to everyone.

By: Tallie

Tallie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:44:33 +0000

I loved all the quotes especially the ones from Bridget Jones and Lost in Austen.
I do have one from Camilla Morton’s book “How to Walk in High Heels”.
She says;
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in possesion of a good heel, must be in want of a dance partner.”
Still, it is a truth universally acknowledged, that nothing beats the orginal uuniversally ackowledged truth!

By: nouki

nouki — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:53:16 +0000

All the references are just hilarious…well the one of the yacht sent me in a fit of guffaws, but as u said! It doesn’t beat the original XD
I haven’t read the one with zombies… it seems awkward to me. Maybe I’ll try it later. What I’m going for now is the Darcy mystery series

By: sherry

sherry — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:59:36 +0000

I loved the 2009 novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, opener!

By: Percephene

Percephene — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:33:09 +0000

Definately the zombies. I hadn’t read any Austen before I read PP & Z and it was /brilliant!/

By: .

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:33:31 +0000

The comment above inspired me to come up with this version: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man with fabulous nature and looks (and incredible dancing skills), must be gay.

*sigh*