Something I read this morning...

[oldsoldierfadingfast]

triggered a memory of a book I once read called 'A Mouse that Roared'. It is a satire on 1950s American politics that was in an uproar.
Written by Leonard Wibberbey, it was 1st published as a serial in the Sat. Evening Post starting in Dec 1954 and in 1955 by Little and Brown as a book.
Wikipedia has a good write up on its plot.
I wish someone that is like-minded and with good writing skills will check this out and come up with something similar about our present day American politics. The plot is fairly short, funny and worth the read.

Some day, I will tell you what my feisty Grandma told me about my wishes. Why wait, I'll tell you now.
She told me to shit in one hand, wish in the other and see which one gets filled first.

[wcmagumba]

1. Also, made into a movie with Peter Sellers....

[yorkster]

2. Yes, very funny. The Duchy of Grand Fenwick

takes us on. Saw it when I was 13 or so.

[ultralite001]

3. The Mouse that Roared - Film w/ Peter Sellers + Jean Seberg

From the Internet Archive... English w/ Spanish subtitles...

https://archive.org/details/the-mouse-that-roared-rugido-de-raton-arnold]

[Frasier Balzov]

4. Available for free on YouTube, and not a bad looking print either.

[Blue Full Moon]

5. Thinking the same

Maybe in line with Discworld by Sir Terry Pratchett.

Loved the movie The Mouse That Roared. Another one, The Flim Flan Man book and the movie had George C Scott. I looked up and found Teahouse of the August Moon.
Quote from Sakini: Pain make man think. Thought make man wise. Wisdom make life endurable.

[oldsoldierfadingfast]

6. Now you have done it...

it is past 3 am and I HAVE to go look this up before I go to bed!
(But thanks for the info. Love the Sakini quote.)

[electric_blue68]

7. Ah, thats why it sounded sounded familiar- the movie (as a kid)