Eye - 10 October 2014

From revolutions to blooming buds

A crank is a device that creates revolutions. | Photo: MIKI Yoshihito / flickr CC.

Revolutions

A cranky quote inspired some quirky wordplay from Philip Jacob, of Monkstown Meeting in Dublin:

‘In the Friend (29 August) Esme Weeks mentions having heard Jeremy Paxman describe conscientious objectors as “cranks”. A crank is a device that creates revolutions. ‘nuff said!’

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