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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Shameless steal from somewhere, but it appealed to me. Add 'ing' to the title of a film or book and give the strap line or blurb.

My favourite do far - Das Booting: a German man starts his computer.
 

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Posted by Athrawes (# 9594) on :
 
Stardusting - the Lives and Loves of Celestial Housekeepers!
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
Schindler's Listing - it could be a film about a ship leaning to one side or about the flotation of Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik on the stock exchange.
 

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Posted by betjemaniac (# 17618) on :
 
Ill Met By Moonlighting - one man's life takes an unexpected turn when his secret other job is discovered by his boss
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Pride and Prejudicing - the return of the Fascists - Be Very Afraid!
 

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Posted by marzipan (# 9442) on :
 
Hooking - Peter Pan grows up and joins a rugby team
 

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Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :
 
The Crowing - Tory MPs celebrate their election result in this documentary.
 

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Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :
 
The Colour of Magicing - an introduction into cake decorating using a new brand of pre-coloured frosting.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Fifty Shades of Greying

More than you ever wanted to know about hair-colouring products.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoning -- the Philosopher was caught in flagrante delicto.
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
The Curious Incident of the Dogging in the Night-Time: There are strange goings-on in the car parks of Buckinghamshire...
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
A Man for All Seasonings about a Chef in an Indian restaurant.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Slaughterhousing Five -- a select group are sent to meet a rather unpleasant fate.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Booking of Life- the queues for reincarnation are dreadful.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Oliver Twisting - the latest television dance contest.
 

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Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on :
 
Jusassic Parking - The velociraptors are OK, but have you seen a T.Rex trying to put a BMW into reverse?
 

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Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on :
 
The Africa Queening - who knew that a 125 minute film about an obscure move in chess could be so riveting?
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
Journey To The Centre Of The Earthing - a fascinating voyage through a plug.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
TV programme rather than a film but One Man and his Dogging - actually, I think that one's probably already out there in the murkier reaches of Freeview
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
A Manning and a Woman -- The true story behind Bradley Manning's sex change.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Legally Blonding, a documentary about the training and tribulations of hair dressers.
 

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Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on :
 
Of Mice And Manning, a sequel to A Manning and a Woman up above. In which Bradley Manning confronts the pests in the basement of his house.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Kill Billing - Michael Moore's latest polemic arguing for free-at-the-point-of-use medical care.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Gone With the Winding -- a clock that graced Tara's halls for years suddenly disappears after being wound.
 

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Posted by Porridge (# 15405) on :
 
Outing of Africa: the fraught tale of a fiercely homophobic African cleric who falls deeply in love with a fiercely homophobic African politician.
 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
Lord of the Ringings: Evil telemarketer tells how he rose to the top of his profession.
 

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Posted by Meike (# 3006) on :
 
Mobbing Dick: A modern adaption of Richard II.
 

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Posted by Meike (# 3006) on :
 
*adaptation
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
The Corpsing Bride - A young woman cannot keep a straight face on her big day.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
The Odessa Filing - a really boring book about dealing with paperwork in the Ukraine.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Harry Potter and the Ordering of the Phoenix
Encyclopedia of Magical birds, their care and training.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
The Maltese Falconing -- Chronicle of how inhabitants of a Mediterranean archipelago enjoy hunting with raptors.
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
Far from the Mad Crowding
See how little it takes for an overfull commuter train to become a scene of unspeakable carnage.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Mansfied Parking

A study of urban traffic patterns in the North of England
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
... then there's Tom Sharpe's Wilting
 

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Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :
 

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Mansfied Parking

A study of urban traffic patterns in the North of England

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
The Odessa Filing - a really boring book about dealing with paperwork in the Ukraine.

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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
West Siding Story - An exhaustive and exhausting documentary on the intricacies of shunting trains.

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Originally posted by Nenya:
A Room With A Viewing - a landlord contemplates letting one room of his property.

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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
The Incrediblings. A horror movie, in which Stephen King tries to top himself.

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
The Lord of the Ringings - exciting tale about an ambitious campanologist who wants to be the greatest Tower Captain in the universe, and will stop at nothing to achieve his aim.

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(if you want a more appropriate analysis, please wait until I sober up!)

AG
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Teahouse of the August Mooning -- Residents of Okinawa let their Allied victors know exactly what they think about their plans to Westernize the place.
 

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Posted by Meike (# 3006) on :
 
Effing Briest – The young female protagonist uses socially unacceptable swear words and tragedy runs its course.
 

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Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :
 
A Song of Ice and Firing - the tale of power struggles and murder in a pottery factory in northern of Norway.
 

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Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 
The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobing - a motley crew of characters undergoes a style makeover.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Mooning is Downing : the authorities at Cambridge identify the college boat club whose members dropped their trousers at the Vice-Chancellor.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Casa Blanca-ing

The art and science of whitewashing through the ages.
 

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Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 
Beauty and the Beasting - former Miss Universe contestant joins the armed forces.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Arms and the Manning

Bernard
gets close to as many TV lovelies as he possibly can
 

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Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 
Who Framed Roger Rabbitting - convicted poacher Roger sets out to discover who dobbed him in.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
The Breakfast Clubbing -- a group of early morning diners are viciously attacked.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Goldilocks and the three bearings

A post feminist tale of the first female engineer to qualify in the land behind the seven hills.
 

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Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :
 
The Horse and His Boing - how Narnia took up trampolines.
 

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Posted by Pia (# 17277) on :
 
Dante's Divining Comedy : The hilarious tale of one man's search for underground water, aided and abetted by straight-man, Virgil.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The adventures of Huckleberry Finning

Huck gets into heavy locomotion
 

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Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
The Sounding and the Fury

Quentin just cannot stand it when Benjy bounces ideas off him.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Jerking - Steve Martin goes to Jamaica to learn how to marinate chicken.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dafyd:
The Horse and His Boing - how Narnia took up trampolines.

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Not to be confused with The Horse and His Bong, in which Bree decides it's just too much bother to leave Calormen, and besides, this is some good alfalfa, dude.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
The Rocky Horror Picture Showing -- a costume party (fancy dress ball) held every Saturday at midnight.

[ 06. June 2015, 21:22: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Blacking Beauty

The Horsegate revelations - he was actually a Palomino.
 

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Posted by MSHB (# 9228) on :
 
Witnessing

A group of Amish decide to convert the "English".
 

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Posted by Pia (# 17277) on :
 
Ironing Man : Instructional video on how to keep metal outer-wear looking neat.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Secret Gardening

What m'lord gets up to when the staff have all gone to bed! Is he burying bodies out there?
 

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Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 
Adam Beding - on how men who are poor spellers are often gifted at making jewellery.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Middle Marching

The rookies' guide to level two military twostep. Look out for Volume 2, Power Marching due out in November 2015
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Driving Missing Daisy

The prize-winning horticulturalist traverses the town looking for her stolen potted plant, only to find it was in the trunk (boot) all along.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Fathering of the Bride

XXX-rated! Not suitable for younger viewers.
 

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Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :
 
Harrying Potter and the Ordering of the Phoenix - a film about a young magician still waiting for his exotic luncheon.

Harry Pottering and The Philosopher's Stoning - a young magician is sauntering around minding his own business when he unwittingly discover's his new Lecturer in Reason smoking cannabis.
(Apologies, I didn't notice the 2 previous potters, though mine are slightly different)

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Pulping fiction a surreal remake of Fahrenheit 451.
 

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Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :
 
Damn, I meant Harrying Potter to be an impatient clay artist!

My 10 year old has suggested Flashing Gordon - presumably that would be Panorama exclusive about a former prime minister getting arrested for indecent exposure.
 

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Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :
 
Fasting and Furious - an investigatory documentary about how the 5:2 diet causes road rage.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Lion Kinging

Draughts tournaments of the African savannah.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Outing of Africa

We knew all that religious homophobia was crap.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Because of Winning Dixie

General Sherman has conquered Atlanta but still feels lonely, until befriended by a mischievous dog.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Das Booting -- German documentary in which a submarine crew gets a swift kick in the you-know-what.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Beaching Party

Pampered Californian teens roast wienies on a driftwood fire while whales die all around them.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The tale of Pigling Blanding


A very upper class pig indeed.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Very nice.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Scooping! - a journalist's detailed and personal account of conscientious dog-walking.
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
The Communist Manifesting - Joe McCarthy's fevered nightmares comes true
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Easting of Eden - two intrepid ramblers tell of their struggles to plot a North Pennine journey on Ordnance Survey maps which keep blowing in the wind.
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 
Sister Acting! - Whoopi Goldberg is shocked to discover that her sister is forsaking a conventional middle-class life for a career in acting.
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
Ivanhoeing
Some strange, Russian variant on weeding, perhaps?
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Vanity Fairing: how to pimp your vehicle and make it more aerodynamic at the same time
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Jane Eyring

Calls herself a governess? The silly woman airs the washing without even knowing how to spell the word.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Die Harding

An assassination plot is hatched against the 29th President of the United States.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Women inning love

Cricket or tennis - who can tell?
 

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