Mok98 comments on TIL Roald Dahl wrote a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Willy Wonka goes to space, fights aliens, and overdoses Charlie's parents on age rejuvenation pills

TIL Roald Dahl wrote a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Willy Wonka goes to space, fights aliens, and overdoses Charlie's parents on age rejuvenation pills (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] Mok98@feddit.it 73 points 2 years ago (1 child)

He actually overdoses his grandparents, but that's just the tip of the iceberg

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[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

And I made an Ask Lemmy thread based on those very pills, although I'm not sure anybody recognised the reference

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[–] Mok98@feddit.it 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's an interesting thread but the concept is quite generic, even in the book, it's interesting only in how it's developed, so hardly anybody would make the connection

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[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I wasn't particularly expecting it to get connected either, although I half hoped someone would pipe up lol

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