Template:Did you know nominations/A Pickle for the Knowing Ones

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 02:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

A Pickle for the Knowing Ones

A page of punctuation in A Pickle for the Knowing Ones.
A page of punctuation in A Pickle for the Knowing Ones.
  • ... that Timothy Dexter's A Pickle for the Knowing Ones includes a page of all punctuation at the end? Source: Gencarella, Stephen (2018). Wicked Weird & Wily Yankees: A Celebration of New England's Eccentrics and Misfits. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot. pp. 1–14. ISBN 9781493032679. OCLC 1005121159 – via Google Books.
    • ALT1: ... that Timothy Dexter's A Pickle for the Knowing Ones contains no punctuation and many spelling and grammatical errors? Source: Gencarella, Stephen (2018). Wicked Weird & Wily Yankees: A Celebration of New England's Eccentrics and Misfits. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot. pp. 1–14. ISBN 9781493032679. OCLC 1005121159 – via Google Books.
    • ALT2: ... that in Timothy Dexter's A Pickle for the Knowing Ones, he suggests that the United States needs an emperor, and that he was perfect for the job? Source: The Reader's Digest book of strange stories, amazing facts : stories that are bizarre, unusual, odd, astonishing, and often incredible. London, United Kingdom: Reader's Digest Association. 1975. p. 501. ISBN 9780895770288. OCLC 1036808108 – via Internet Archive.
    • ALT3: ... that Timothy Dexter wrote A Pickle for the Knowing Ones after building his own mausoleum, faking his own death, and constructing 40 statues of various famous figures, including himself? Source: "Dexter, Timothy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 141. Dexter, Timothy (August 12, 2013). "Project Gutenberg's A Pickle For The Knowing Ones, by Lord Timothy Dexter". Project Gutenberg. Preface "by a distinguished citizen of Ould Newberry". Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022. Harrington, Peter (February 28, 2014). ""I Am The First In The East, The First in The West, And The Greatest Philosopher In The Known World." - A Pickle for the Knowing Ones". Peter Harrington Journal. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Delvaux Museum

Created by MyCatIsAChonk (talk). Self-nominated at 02:25, 8 January 2023 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation

Image eligibility:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @MyCatIsAChonk: Funny article. Though the image is likely not going to be shown since I can barely see the punctuation from there.

@Onegreatjoke: Here's two alternate images if you want one, here's the title page and the punctuation page. -MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 16:50, 14 January 2023 (UTC) Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)