My high school biology teacher, a lady who was a bit off kilter, would wear a particular T-shirt on dissection days: it showed a crying frog stitching his own stomach back up, autopsy-style, and the words "Biology Hurts."
I'm kind of glad they left a scene from the book out of the movie: the scene where Mary takes them to the sweet shop that's run by the little old lady and her two giant daughters, and the little old lady SNAPS OFF TWO OF HER OWN FINGERS and gives them to Jane and Michael, and they're barley sugar. That part gave me the major willies as a kid.
Vodx, my family used to spend spring breaks in Austin, TX, with relatives (because we were too poor to take real vacations). We'd always bring back Vernors ginger ale, because it wasn't available in stores in the part of North Texas where we lived.
Now you can go to Albertsons and get it. Wonderful stuff. I've also had a Jamaican ginger ale served at a vegetarian restaurant in Dallas (I haven't seen this in stores). I don't recall the name of the brand, just that it was so spicy it just about took the top of my head off.
One of my best friends in high school played contrabass clarinet. Not only was it an awesome-sounding instrument, he had to sit on two or three chairs stacked together to get himself to the proper height. :)
Now you can go to Albertsons and get it. Wonderful stuff. I've also had a Jamaican ginger ale served at a vegetarian restaurant in Dallas (I haven't seen this in stores). I don't recall the name of the brand, just that it was so spicy it just about took the top of my head off.
P.S. Redheads are awesome.