Quote 10
"He's gone off his rocker!" shouted one of the fathers, aghast, and the other parents joined in the chorus of frightened shouting. "He's crazy!" they shouted.
"He's balmy!"
"He's nutty!"
"He's screwy!" (18.25-28)
And so on. The Gloops, Salts, Beauregardes, and Teavees are just about at the end of their rope. But what do you think: is Willy Wonka really off his rocker?
Quote 11
"Just as a poached egg isn't a poached egg unless it's been stolen from the woods in the dead of night!" (18.45)
Mr. Wonka is known for his puns. Can you figure this one out?
Quote 12
"Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!" (27.2)
Well, if he's talking about shredded wheat (unfrosted, of course), then we have to agree. But what's so great about this statement is that in Mr. Wonka's world, this seemingly nuts statement has a ring of truth. It's entirely possible that if Mr. Wonka were to take a crack at making breakfast cereal, he'd make it with pencil shavings.