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The Da Vinci Cod

====Donglan, Tash and the sergeant made their way through the echoily deserted, cavernous atria of the Gallery. It was eerie to be in such a large at night, with only occasional pools of electric light marking the way, and shadowing darkness all around. But, unsettling as this was, it was nothing compared to the lack of settle that Robert felt when he saw the dead body of Jacques Sauna-Lurker for the first time. ==== ===='It is a sight for sore eyes,' said Robert. 'It makes my eyes sore, seeing the sight. This is a sight that sores up the old eyes and no mistake.' ==== ====Jacques Sauna-Lurker was lying on his back on the polished floor of the room., The ceiling lights glared at their reflections directly beneath them, and gave the large, dark pool of blood a plasticky brightness. The blood had spread in two butterflywing patterns from either side of Sauna-Lurker's head. Tash, observing the direction of Donglan's gaze, said: 'That blood, it's from two cuts made in the sides of the victim's neck, running from just beneath his ears down to his neck,' ====

 'Ouch,' said Donglan.
==== 'They were not fatal, these cuts, although they produced, as you can see, a good deal of blood.' ==== ===='But if the cuts did not kill him - what did?' 'There is,' said Tash, speaking slowly, 'a three-foot- long cod-fish stuffed into his windpipe ==== ==== 'By golly so there is,' said Donglan, taking one step forward. 'I didn't notice it before.' ==== ==== 'Didn't notice it? Ten inches of fat codfish tail is poking out of his mouth.' ====

Purpose
==== The Da Vinci Cod is a Parody of the famous book the Da Vinci Code. This passage of the Da Vinci cod mocks the stereotypical Detective novels. Generally, detectives in books have a very keen intuition and can observe a crime scene and instantly conclude a multitude of information instantly. The protagonist of the Da Vinci Code, Robert Langdon, is no exception to this impossibly common ability that is seemingly shared amongst all detectives in novels. The Da Vinci Cod mocks the character Langdon with his counterpart Donglan who has the complete opposite attributes. Donglan is a detective sent to a crime scene who somehow manages to be completely oblivious of the large codfish tail that had been lodge within the corpses throat. ====

//Brine, Don. The Da Vinci Cod : A Fishy Parody. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.// http://books.google.com/books?id=0KJ-N11uMO0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+da+vinci+cod&ei=V_aLSbK2FIqUkQSJ6KzIBQ

Amazon. February 4, 2009. http://www.amazon.com/Da-Vinci-Cod-Fishy-Parody/dp/0060848073

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