Porlock
About Porlock
Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) west of Minehead. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,440.
On the show — 5 mentions total
He never finished the poem because someone knocked at his door, a person from Porlock, and he lost his creative thread and didn't know how to finish it.
from No Such Thing As A Romantic Lollipop, 2020-07-03 at 00:41:05 · read transcript
Other times Porlock came up
What am I going to do? No, it does stop halfway through. Actually, a lot of people think that there was no person from Porlock and it was just an excuse. A lot of people think that it might be just because he was off his face on opium that he maybe didn't finish it. OK, it is time for our final fact of the show, and that is Andy.
328: No Such Thing As A Romantic Lollipop, 2020-07-03 · listen
Because of some exterior thing. A person from Porlock has come is the term to say, I've lost my thread of creativity. I think it's fair down that that is not an extremely common phrase that people use all the time. Oh, really? I wouldn't say 90% of the people listening to this. If you're listening to this, you're not in a 10% of people who didn't know. Because you just say, it's not that common.
No Such Thing As A Romantic Lollipop, 2020-07-03 · listen
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- Cheshire · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51.2088, -3.5956