blob

“The European Parliament is a bit like The Blob,” she said, referring to the 1958 film about a massive amoeba that threatens to destroy the world.

This was a revival of an older recipe, we were told, but the chicken was a blob of blubber with the consistency of paper.

But ask an early childhood educator about Play-Doh, and it’s a science experiment, an opportunity for sensory exploration, a fine motor skills activity, and an introduction to color mixing, all rolled into one squishy blob.

In “The Substances”’s final moments, As Elisabeth’s blob of flesh comes to rest on her Hollywood Star, bathed in the warm glow of memories of her past fame, I was terrified.

It includes the hydrogen clouds of the Gum Nebula - the red blob near the centre - as well as a band of the Milky Way.