Definitions, Part II

Das Kapital: An extensive examination of political economy, written by Karl Marx and edited in part by Friedrich Engels. 

http://books.google.com/books?id=6TfTS9ITW7UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=das+kapital&source=bl&ots=m5WB0wduxf&sig=607cZbK9Qvv5eO69rInsjA9r1bA&hl=en&ei=03gITP7REpXkNavOpJYI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false

MCC: The Marylebone Cricket Club

http://www.lords.org/mcc/about-mcc/

Henry of Mayfair: an American clockmaker

http://www.henryofmayfair.com/AboutHOM.aspx

Definitions, Part I

Save the gerund and screw the whale: Max, as the character written by Henry, corrects his own grammar in the previous sentence.  In the second scene, Henry corrects Max’s grammar in the same manner during an argument. A gerund is a noun, though with the –ing ending, appears to be a verb.  The second part of the statement is a pun directed at the “Save the Whales” campaigns popular at the time.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/gerund.htm

Finnegan’s Wake: A work by James Joyce, largely considered one of the most inscrutable in the canons of literature.