UncleZippy has this to say: 'Two words: oompa and loompa', and Carnegie1 disputes GuardianAngel123's rendition of the verse with 'Actually it's doopity doo' Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features
galentine and tooskinttogotocuba both quote 'William, Danny's father from Danny the Champion of the World as favourites. galentine comments: 'Dahl's note at the end of the novel imploring all children to grow up and be 'sparky' parents is magnificent... and adds, 'A lot of the adults in Dahl are deliciously wicked, but the way he wrote heroic adults (without slipping into sentimentality) also deserves credit.' Photograph: FremantleMedia Ltd /Rex Features
Kart21 comments 'Mr Grasshopper. The most respectable and talented grasshopper I've ever known.' Photograph: SNAP /Rex Features
Rombalds likes the Ant-Eater in Dirty Beasts, and thinks that both Dirty Beasts and Revolting Rhymes should have been included in our 10 best - 'Shame that these two classics were ignored.' Photograph: PR
Huskygirl and Elfwyn are both disappointed that there's no mention of Revolting Rhymes, and Huskygirl comments 'Red Riding Hood in Dahl's version of it is quite a character! Elfwyn clearly agrees ... "The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers. She aims it at the creature's head And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead. A few weeks later, in the wood, I came across Miss Riding Hood. But what a change! No cloak of red, No silly hood upon her head. She said, ``Hello, and do please note My lovely furry wolfskin coat.'' Photograph: PR
mogeezer comments: 'My personal favourite was Matilda. I've read the book at least 10 times and watched the film at least 30 times! I more or less know every line in the film and that includes the words to Rusted Roots - Send Me On My Way!' Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features
BleakAcreBite comments 'I always liked Matilda and Sophie.' HardcorePrawn adds 'I've always thought how great it must have been for Sophie Dahl, growing up having such an iconic character inspired by her' Photograph: David Montgomery/Getty Images
mofo1 and JButler95 are both big fans of The Enormous Crocodile. mofo1 comments: 'He is so irredeemable,' but adds, 'much as I loved Matilda the Musical, I do hope we aren't going to get every Dahl story turned into a musical. We are, aren't we?' Photograph: PR
Chris211 tells us: 'The Reverend Robert Lee from The Vicar of Nibbleswicke was always a favourite of mine. We all have trouble talking. "Can people not krap out side the church." heretodaygone2morrow adds: 'Should become a national mandatory condition for all modern-day reverends who tell porkies!' Photograph: PR
Cambridgeskip is a great fan of Veruca Salt - 'What a wonderfully odious and revolting individual!' Photograph: PR
