Monday, April 21, 2008

VFD

Here are all the VFDs that people think it stands for.

Vain Fat Dictator (p. 82, SS)
Valley of Four Drafts
Valorous Farms Dairy
Vaporetto of Favorite Detritus (TE)
Various Finery Disguises (Phase Two of Disguise Kit, CC and LSUA)
Veiled Facial Disguises (Phase Three of Disguise Kit, CC)
Venom Feels Delightful Press (p. 167, LSUA)
The publishing company for The Mamba du Mal: A Snake That Will Never Kill Me, by Tony "Mommy" Eggmonteror.
Verbal Fridge Dialogue
Verdant Flammable Devices (p. SS)
Verifying Fernald's Defection (p. 220, GG)
An article from The Daily Punctilio which states that Fernald was responsible for burning down Anwhistle Aquatics.
Veritable French Diner (repeatedly in LSUA)
Jerome Squalor's favorite restaurant and where he met Esmé Squalor.
Vernacularly Fastened Door
Verse Fluctuation Declaration (p. 157, GG)
Versed Furtive Disclosure (p. 153, GG)
The book Klaus finds in the Gorgonian Grotto.
Vertical Flame Diversion (SS)
Very False Documents Press (p. 162, LSUA)
The publishing company which published Ivan Lachrymose: Lake Explorer, by Vincent Francis Doyle.
Very Fancy Doilies (throughout EE, invented as a red herring)
Very Fancy Doily Press (p. 164, LSUA)
Very Fascinating Drama (p. 80, SS)
Very Fast Delivery (p. 204, LSUA)
Very Flavorless Diet (p. 102, TE)
Klaus invents this meaning as a joke. It refers to the seaweed diet they have to eat which is very flavorless indeed.
Very Fresh Dill
Very Frightening Danger (p. v, LSUA)
Under the copyright in the Autobiography, Snicket says:
"If you recognize yourself in any of the photographs or illustrations in this book you may find yourself in Very Frightening Danger and/or slightly embarrassed but there is nothing you can do about it."
Very Fine Dramatists
Very Fun Day (p. 81, SS)
Vessel For Disaccharides
Village of Fowl Devotees
Vincent Francis Doyle (p. 162, LSUA)
The author of Ivan Lachrymose: Lake Explorer.
Vinegar-Flavored Doughnuts (p. 81, SS)
Vineyard of Fragrant Drapes
Vineyard's Famous Donkeys (in the Autobiography, they are mentioned in the Vineyard of Fragrant Drapes)
Violent Frozen Dragonflies (p. 81, SS)
Violet's Fifteenth Date (p. 249, GG; "date" meaning "birthday")
Vision Furthering Devices (throughout The Penultimate Peril)
Visitable Fungal Ditches (p. 102, GG)
Vital Fan Disclosure (If you send an e-mail to Lemony Snicket at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lsnicket%40harpercollins.com&action=edit&redlink=1, you will receive an "Out of Office AutoReply that is apparently mailed to you by: Anonymous Representative HarperCollins Publishers Department of Vital Fan Disclosure).
Voice Fakery Disguises (CC)
Volatile Fungus Deportation (throughout GG)
Voluntary Fish Domestication (p. 98, GG)
Volunteer Factual Dispatches (throughout GG)
Volunteer Feline Detectives
Volunteer Fire Department This is what it stands for!
Volunteers Fighting Disease (throughout HH)
Voracious Fierce Dragon (p. 82, SS)
Voracious Film Discussion Press (p. 165, LSUA)
This company published I Lost Something at the Movies by Lena Pukalie.
vdeA Series of Unfortunate Events
Written by Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Brett Helquist