tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post4748926730559535468..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: If you show me your Nook, I'll let you see my Kindlerhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-76639384021638070872011-10-24T08:25:59.518-04:002011-10-24T08:25:59.518-04:00Carolina, one cannot legislate morality. Well, one...<b>Carolina</b>, one cannot legislate morality. Well, one can try, but one is usually quite unsuccessful. People will do what people want to do, usually, except in countries ruled by tyrants.<br /><br /><b>Punky Chopsticks</b>, I am given to understand that McCourt's next book, <i>'Tis</i>, takes up where <i>Angela's Ashes</i> left off (that word having been the entirety of the final chapter in <i>Angela</i>). He also wrote a third book, <i>Teacher Man</i>. I want to read them all.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-42880383218365759562011-10-23T21:38:50.848-04:002011-10-23T21:38:50.848-04:00Angela's Ashes! I read that last year and coul...Angela's Ashes! I read that last year and couldn't put it down. The irishness - you just hit the nail on its head - was what drew me to it in the first placePunk Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384444438981628779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-84869733356244839852011-10-23T08:31:57.610-04:002011-10-23T08:31:57.610-04:00There's a small organisation in the Netherland...There's a small organisation in the Netherlands who are against swearing. They suggested that we could use words like 'back door' or 'banana peel' when hitting one's thumb with a hammer for instance. It doesn't work for me. And besides, when everybody uses 'back door' as a swear word, what would we call our innocent back doors?Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288856854422999687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-46628531037032779892011-10-22T22:24:04.843-04:002011-10-22T22:24:04.843-04:00No, not Nancy Drew. That was my little sister. Un...No, not Nancy Drew. That was my little sister. Under 10 year old I was into adventure books like Kidnapped, Ivanhoe, King Arthur, Huckleberry Finn, Robin Hood, Treasure Island, The Count of Monte Christo, Swiss Family Robinson, all the Arthur Ransome books, all the Paul Gallico books, and horse books: All the horse books I could get hold of. I especially enjoyed My Friend Flicka and Black Beauty. And I have to confess I loved the 'Famous Five' series.<br /><br /><br />WV is 'hemons' which are what you get if you cross a kiwifruit with a lemon. (They are hairy)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-49536150172077289412011-10-22T20:20:08.290-04:002011-10-22T20:20:08.290-04:00Katherine, I bet you also read the Nancy Drew book...<b>Katherine</b>, I bet you also read the <i>Nancy Drew</i> books!<br /><br /><b>Yorkshire P.</b>, 'tis.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-66654627716490167252011-10-22T19:40:30.187-04:002011-10-22T19:40:30.187-04:00I thought that "Angela's Ashes" was ...I thought that "Angela's Ashes" was a truly wonderful book. It's a good few years since I read it but at the time I just couldn't put it down. It's great when you find books like that.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-84604360257335097232011-10-22T14:56:13.961-04:002011-10-22T14:56:13.961-04:00The Bobbesy Twins! I'd forgotten all about th...The Bobbesy Twins! I'd forgotten all about them. And I'd no idea they had been going on long before I appeared on the scene. 'My' Bobbesy Twins looked quite different!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.com