The book dialog game - Page 80

issybird · 08-22-2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Looks a bit like his dad.

Looks exactly like his dad.

Bilbo1967 · 08-22-2012, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Looks exactly like his dad.

poohbear_nc · 08-23-2012, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

She'd like this book, too, once someone guesses it! Perhaps poohbear will rescue us.

Damn these migraines! I missed out on all your fun last night!

OK - Apparently no one has read this gem, so I'll put you out of your misery -
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett - a tongue firmly in cheek fantasy of how Queen Elizabeth discovered the joys of reading (with a little help from her corgis, a gay kitchen boy, and the bookmobile) - this is a charming, funny, slightly acerbic look at the monarchy that simultaneously displays a deep love of both reading and the silliness of the royal family. It's a novella and can be read in one sitting - I command everyone in this thread to read it at once! And I am unanimous in this!

I'll be back with the new puzzle in a wee bit ....

issybird · 08-23-2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

And I am unanimous in this!

Can I be unanimous with you? This is one of those books that's sheer delight.

Sorry about your headache; I hope today is better.

poohbear_nc · 08-23-2012, 09:31 AM

OK - let's have some fun:

"I know, you want one of her smoke Persian kittens as a prospective wife for Wumples -- or a husband, is it?"
"And I am expected to undergo social martyrdom to suit the connubial exiggencies --"

[Headache is better today -

]

poohbear_nc · 08-23-2012, 10:44 AM

And ...

"What did the Caspian Sea?"

poohbear_nc · 08-23-2012, 12:44 PM

And a few poetic lines penned by the hero:

"Mother, may I go and maffick,
Tear around and hinder traffic?"

WT Sharpe · 08-23-2012, 02:04 PM

Was the protagonist a Vogon?

badgoodDeb · 08-23-2012, 02:37 PM

Or a resourceful butler?

WT Sharpe · 08-23-2012, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Or a resourceful butler?

Looking back at the clues, you may be right!

Valet, actually.

orlok · 08-23-2012, 03:03 PM

That would suggest Jeeves and Wooster.

Bilbo1967 · 08-23-2012, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Looking back at the clues, you may be right!

Valet, actually.

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Originally Posted by orlok

That would suggest Jeeves and Wooster.

Surely Jeeves was a 'gentleman's gentleman'?

poohbear_nc · 08-23-2012, 03:59 PM

Not Jeeves & Wooster - but definitely comedic. And also has trouble with aunts.

"Then there are aunts. They are always a difficult class to deal with in the matter of presents. The trouble is that one never catches them really young enough. By the time one has educated them to an appreciation of the fact that one does not wear red woolen mittens in the West End, they die, or quarrel with the family, or do something equally inconsiderate. That is why the supply of trained aunts is always so precarious."

badgoodDeb · 08-23-2012, 04:19 PM

Could Lord Peter Wimsey possibly have said that???

poohbear_nc · 08-23-2012, 05:21 PM

No - but it's very cultured & very English, is it not?

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08-23-2012, 09:31 AM	#1190
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,615 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	OK - let's have some fun: "I know, you want one of her smoke Persian kittens as a prospective wife for Wumples -- or a husband, is it?" "And I am expected to undergo social martyrdom to suit the connubial exiggencies --" [Headache is better today - ]

08-23-2012, 10:44 AM	#1191
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,615 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	And ... "What did the Caspian Sea?"

08-23-2012, 12:44 PM	#1192
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,615 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	And a few poetic lines penned by the hero: "Mother, may I go and maffick, Tear around and hinder traffic?"

08-23-2012, 02:04 PM	#1193
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Was the protagonist a Vogon?

08-23-2012, 02:37 PM	#1194
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,553 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Or a resourceful butler?

08-23-2012, 03:03 PM	#1196
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	That would suggest Jeeves and Wooster.

08-23-2012, 03:59 PM	#1198
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,615 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Not Jeeves & Wooster - but definitely comedic. And also has trouble with aunts. "Then there are aunts. They are always a difficult class to deal with in the matter of presents. The trouble is that one never catches them really young enough. By the time one has educated them to an appreciation of the fact that one does not wear red woolen mittens in the West End, they die, or quarrel with the family, or do something equally inconsiderate. That is why the supply of trained aunts is always so precarious."

08-23-2012, 04:19 PM	#1199
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,553 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Could Lord Peter Wimsey possibly have said that???

08-23-2012, 05:21 PM	#1200
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,615 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	No - but it's very cultured & very English, is it not?

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