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Old 03-01-2008, 08:39 PM   #106
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so, what is this book you are quoting ? if the rest of it lives up to the citation, i must definitely add it to my list...
Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" series, also known as the Aubrey and Maturin series. Historical fiction, but O'Brian, particularly through the character of Maturin, is a master of dry humor.
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Old 03-01-2008, 08:54 PM   #107
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I have acquired a sudden desire to bake a pear tart for my partner ...
make it a peach tart and bring it to Arbroath in December near Christmas and you've got a deal.
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Old 03-01-2008, 10:42 PM   #108
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I'm not sure whether Mrs Wolf would approve of strange women turning up with patisserie.
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Old 03-02-2008, 07:27 AM   #109
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Vera (a redhead this time), at sea, squid, coffee smoothies, vomit. I'm having a seriously difficult time with this next one.
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Old 03-02-2008, 08:37 AM   #110
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I'm not sure whether Mrs Wolf would approve of strange women turning up with patisserie.
particularly given the subtext patisserie has acquired in this thread...

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Vera (a redhead this time), at sea, squid, coffee smoothies, vomit. I'm having a seriously difficult time with this next one.
pff, you're just teasing us now... or are you trying to build suspense ? here's some "pre-release buzz" for you for motivation : buzz buzz buzz...

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Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" series, also known as the Aubrey and Maturin series. Historical fiction, but O'Brian, particularly through the character of Maturin, is a master of dry humor.
thanks ! i have added it to my (already far too long ;- ) list of books to read... sounds good, i don't know how excited i get about historical fiction (although i like historical mysteries, so why not ?) but i'm all for dry humor.
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“The romance is just gone”, wept Peg to her cousin Vera. “We never even do it anymore. The closest I get to romance is checking him for tics. He goes out ever’ night, and I just know he’s down at The Wet Spot (‘does your Mama still dance there, V?’ ‘No, not since her hip replacement’) and I just don’t know what to do. I mean, he’s no champion hog-caller”, Peg pauses to dab her eyes and blow her nose, as Vera blushes a particularly porcine shade of pink, “but he’s all the man I got. How do you and Harv keep the fires stoked-up? Why you’re always at each other. They don’t make these double-wides like they used to – we can hear you two, especially when the dogs get to howling”.

“You just got to keep it spicy. Mix things up, Peg. A man likes variety”, says Vera. “Why don’t you surprise him, play dress-up? You could play ‘Hooter’s Girl and the Traveling Salesman’ or ‘Babysitter and the Pizza Pie Delivery Boy’”.

“Which delivery boy? You mean my nephew Joey? Oh… I don’t think Hank’d go for that", said Peg, with a faraway look in her bleary, close-set eyes.

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Old 03-02-2008, 12:56 PM   #112
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Unbelievable! You have a gift, sir.

A future best seller launched during e-book week from here at MR? It needs only tasteful images and plenty of good clean humor.
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Old 03-02-2008, 01:14 PM   #113
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I think we all ought to congratulate ourselves on what has to be the most thoroughly hijacked thread in history. I pity the person who stumbles in expecting to find a technical discussion on naming "eBook Display" devices.
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Old 03-02-2008, 01:20 PM   #114
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Naming ebook display devices? Oh, you mean Vera! Actually, it's all Nate's fault - as usual. He started it.
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Thank goodness - I've been thinking re: the amorous adventures of Harv and Vera, that I needed someone to blame.
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Old 03-02-2008, 02:07 PM   #116
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it did try to be a serious thread for a little while, but it really stood no chance against the force of entropy of our combined efforts...

...luckily !!
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You people are insane.


I like that.
Usually, I'm the one causing the insanity, what with my very being composed of 'eldritch horror' and whatnot...not too much whatnot though, 'twould spoil the mix. I don't know where you people got it.

Taylor, you are a genius of the trashy narrative.
Was thinking too of that poor soul who attempted an honest discussion of a worthy topic, only to have it devolve into most worthy silliness.

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Thank you, thank you... I thought casting Vera's Mama as a stripper recovering from hip replacement surgery might just be my proudest achievement to date.
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Verily. It was a nice touch.
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Old 03-02-2008, 08:27 PM   #120
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Verily. It was a nice touch.
Agreed. A close tie with visions of lineoleum, though.
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