tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post8167616173407909342..comments2024-03-13T04:34:44.504-07:00Comments on Being Me: Evidence that trying to economise on the number of characters in your literary work will always have consequencesFran Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-17350710710591908742011-07-31T00:34:37.984-07:002011-07-31T00:34:37.984-07:00Steve - I've never read Robinson Crusoe. It...Steve - I've never read Robinson Crusoe. It's on my list of things to do before I read Twilight.<br /><br />Chris - you and Steve ... such shirkers!<br /><br />Martin - another book I've never read. This is turning out to be a shameful list of those books I should have read but haven't.<br /><br />Isabelle - I love your suggestions ... 'but with fewer fish' made me laugh!<br /><br />Mollie - either, but each would be very different books, wouldn't they?! <br /><br />fishducky - Great suggestions. I would read them all (obviously once I'd read all the others I haven't yet read, as I say above ..)<br /><br />Lesley - I like it too when people join in the game. I don't like it when they have better ideas than I did, though - it's always a risk with this lot.<br /><br />Japanese Student - and therefore solving the problem Fran has (as mentioned above)<br /><br />SmitandSon - poor, poor Mummy Pig. How can you do that to her?<br /><br />Frances - go on, you know you want to ...<br /><br />bad penny - and more hours saved for Steve and Chris who both wanted more fun at university and less reading. See above.<br /><br />I'm Crayon - that's the idea. Keep thinking ..<br /><br />hostage - Thank you! Especially for calling it creativity when it's really Me being very silly. I think I am on my way to ruining just about every classic story there is.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-11257254880551178532011-07-30T12:45:47.771-07:002011-07-30T12:45:47.771-07:00Your creativity boggles my mind. I just sit here t...Your creativity boggles my mind. I just sit here thinking, "Why didn't I think of that?". Very clever post!imbeingheldhostagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771374087307254969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-34632557471436345432011-07-30T07:32:10.781-07:002011-07-30T07:32:10.781-07:00Now I can't stop thinking like this when I pas...Now I can't stop thinking like this when I pass my bookshelves! Hilarious!Crayonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041824592658254015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-23711974855354695352011-07-30T04:18:17.295-07:002011-07-30T04:18:17.295-07:00War and Peace. There was no war. Everyone got on w...War and Peace. There was no war. Everyone got on with each other and they all lived happily ever after. The End.BadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-56120970518426304402011-07-30T01:00:34.863-07:002011-07-30T01:00:34.863-07:00Fran, you are brilliant!......and so too are your ...Fran, you are brilliant!......and so too are your commenters ( is that the correct word? ) I can't hope to compete!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-30764614869321402222011-07-29T23:23:11.332-07:002011-07-29T23:23:11.332-07:00The Three Pigs Trainspotting Guide , where three l...The Three Pigs Trainspotting Guide , where three little pigs who'd stayed at home to keep Mummy Pig company in her declining years , share their lifelong interest in locomotives .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-40640679150375119072011-07-29T21:38:58.201-07:002011-07-29T21:38:58.201-07:00The Philosopher's Stone: A terrifying tale abo...The Philosopher's Stone: A terrifying tale about an evil wizard who, with no unbelievably lucky children he failed to kill to foil his plan, obtains eternal life and reigns over the world for ever, therefore making the last six books null and void. <br /><br />Hahaha.The Japanese Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182127841795118496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-37983627746788962472011-07-29T16:34:46.601-07:002011-07-29T16:34:46.601-07:00Haha! Very clever. Your commenters are clever as w...Haha! Very clever. Your commenters are clever as well. I had a clever comment, but I have no idea what it was. Perhaps it wasn't.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726995606953732736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-56029731780607843822011-07-29T09:11:02.852-07:002011-07-29T09:11:02.852-07:00How about "A Tale of One City", "Th...How about "A Tale of One City", "The Pickwick Paper" or the oh-so-boring "Mediocre Expectations"?fishduckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334973392362918928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-6135004074279812332011-07-29T08:00:12.889-07:002011-07-29T08:00:12.889-07:00Would it be 'The Sound' or just 'The F...Would it be 'The Sound' or just 'The Fury'?<br /><br />Excellent. I needed the chuckle.OKinUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555273626929715243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-27507540878651007802011-07-29T07:50:37.984-07:002011-07-29T07:50:37.984-07:00And then there's "Sense" - one of Ja...And then there's "Sense" - one of Jane Austen's more boring novels in which Elinor stays at home and looks after her mother. Hemingway's "The Sea" - a lot of calm descriptions of waves, with the occasional stormy episode and a few fish. Salinger's "The Rye" - similar, but with fields and fewer fish. <br /><br />No, no, this is fun but I've got to go to the supermarket.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-46861065098468858652011-07-29T06:24:48.524-07:002011-07-29T06:24:48.524-07:0022 - a satirical critique of institutional reasoni...22 - a satirical critique of institutional reasoning. At least, it would have been. Everyone knew there was a catch, but no one could figure out where it was.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-14923880521136623522011-07-29T06:05:15.750-07:002011-07-29T06:05:15.750-07:00Hmm, yes, a Silas Marner who never went to church,...Hmm, yes, a Silas Marner who never went to church, but stayed in bed watching daytime TV and eating takeaways would have spared me some extreme tedium at exam time.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-89052369547483283892011-07-29T05:01:17.789-07:002011-07-29T05:01:17.789-07:00I would have liked to have read Robinson Crusoe ab...I would have liked to have read Robinson Crusoe about a man who does as his father says, doesn't go off on a boat and doesn't end up on a desert island. That would have have freed up a couple of weeks at Uni for me.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com