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nick the stripper wrote:

scotty wrote:The Catcher in the Rye, I've tried Half a Dozen times but just can't be bothered to finish it.

I forgot about that. Holden, the Travis Bickle for emo posers who think repetitively saying damn and pretending to drink alcohol makes them hip.

Wow, I really must've missed something here. Catcher's from 1945, by the way - hardly an "emo"-era missive. There was no such thing as "emo" when I read Catcher for the first time (and identified so strongly with Holden) at around 14 years of age, in an Honors English course in high school. I don't know of anyone, "emo poser" or otherwise, who thinks that going around "repetitively saying damn and pretending to drink alcohol makes them hip." Did you even *read* the book? Did you attempt - at all - to understand what was really going on, throughout?

You're entitled to your opinion, obviously, but I seriously think you missed the entire point...

Damn!

nick the stripper wrote:My mother used to read the Magic Faraway Tree series and the Wishing-Chair series to me when I was little.

For me it was more Famous Five and Mallory Towers . I did end up going to a school that wasn't a million miles away from that really, so it was a good preparation for all the jolly-hockey-sticks I had to undergo...

nick the stripper wrote:Roald Dahl.

Ah yes, that was the first stuff I read myself as well, after this...

James Blast wrote:Damn!

See, James? You're not the only one who's experienced the "wrath" (yer killin' me, here) of Sinnie, Warrior Something-Or-Other!


And c'mon, folks - it's not like "emos" even know how to read. Pffffft.

They can't read properly, not with one eye tragically lost to overgrown hair.

(I'm not emo, my fringe covers BOTH eyes!)

Dark wrote:(I'm not emo, my fringe covers BOTH eyes!)

I take it that's not you there in the white shirt, then...

ANY 'fat' Steven King book (or Richard Bachman - if that's his other name)

there's one book I STILL haven't got passed the bit where he's walking along a beach

Stephen King... yes! I only managed to read half a page of The Tommyknockers before realising it was unlikely to get any better.

I only managed half a page of Ben Elton's Stark before donating it to a friend who will read anything.

SINsister wrote:

Dark wrote:(I'm not emo, my fringe covers BOTH eyes!)

I take it that's not you there in the white shirt, then...

Nah, I'm in the long blonde hair, Sisters tee, and apparently caught in the moment (I just wish I knew which song that was)

I started on this year's tax bill and got bored after reading my name on top...

IZ.

You mean you already got yours? what strings did you pull or how much cash do you owe the government that you got it so quickly?

Ahráyeph wrote:You mean you already got yours? what strings did you pull or how much cash do you owe the government that you got it so quickly?

That was just by way of trying to be witty and stuff, ARF, now you blew my cover...thanks

But wince I always get money back instead of paying, I still take not much interest in it


IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:That was just by way of trying to be witty and stuff, ARF, now you blew my cover...thanks

Knew you'd be pleased...

homework

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Although everyone I knew loved it and insisted I read it, I found it to be an appalling read.

Harry Potter has never revved my engine either.

I've never read any Harry Potter either; kids' books innit?

markfiend wrote:I've never read any Harry Potter either; kids' books innit?

Pah. Not really that bad, but not hi literature either... Just a good read-away on a dreary night with a bottle of wine and some olives 'n' feta...

IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

markfiend wrote:I've never read any Harry Potter either; kids' books innit?

Pah. Not really that bad, but not hi literature either... Just a good read-away on a dreary night with a bottle of wine and some olives 'n' feta...

IZ.

Hmmm...

Nah, *Wikipedia*'s a good read-away on a dreary night, hahahaha!

Then, there's also painting that needs doing, music that needs listening to, and a guitar that needs fiddling with...

SINsister wrote:

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

markfiend wrote:I've never read any Harry Potter either; kids' books innit?

Pah. Not really that bad, but not hi literature either... Just a good read-away on a dreary night with a bottle of wine and some olives 'n' feta...

IZ.

Hmmm...

Nah, *Wikipedia*'s a good read-away on a dreary night, hahahaha!

Then, there's also painting that needs doing, music that needs listening to, and a guitar that needs fiddling with...

Wikipedia cannot be read with wine and olives 'n' feta, Sinnie...

You need a real BOOK for that...witht eh dead trees and the ink and stuff, an cozy armchair, soft reading light, and some candles.

And a grandfather clock going 'tock'. Man, I really like to read Victorian/Edwardian stylee!



IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

SINsister wrote:

Izzy HaveMercy wrote: Pah. Not really that bad, but not hi literature either... Just a good read-away on a dreary night with a bottle of wine and some olives 'n' feta...

IZ.

Hmmm...

Nah, *Wikipedia*'s a good read-away on a dreary night, hahahaha!

Then, there's also painting that needs doing, music that needs listening to, and a guitar that needs fiddling with...

Wikipedia cannot be read with wine and olives 'n' feta, Sinnie...

You need a real BOOK for that...witht eh dead trees and the ink and stuff, an cozy armchair, soft reading light, and some candles.

And a grandfather clock going 'tock'. Man, I really like to read Victorian/Edwardian stylee!



IZ.

That your house, then, Iz?
Hmmm...yes, I'll be over straight away, then, don't mind if I do! I'd appreciate a nice fire waiting for me, by the way...




Some of us have to make do, dear...so wine, Wikipedia, and my wee hovel it is...

I WISH that was my house, but if I ever have the place in my new shed, there WILL be some of these items present, if not all:





That SECOND ONE needs filling up, of course...


IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

That is one helluva fancy toilet

LOL @ Mr. Buttock!

you're so cheap bill, I likes it when you talks doity