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 What were some of your favourite books when you were a child?
	What were some of your favourite books when you were a child?AND WHAT WAS IT YOU LIKED ABOUT THEM - just listing names of books IZ STRICTLY VERBOTEN as it's fucking dull.
A couple of favourite books were these:
www.abebooks.co.uk/Shetland-Peg-Stubbs-Joanne-Faber-London/651410032/bd
Fuck knows why I liked it as I've never given a shit about horses but when I was about 4 I read it all the fucking time. I think it was the pictures wot dun it for me. Read it with my kid last weekend, she seemed to like it.
www.amazon.com/Twin-otters-Indians-Inez-Hogan/dp/B0007E1JSQ
This one was sent over from Canada by relatives and again I reread it fucking endlessly.
When I was a little older I was obsessed with The Coral Island by RM Ballantyne and Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowatt: both Robinson Crusoe-esque survival yarns. Always wishing I was somewhere else. Reminds me of bashes.
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 I'm leaving this here whether any cunt replies or not.
	I'm leaving this here whether any cunt replies or not.If you think of something at a later date please pop it in here. I am llooking for recommendations for kids' books basically.
Thnx bbz x x x x
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:18, Reply)
 I remember reading the Rats of Nimh as a kid
	I remember reading the Rats of Nimh as a kidStuff like the Faraway Tree. I also read a load of books called DragonFall 5 which were like kid's space books.
Mainly I read fact books, the sad cunt I am.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:19, Reply)
 I loved all the Faraway Tree books
	I loved all the Faraway Tree booksI think they may be partly responsible for my love of hallucinogens later in life.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:22, Reply)
 I don't think I read those.
	I don't think I read those.Surprising as I read pretty much all the time I was awake. And am a massive trip-head.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:25, Reply)
 Is your daughter still into pirates?
	Is your daughter still into pirates?There is a series of books about Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs which little tangle always enjoyed.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:21, Reply)
 The Pirates Next Door is another she may enjoy, as that has a little girl who goes off with the pirates at the end.
	The Pirates Next Door is another she may enjoy, as that has a little girl who goes off with the pirates at the end.(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:29, Reply)
 We had these amazing books in my primary school reading list
	We had these amazing books in my primary school reading listabout a boy who had a picture of a sailing ship on his wall, and at night he would go into the picture and have adventures.
I always thought it was called The Silver Ship, but vast internet searching proves me wrong.
For older kids, you can't beat Gumble's Yard - the story of a bunch of kids surviving on their wits by squatting in derelict buildings.
I still think your munchkin would like the Katie Morag books, though.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:22, Reply)
 
	 Stig of the dump was something I re-read loads of times as a kid. I also remember reading Gentle Ben and really enjoying it. Then things like 'Swallows and Amazons' as I got older.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:23, Reply)
 Swallows and Amazons is great.
	Swallows and Amazons is great.One of the girls is called Titty LOL
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:26, Reply)
 My mate Dave has the unfortunate DNA to look like the kid from Gentle Ben
	My mate Dave has the unfortunate DNA to look like the kid from Gentle Ben(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:29, Reply)
 
	 www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Official-Strategy-Guides/dp/0744004055
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:29, Reply)
 Has anyone got the link to the offtopic post about Mazbasarichi or whatever that racist cunt was called?
	Has anyone got the link to the offtopic post about Mazbasarichi or whatever that racist cunt was called?(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:18, Reply)
 Pssst, update from my helpful friends:
	Pssst, update from my helpful friends:'It is hosted on a windows based server, windows do allow FTP, but FTP is not available on the shared server environment you are on, this is not possible'
Such a joy to deal with.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:46, Reply)
 "Dump all data onto a csv file and send it over to us in whatever secure way you can think of"
	"Dump all data onto a csv file and send it over to us in whatever secure way you can think of"(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:11, Reply)
 Roald Dahl - Boy was always my favourite
	Roald Dahl - Boy was always my favouriteI was also very much a fan of the Redwall series.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:18, Reply)
 Narnia
	NarniaI was also a space geek as a kid.
I bypassed that whole teen fiction shit, I just went straight on to proper novels. Was Trainspotting published in 93 or 94? I read that when I was doing my Standard Grades.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:23, Reply)
 he is now, but his first three are great.
	he is now, but his first three are great.Everything that followed Marabou Stork Nightmares has been drivel. Porno was excruciatingly bad.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:30, Reply)
 David Walliiams' kids books are popular at the mo
	David Walliiams' kids books are popular at the moMine loved "Gangster Granny " and is getting the new one for Xmas.
Flynn and the Pirate Dinosaur ones are good for younger ones, also Giraffes Can't Dance (and others in the series)
I had all the Biggles books as a kid (via my dad), probably accounts for my war history fascination.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:28, Reply)
 I'm not giving a penny of my money to that ghastly poove Walliams.
	I'm not giving a penny of my money to that ghastly poove Walliams.(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:47, Reply)
 Oh, Asterix, definitely.
	Oh, Asterix, definitely.No childhood bookshelf should contain fewer than ten or twelve Asterix books.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:30, Reply)
 being beaten around the head with god annoys me now
	being beaten around the head with god annoys me nowbut as a kid i loved the narnia books, the famous five and roald dahl above anything else. being a typical bird, i was also obsessed with horses and loved the jill books and the jinny books. i wanted to live on the moors and have a chestnut arab mare more than i wanted anything.
nowadays i think i'd be harry smitten and be secretly hoping that this time "expelliarmus" would actually work.
i have deleted my amazing thread, you horrible bully.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:34, Reply)
 I used to read my mum's old Enid Blytons.
	I used to read my mum's old Enid Blytons.I'm pretty sure the term 'working like a nigger' was commonly used in them. Maybe it explains my race traitor, wiggaboy love of hip hop.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:41, Reply)
 One of the Agatha Christie's (I forget which one)
	One of the Agatha Christie's (I forget which one)has the phrase 'working like the worst kind of nigger'.
Or at least, it did in the original print version.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:47, Reply)
 Errr,
	Errr, one of her books was called 'Ten Little Niggers' which was later (brilliantly) re-named 'Ten Little Indians'. Keep trying love, nearly there.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:50, Reply)
 This is a completely unrelated book, LOVE.
	This is a completely unrelated book, LOVE.I think it may have been Witness for the Prosecution.
In a completely unamusing side not, I was once reading an original Penguin version of Ten Little Niggers (these days known as 'And Then There Were None')at work, and left it sitting on my desk while my boss was interviewing for an IT monkey. Obviously the first person who walked past my desk was as black as your heart.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:55, Reply)
 I meant, LOVE.
	I meant, LOVE.'Keep trying Agatha, only one more name change to go and your book won't have a racist title any more'....
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:01, Reply)
 Guy Gibson did not have a dog called Douglas Bader.
	Guy Gibson did not have a dog called Douglas Bader.He just had the one dog, and its name as Nigger. You are wrong.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:59, Reply)
 He owned a pub after the war.
	He owned a pub after the war.My old nan used to drink in there but she used to get a bit feisty when she'd had a few, so eventually Douglas barred 'er.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:07, Reply)
 I remember him from the 1970's
	I remember him from the 1970's when he was in charge of the militant terrorist organisation concerned about losing control of German districts, Bader Meinhof.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:14, Reply)
 Peter Jackson is doing a remake of The Dambusters
	Peter Jackson is doing a remake of The DambustersThe dog will be called Niggsy.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:55, Reply)
 I got really in to my dads old collection of Sci-fi as a youngun,
	I got really in to my dads old collection of Sci-fi as a youngun, There was a book that really stood out called The moon is a Harsh mistress, by Robert Heinlein. About moon revolution. I remember it being the first sort of fantasy/scifi that I'd read that was deeper than just lasers and fight scenes. That and a book about an alternate history of the world of ww2 had gone the other way that I can't remember the title of.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:35, Reply)
 this is because sci fi is for kids, the morbidly obese, autists and IT workers.
	this is because sci fi is for kids, the morbidly obese, autists and IT workers.I realise there is a large overlap in the latter three groupings.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:43, Reply)
 I read and had all the Asterix books.  I think that, strictly, they are comics.
	I read and had all the Asterix books.  I think that, strictly, they are comics.  Every kid needs to know about the joys of roast boar. By Toutatis!
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:43, Reply)
 Unhygienix was my favourite character.
	Unhygienix was my favourite character.And not comics, graph novs, yeah?
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:44, Reply)
 Is she the delightfully charming harridan who thought she could bake?
	Is she the delightfully charming harridan who thought she could bake?(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:56, Reply)
 I have made it my business to collect as many as I can in foreign languages, too.
	I have made it my business to collect as many as I can in foreign languages, too.I have a load of French, almost all the German, a couple of Italian, and one 'regional German' from a great series they do over there with phonetically written regional dialects. (Think Oor Wullie type stuff).
It's actually quite interesting to see how they translate some of the jokes, bearing in mind a lot of them are linguistic.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:50, Reply)
 it doesn't relate at all to your old one so how am i supposed to know
	it doesn't relate at all to your old one so how am i supposed to know(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:58, Reply)
 I read a lot of Usborne non-fiction books as a child, as I loved learning...
	I read a lot of Usborne non-fiction books as a child, as I loved learning...As AA mentioned above I remember loving the Redwall series, or at least the firts three then it got shit
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:50, Reply)
 I read "His Dark Materials" as an adult and they were really very good
	I read "His Dark Materials" as an adult and they were really very good(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:55, Reply)
 If we're talking 'slightly older children's books'
	If we're talking 'slightly older children's books'then Diana Wynne Jones is a good bet. A nice mix of fantasy and real world, just enough for a kid to think 'ooh, maybe...'
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:00, Reply)
 I don't recall mentioning them, but okay, I believe you.
	I don't recall mentioning them, but okay, I believe you.Granddaughter No 2 loves them, though.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:03, Reply)
 I though it was good, I think it was because I had such low expectations.
	I though it was good, I think it was because I had such low expectations.(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:04, Reply)
 I'd never heard of the books as I am not a big fan of fantasy stuff.
	I'd never heard of the books as I am not a big fan of fantasy stuff.  There were a few big names in it.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:06, Reply)
 You should watch that 'Performance' film.
	You should watch that 'Performance' film.Have you seen it yet?
What about now?
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:09, Reply)
 I watched it on the laser disc player I have in my Casio wristwatch.
	I watched it on the laser disc player I have in my Casio wristwatch.  (, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:17, Reply)
 I go away for a morning due to being a cripple
	I go away for a morning due to being a crippleAnd everyone's flinging the word "nigger" around like a chimp flings faeces. What a world.
I grew up on the Famous Five. Also, The Railway Children, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Children of the New Forest, Swallows and Amazons, The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows at various ages. I'm not giving reasons of why I liked them, I'll be here all day, you cunt.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 12:59, Reply)
 You grew up on the Famous Five?
	You grew up on the Famous Five?I bet you were 'Aunt Fanny'.
I started with The Five Find-Outers series. I read the first one when I was four or five, then just never stopped reading.
It may be one of the reasons why I never had any friends.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:02, Reply)
 "just listing names of books IZ STRICTLY VERBOTEN as it's fucking dull."
	"just listing names of books IZ STRICTLY VERBOTEN as it's fucking dull."  That's a lot of books for someone who clearly can't read.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:02, Reply)
 I don't care about your so-called "Monty" and his so-called "rules"
	I don't care about your so-called "Monty" and his so-called "rules"(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:12, Reply)
 
	 MORE LIKE!!!!!!
*by Audun Carlsen (this is very funny btw in case you didn't realise)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:08, Reply)
 Well wash your garlicky pits a bit more often, discover the joys of toothpaste and maybe -
	Well wash your garlicky pits a bit more often, discover the joys of toothpaste and maybe - just maybe - you might have more luck in that department you Gallic ponce.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:15, Reply)
 Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen I recall being cracking
	Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen I recall being crackingA bit Tolkein-y but set in Yorkshire with a couple of kids thrown in.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:16, Reply)
 My Mum bought me that randomly one day, i remember it being "fucking shit"
	My Mum bought me that randomly one day, i remember it being "fucking shit"(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:17, Reply)
 A more convincing recommendation than "Nakers thinks it's shit" is hard to imagine
	A more convincing recommendation than "Nakers thinks it's shit" is hard to imagine(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:21, Reply)
 This book is fucking shit and needs the steady measured hand of Michael Bay to add some excitement
	This book is fucking shit and needs the steady measured hand of Michael Bay to add some excitementno stars Paul Ross
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:24, Reply)
 Could be the next Harry Potter if you got Peter Jackson to direct the movie
	Could be the next Harry Potter if you got Peter Jackson to direct the movie(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:27, Reply)
 I might have a copy on my bookshelf with "Property of XXXXX Middle School" stamped in it
	I might have a copy on my bookshelf with "Property of XXXXX Middle School" stamped in it(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:22, Reply)
 yorkshire?
	yorkshire?now i like you, but you rare twat, it's all set in WILMSLOW AND ALDERLEY EDGE! in CHESHIRE!
it's also excellent. that bit where they are trying to escape and they are crawling through a mine where the crack is so small they can only inch along... man i had claustrophobic shivers for weeks.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:37, Reply)
 You don't know that.
	You don't know that.Argentina is lovely this time of year. Just saying, like.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:24, Reply)
 "If you are going to buy one book for your four year old this year, Make it this.  A Cracking read.  Five swastikas out of five.  " - Merry Fitmas and an Eppy New Year. from Battered.
	"If you are going to buy one book for your four year old this year, Make it this.  A Cracking read.  Five swastikas out of five.  " - Merry Fitmas and an Eppy New Year. from Battered. (, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:21, Reply)
 Holy shit
	Holy shitSomeone I work with has that bloody 'If I just lay here, will you lay with me' song as their ringtone and they've left their phone while they've gone for lunch.
I hate them. Whoever they may be.
Also, books, I'm no help. I devoured a series of books about the children of a big game hunter when I was young. I think one of them may have been called Hal.
That's literally all I remember though. But I suspect they were incredibly racist now that I think about it, so you may like them.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:26, Reply)
 Did you ever read that book about the man who tried to stick his cock up his own arse in front of his mum?
	Did you ever read that book about the man who tried to stick his cock up his own arse in front of his mum?It's brilliant.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:28, Reply)
 Ah Monty,
	Ah Monty,As The Divinyls said, 'when I think about you, I bum myself'
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:29, Reply)
 Willard Price's 'Adventure' series.
	Willard Price's 'Adventure' series.Google is my friend.
Also he was a zoologist, not a hunter, which is most disappointing to find out.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:28, Reply)
 Our classroom libraries at junior school were full of them.
	Our classroom libraries at junior school were full of them.There were hundreds of them, all with roughly the same plot I think.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:30, Reply)
 I dind't get to make a witty comment on your QOTW entry about smoking and how it has stunted your growth, so please assume that i did
	I dind't get to make a witty comment on your QOTW entry about smoking and how it has stunted your growth, so please assume that i did(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:30, Reply)
 That rings a fucking bell
	That rings a fucking bell"something something African Adventure", "something something Amazon Adventure" or something? something.
Edit: ah he's found them. And no somethings.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:29, Reply)
 i loved those when i could steal them off my half brother
	i loved those when i could steal them off my half brotherfound the whole lot in a second hand bookshop on charing cross road recently, paid about £10 for them. wonder where i put them, as i haven't seen them since...
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:33, Reply)
 A bit racist, especially Cannibal Adventure
	A bit racist, especially Cannibal Adventure"The brothers coolly tackle their task - despite doom-laden prophecies from Mumbo, a Watussi chieftain - and as the temperature rises, the danger intensifies."
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:44, Reply)
 
	 www.cracked.com/article_19610_the-6-most-secretly-racist-classic-childrens-books_p2.html
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:52, Reply)
 No time for reading.  That penis isn't going to stick itself up my arse.
	No time for reading.  That penis isn't going to stick itself up my arse.  (, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:29, Reply)
 You'll all get bored of this before I do.
	You'll all get bored of this before I do.(This is so patently untrue, isn't it? This is going to haunt me forever)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:35, Reply)
 Only until someone else owns up to something worse
	Only until someone else owns up to something worseWhich, looking at the shower round here, shouldn't take long.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:36, Reply)
 you can talk to me
	you can talk to mei'm not one to go on and on about old things until everyone is bored of them and then go on about them some more, oh no.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:36, Reply)
 i listened to it last night after you alerted me to its presence
	i listened to it last night after you alerted me to its presenceand yea verily i did LOL
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:40, Reply)
 I would like to own up to my ignorance of this Greggs Hat debacle.
	I would like to own up to my ignorance of this Greggs Hat debacle.(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:43, Reply)
 re-cap:
	re-cap:monty and stunned met my ex
thought he looked like he was wearing a greggs hat
much has been made on here of said greggs hat
i was walking home last night
lying on the pavement was...
.... a greggs hat
many LOLS were had
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:44, Reply)
 oh, see, now that makes sense,
	oh, see, now that makes sense, I thought it was some hitherto undiscovered style of headwear.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:47, Reply)
 All sang to the tune of the B-52's "Love shack"
	All sang to the tune of the B-52's "Love shack"substituting the real lyrics with Greggs Hat wherever possible.
So, If you see a Greggs Hat at the side of the road etc.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:53, Reply)
 A hat worn by employees of popular high-street bakery chain Greggs
	A hat worn by employees of popular high-street bakery chain Greggs(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:45, Reply)
 I read that without the 's' and thought you were using it as rhyming slang.
	I read that without the 's' and thought you were using it as rhyming slang.(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:47, Reply)
 My favourite rhyming slang is
	My favourite rhyming slang is'tried to stick my cock up my own glass' which is cockney for 'tried to stick my cock up my own arse'
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:54, Reply)
 like the susan boyle twitter fiasco
	like the susan boyle twitter fiascowhere susan album party has predictably rocked the interweb as
sus anal bum party
now come and play in my shiny new thread without stomping it this time
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:56, Reply)
 hang on, your ex wears a hat in public, regardless of what it looks like?
	hang on, your ex wears a hat in public, regardless of what it looks like?(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:45, Reply)
 I'd call him a screaming bertie
	I'd call him a screaming bertiebut that'd be like pissing into niagra falls.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:47, Reply)
 Hal and Roger Hunt.
	Hal and Roger Hunt.Really disappointing that no member of their family was called "Mike"
Still, cracking kid's books "back in the day"
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:34, Reply)
 the underwater one
	the underwater onewhere the dude tried to saw his own foot off, and they got chased by an octopus on a speed raft.... brilliant.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:35, Reply)
 That might very well be "underwater adventure"
	That might very well be "underwater adventure"nothing if not imaginative with titles, our Willard
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:38, Reply)
 If even half of what I seem to remember about them is true,
	If even half of what I seem to remember about them is true, Mr Price must have ingested approximately 3.4 metric fucktons of "substances" during the authoring process.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:41, Reply)
 the best one was 'Auto-sodomy Adventure'
	the best one was 'Auto-sodomy Adventure'in which Willard trys to make the female obsolete in the human mating process.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:42, Reply)
 I need help.
	I need help.i want to identify what song another song is sampled from.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:54, Reply)
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