Best Rhold Dahl book, or other book you loved as a child.
alt: Jungle or Drum and bass
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:50, 148 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

Danny The Champion Of The World
Kiss Kiss
Now We Are Six.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:52, Reply)

Danny Champion of the World
was teh worst one. MOstly because it was about shooting animals
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:54, Reply)

animals are shit and should be shot
Preferably in the face
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

^tggi

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

you're an animal
so in that case, yes
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:57, Reply)

Yeah that's what made it so funny.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

I went through my tree hugging phase pretty early

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:56, Reply)

OOh I like this question
The Twits followed closely by Witches. When I was a kid I knew the whole of The Twits off by heart
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:53, Reply)

it was AA lack of windows that made me think of the twits
I'm looking forward to reading them all to mini ape, she got the "box set" from a god parent
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:54, Reply)

apparently if they are too young
they don't get the nastiness, they need a wee smidgen of cynicism first
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

I also liked anything about animals
or anything with horror or spaceships. I read Hitchhiker's... when I was about 9
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

and it was downhill fro there

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:57, Reply)

i do have the problem that any time
I try and write funny things there is something of an overtone of Douglas Adams
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:58, Reply)

He was a talentless prick
just sayin
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:00, Reply)

you're wrong
just sayin
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:00, Reply)

He went shit towards the end
Dirk Gently's detective wotsit is utter crap. The first 4 HHGTTG books were good, the last one less so.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:21, Reply)

You can't remember what you wrote?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:01, Reply)

i think you're mixing up authors there

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:02, Reply)

oh yeah, that's Pratchett innit
still not awake yet......
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:04, Reply)

Adams is the dead one

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:08, Reply)

\o/

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:10, Reply)

famous five and anything by enid blyton, anne of green gables books, jinny books, jill books (i was horsemad for a while), just william books, noel streatfeild
the william books are still brilliant, she wrote so beautifully. roald dahl is a genius, but nothing he wrote gripped me like the first time i read "going solo" - i don't think i moved a muscle for about 2 hours.

alt: bangbangbang. no thanks. put a bit of tune in there.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:53, Reply)

Just William was brilliant, I always to try a bullseye

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:54, Reply)

^
"Jus' William", surely?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

there is an unfortunate contraction in that the boys say cun't
as in, i cun't do that maths or i cun't hit him.

i lol every time i reread it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:56, Reply)

Really? Man - I need to revisit them.
I loved Just William.

And Jennings, too - the posh equivalent. Jennings and Derbyshire - what ho!
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:12, Reply)

you really do, they are awesome even for adults
she had a cracking way with words. and like so many of those female children's authors, quite a sad life herself.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:17, Reply)

she wrote one about a naughty girl called patricia too, but it just didn't sell
sign of the times: little girls had to be nice, i guess. you can get it on ebay or abe, but i've never seen a good copy that's not silly money. I WANT TO READ IT!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

Just bought a hardback set of Arthur Ransome from ebay for my daughter. She'sa bit young at the moment, she'll get them in a few years. I'll enjoy them myself at tje mo :)

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:53, Reply)

i dunno what that is soz

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:54, Reply)

Swallows and Amazons?

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:59, Reply)

The internet movie about giant woman giving gob jobs?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:02, Reply)

That's the one. Incidentally, it's spelt Roald. Watch your spelling please.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:05, Reply)

the best books any parent could buy for their teenagers are the louise rennison georgia nicholson diaries
they are laugh-out-loud funny to adults as well, but any teenage boy who reads them will actually understand teenage girls, and any teenage girl who reads them will think she is reading about herself.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, Reply)

She loves outdoors stuff, trains, boats, camping walking etc. She' s a bit young for them now.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:59, Reply)

Or you could get them Bridget Jones
So that they know a) just how awful the 90s were and b) how very, very hard they should try to avoid ending up agreeing with the protagonist
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:00, Reply)

The Witches, hands down
Followed by the BFG, and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, cos it had aliens who said SCRAM.

Alt: No.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:58, Reply)

oh I forgot BFG!
I think you're right, though, Witches was better
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:59, Reply)

Fucking right
I remember being genuinely scared and entranced by that book. I also love that there isn't a miraculous deus ex machina cure
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:05, Reply)

whenever I see a chinook, i have expect to see a giant dangling below it
I think they are making a new movie of it
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:59, Reply)

Oh god, really?
Pardon my trepidation, but if ever there was an author about whom you could justify saying "the film won't be as good as the book", it's Roald Dahl.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:01, Reply)

The Witches. Loved the film too.
I used to read Puddle Lane books. They had different colours for difficulty. Loads of magic and stuff in them :)

alt. neither. Isn't it the same?
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:04, Reply)

I can't read.
alt: Jungle - Drum and Bass was a bullshit term for producers thinking they were 'artists'
Dope Dragon 002 - Mask - Alright
Dread Recordings - Renegade - Tear Out
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:11, Reply)

Wicked
Wicked
Jungle is massive
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:18, Reply)

*insert lost monkey ascii*

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:18, Reply)

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:20, Reply)

STOP IT!!!!!!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:41, Reply)

Ah what we tell dem murdera

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:19, Reply)

PFM - Western

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:20, Reply)

That was wanky wanky wank wank

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:21, Reply)

^ wrong

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:23, Reply)

It was no Leviticus - Burial

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:25, Reply)

Leviticus were no Beloved
Etc.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:37, Reply)

PQM - You Are Sleeping.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:35, Reply)

Confessions of an Anal Cum Guzzler

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:22, Reply)

I think I might throw up in a minute.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:27, Reply)

Before you do, have a slightly undercooked egg, a cigarette and some black coffee

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:27, Reply)

The BFG. I've just read that with my youngest as well, he did a great job of reading it.
alt: Not into either really. I liked that one that went d-dun dun-dun-dun-d-dun dun-dunnnn-d-d-dunnn-d-dundun, but it was a bit housey so thats probably why.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:27, Reply)

Richard McBeef's terrblie bullying has killed the thread

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:00, Reply)

it's battered and his rabbit porn

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:03, Reply)

Hello I think my mobile network provider isn't doing it's job today so if you text and I don't reply there is no need to shout at me again.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:06, Reply)

^ planning on going to the pub and preparing to ignore calls ^

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:08, Reply)

and preparing to ignore calls with swipe tonight for payday pints
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:11, Reply)

Anyone would think you're having a relationship the way you two carry on.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:13, Reply)

;-)

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:14, Reply)

^ cuntstruck

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:18, Reply)

AC/DCs less successful b sidezzzzzz

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:19, Reply)

I reckon he's a gold digger, that's why swipes never been to f-town. He doesn't own a house, he lives under the pier

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:20, Reply)

Ha!

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:20, Reply)

one of us owes a few hundred quid to the other and thats all im saying

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:21, Reply)

blimey, how much pizza did she eat?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:23, Reply)

Please print off a large version of the watership down rabbit and take it round.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:24, Reply)

DONE!

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:26, Reply)

Excellent.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:27, Reply)

Is this an invite?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:19, Reply)

yours is a continuous open invite to anything ever

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:20, Reply)

Ok so where are we not meeting tonight?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:20, Reply)

half flat, meet the budgie then to the pub round the corner

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:22, Reply)

and after all the good work ive done talking about jesus, headphones, dubious info from my musicology hnd, jungle music etc
I dunno why I bother
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:04, Reply)

alright
Alt: nu skool breaks
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 30 May 2014, 12:21, Reply)