I'd like to thank whoever suggested I read Christopher Brookmyre's stuff
finished One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night last night. Thoroughly enjoyable read and I shall be seeking out some of his other books.

Anyone else read anything good recently?

I also read the 11th and final book of the Sword of Truth series, which surprisingly was considerably better than the previous 7 or 8 books
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:24, 129 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I'll take credit for that
Sacred art of Stealing is my next recommendation
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:27, Reply)

I'd go with
A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away first, since it preceeds SAOS and introduces the main character, then SAOS, then A Snowball in Hell, which links back to A Big Boy Did It.

Very entertaining loosly linked trilogy.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:34, Reply)

much obliged

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:40, Reply)

Which reminds me
must check if his latest is out in paperback yet.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:44, Reply)

I've recently read a book by the Danish bloke who wrote 'Let the right one in'.
Can't remember what it's called but it was about dead people rising. Very enjoyable but ruined by a crappy ending.
( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:28, Reply)

that was a filum recently
but I only watched half of it because it was scary and I was by myself.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Currently
I am reading Necrosphere by Robert Rankin. I'm quite a fan but I am not finding this one as entertaining as the usual........

EDIT: to the point that I got the book title wrong - it is, in fact, "Necrophenia"

Weaveworld By Clive Barker is the all time fave........
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:28, Reply)

weaveworld is a freaky book
read that quite some time ago
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:29, Reply)

My copy
which I have had for over 20 years now, is dropping to bits and won't survive another attempt I fear..........years of nice holidays - it's been all round Europe!
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:31, Reply)

I see it fairly frequently in charity shops and secondhand bookshops
I must have read it 10 or 12 years ago I think. Might have to give it a reread.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:33, Reply)

Yes, it was a bit weird
Did they not try to make a film of it at some point?

Always liked the short story, Rawhead Rex, which they made into a truly terrible film, the Rex in question looked like something out of Terrahawks.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:51, Reply)

it'd have to be done very very well to make a successful transition from book to film
as it is so weird
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:54, Reply)

The last books I read
Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance - Paul "I love myself" Wilmott
Options, Futures and Other Derivatives - John C. Hull
The (Mis)behaviour of Markets - Benoit Mandelbrot

Seriously. I'm a hit at parties :(
( djtrialprice, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:28, Reply)

I've just topped myself

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:05, Reply)

I can tell you the market forces
that drove you to this drastic economic decision.
( djtrialprice, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:11, Reply)

*gets up*
*dies all over again*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:18, Reply)

I just finished a book about a serial killer
who kidnapps rape victims, cuts out their wombs and then kills them.

TBH it wasnt the laugh-fest I was looking for.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:30, Reply)

Wouldn't the cutting out of their wombs kill them before he can?

( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:32, Reply)

He tied off the arteries/veins with catgut as he cut through them
his first victim he didnt do that and yes, she carked it before he was finished.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:33, Reply)

Ah, the old tying the arteries/veins with catgut trick.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:35, Reply)

s'easy when you know how

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:40, Reply)

I'm reading 'Cannae' - Adrian Goldsworthy
It's the business if you like ancient world/military history. It's about Hannibals' defeat of the Romans despite being outnumbered two-to-one.

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:37, Reply)

Currently reading "Halting State" by Charles Stross
Near-future crime story. Pretty good - lots of fancy tech, set in an independent Scotland. And the crime takes place inside an online game.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:38, Reply)

that sounds quite good
I'll add that to the list
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:38, Reply)

All of Charles Stross is brilliant.
I particularly love The Atrocity Archive for Lovecraftian James Bond IT department hi-jinks.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:46, Reply)

Also the sequel
The Jennifer Morgue.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:49, Reply)

Indeed.
There's a third one due this year, I believe. Hurrah!
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:59, Reply)

I enjoyed that at the time
But now can't remember most of it, I guess I'll have to read it again.
(bill, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:33, Reply)

I read books for grown ups.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:39, Reply)

such as?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:42, Reply)

Playboy: A pictorial history

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:43, Reply)

Haynes Manuals

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:44, Reply)

How to win girls
(Special Internet edition)
( djtrialprice, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:44, Reply)

With an introduction by Snugglesacks
"Do my tits look big in this?"
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:45, Reply)

I would actually buy that book.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:46, Reply)

for the content or the introduction?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:50, Reply)

The introduction mainly.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:56, Reply)

I can't believe she didn't respond to you
after the gazzes...you'd some curiosity at least
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:58, Reply)

I know... she's dead to me.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:59, Reply)

you're better off without her
aside from being breastacular she was probably a moonpig and a relentless harridan to boot.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:06, Reply)

Yeah!
Plenty more boobs in the sea.
( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:08, Reply)

That's some women for you.
Lure you in with promises of enormous jubbly fun, then leave you hanging on tenterhooks, flaccid cock in hand and weeping over 'what might have been'.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:02, Reply)

w s
( djtrialprice, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:12, Reply)

Pffft.
I approve of the board sig btw.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:16, Reply)

I do really love Depeche Mode
but it's a quote from Orgasmo (which I was drunkenly watching clips of last night on youtube)
( djtrialprice, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:18, Reply)

It's a shame
that there aren't enough characters in a sig to allow the prefix "I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothing, but..."
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:29, Reply)

yay
yes, it's too short. I couldn't get the full Blackadder insult "May the yuletide log slip from your fire, and burn down your house." over Christmas.
( djtrialprice, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:35, Reply)

I wanted to paraphrase the last line from "thank you for smoking",
"Michael Jordan plays ball, Charles Manson kills people, I talk".
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:53, Reply)

Little Brother - Cory Doctorow.
Loved it.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:47, Reply)

Cory Doctorwho?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:47, Reply)

sounds interesting
I've read something similar(ish) called Tomorrow, when the war began by someone or other.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:49, Reply)

You should be careful about
Postin on b3ta about a book that has b3ta referenced in it, you'll end up causing an infinite loop of references!

Seriously though, LB was a good read.
(bill, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:37, Reply)

Brookmyre's last but one book
referenced b3ta quite a bit, either directly or through use of language.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:46, Reply)

Give The Anarchist a Cigarette by Mick Farren is brilliant
I am currently reading an excellent book on Genghis Khan by John Man.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:51, Reply)

Francis Ween's How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World
is a great assessment of how and why the world is run on bullshit. not my usual reading material but excellent.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:55, Reply)

I thought it was good.
And by the way it is 'Wheen'.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:01, Reply)

You are doubtless correct. Well-written book I thought.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:04, Reply)

I'm loving Martina Cole's latest book, because I've read the first two books with the same charactors in.
And I really loved this book: The Magicians by Lev Grossman.

If anyone has any similar books to that Magicians one, I'd apprechate it. It's basicly about this teenager who goes to a 'magic school', but there is lots of sex/drugs in it, and then it moves into post-magic-school life and how boring it is, and then in the last part [SEMI SPOILER:................ they go off into a magical world........END SPOILER].

It seriously is one of the best books I've ever read, thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing.

A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown is another great book.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 14:58, Reply)

This is another one that I really like too
www.markbillingham.com/dark.html
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:05, Reply)

the amazon reviews of The Magicians are interesting
some really like it, some not at all.

I can imagine it'd be good, but also that it might really annoy me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:07, Reply)

I found it one of the best books I've read in a long time.
How magic is not just a flick of the wand, it takes months of practice per spell, just to do the most basic of things.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:25, Reply)

Xmas books
Got the following for Crimbo and now finished...

Mohsin Hamid - 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' (Nice easy read but thoroughly enjoyable.)

Mark Oliver Everett - 'Things the grandchildren should know.' (If you think you have had some knock-backs check out the world of 'E'.)

Steven D Levitt - 'Freakonomics' (Nice easy book to keep in the bog to browse the odd chapter.)

Jared M Diamond - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Not as good as Guns Germs and Steel.)
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:00, Reply)

'Switch' by Megan Hart, erotica
I haven't finished it yet but it's highly intriguing, about a woman that starts getting anonymous notes with instructions [eat oatmeal for breakfast, wear a blue shirt tomorrow, masturbate but don't come, etc] in her mailbox but are meant for another...
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:01, Reply)

The End of Mr. Y
It's about a cursed book that holds the key to letting you enter other peoples minds and wander about seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, bit wierd and I haven't finished it yet so I'm with holding judgemnet.

For anyone who likes cricket I throughly recommend "Penguins Stopped Play" by Harry Thompson, BBC comedy producer of The News Quiz and The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Harry Enfield and Chums and Monkey Dust, and co-produced Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

He also wrote the rather excellent account of Darwins trip on the Beagle "This heart of Darkness".
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:04, Reply)

I've read the End of Mr Y
there's some interesting ideas on philosophy and how reality could be kind of like it's written in several levels of programming language
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:05, Reply)

Yeah, I was a bit bored for the first third

now I'm into the last half it all seems a bit silly...

Also I don't like Ariel very much, and when I don't empathise with a character it's very hard to care what happens to them.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:08, Reply)

yeah I know what you mean
I liked the concept quite a lot, and there were some good ideas, but the characters were a bit flat.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:12, Reply)

I've been considering this.

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:27, Reply)

It's on my Amazon wishlist

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:39, Reply)

it's worth a read for some interesting concepts
and it's a nice looking book with its red cover and black edges to the pages
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:50, Reply)

I'm reading
How to lose friends and alienate people by chompy Toby Young.

It's not grabbing me yet. And I keep reading Screenburn by Charlie Brooker as it's funnier
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:06, Reply)

Toby Young is a pompous ass.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:23, Reply)

Pot / Kettle

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:25, Reply)

*high fives*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:35, Reply)

It is only from my position of personal expertise
that I am able to spot a fellow ass with such ease.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:36, Reply)

No false humility please
take it on the kisser.

By the way I enjoyed How Mumbo Jumbo conquered the World too.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:38, Reply)

I am aware of my failings.
It's easy to be when you have so few.


(How's that? Better?)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:44, Reply)

Too much
I'm only here to confuse, not castigate.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:48, Reply)

Yeah
I loved all Agustus someones books, Dry, Running With Scissors and another I forget and some scab said if I liked that I'd like this.

I do not like this.

I may read Dice Man again.
There's also a brilliant book I read ages ago but totally forget who wrote it/what its called but about a guy who can summon duplicates of people he fancies and lives with Swammpy for ages then picassso. It's better than I make it sound.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:39, Reply)

Speaking of The Dice Man...
'The Adventures of Wim' was a stunning let down when I read it first time; I gave it another bash last year and really enjoyed it.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:44, Reply)

i'm reading The Beast Within
by that Zola fellah.

He likes breasts, white ones, which all french ladies have.

Probably caused by lack of 19C sunbathing.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:21, Reply)

I recently read "Let the Right One In"
which is pretty darned good; and Not a Chimp, which... um... isn't.


I'm currently struggling through The Sound and the Fury, which is 300 pages of prime fillet WTF. I'm having a really hard time with it.

Next up: Stanislaw Lem's Cyberiad.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:26, Reply)

I've been planning to read some Stanislaw Lem
not seen any at the knockdown prices that I like to pay for books though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:36, Reply)

re-reading
The Kakeshi Kovacs novels by Richard morgan as I need to stop thinking

we3 graphic novel as well, and it made me cry like a damn baby, its about a cat, dog and rabbit that have been turned into ultra-violent experimental weapons
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:29, Reply)

When did you ever start?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:40, Reply)

If anyone likes History at all i would recommend Giles Milton

Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History - is brilliant, really makes you appreciate what people wnet through to get things done in times gone past, in this case just for nutmeg, which was at the time more expensive than gold!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:29, Reply)

I do. On a similar tip have you ever read that book
about the history of salt? I have it but have yet to read it.

Too busy reading about the Pink Fairies* all the time...


'Keep it Together' by Rich Deakin. Magic.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:52, Reply)

Some nonsense by Andy McNab
The one that's not Bravo Two Zero. It's not too bad to be honest. For some reason I was given a boxset of McNab books by someone who thought I liked his stuff. I don't and have no idea why they would have thought that I do.

I've got Frankie Boyles (My Shit life so far?) which I'll be starting sortly.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:55, Reply)

"The Day I Slotted a Thousand Rag-Heads" by Andy McNab
A blisteringly brutal account of modern warefare that really gets me pumped up before I go out drinking and fighting. Full of top-secret info from inside "The Regiment", like the fact that SAS actually stands for "Super Army Soldiers"
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 15:58, Reply)

SAS actually stands for "Super Army Soldiers"
Check your facts, it really does!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:01, Reply)

I like to pump weights while watching back to back episodes of "Ultimate Force"
totally gets me psyched before I go out drinking and fighting
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:03, Reply)

I like to pump weights naked while watching Ross Kemp on Gangs
It means I can touch myself quicker during the good bits.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:05, Reply)

how do you have time to do weights?
it's nothing but good bits!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:06, Reply)

hahaha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:08, Reply)

The credits are a bit boring

( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:15, Reply)

I get myself hard during the starting credits
then I ejaculate during the end credits.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:17, Reply)

That must be some mighty rivulets of fuck juice.
Would take a bit of cleaning up I expect.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:26, Reply)

he sets up a convenient parabolic mirror
which allows ricochets back into his gaping maw
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:31, Reply)

I knew it!!
The durty cunt, every last cc, inhaled.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:33, Reply)

seeing as it's Ross Kemp
would that not be a....wait for it.....

Para-bollock mirror?


Ahahahahah I am Barry Cryer and have just paid myself £5.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I'm going to destroy you

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:42, Reply)

Please take a ticket and wait until your number is called.
Thank you for your patience - we are unusually busy today.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:50, Reply)

*takes ticket*
*grumbles*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:52, Reply)

*a smattering of applause*

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:44, Reply)

I'm reading the Millenium Trilogy by that dead swedish bloke
I'm also reading the Bourne Trilogy by a dead american bloke.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:04, Reply)

I enjoyed the Bourne books for a while
but they go on and on and on and on and on and on and on
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:05, Reply)

Yeah, I'm enjoying the first one
but it does get a bit tedious at times. The Millenium books are made of 100% win though, I raced through the first two and I'm demolishing the third at a rapid rate of knots.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:09, Reply)

are they related to the Millennium tv show?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:13, Reply)

No
his names Stieg Larsson, they are called The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire and The Girl that Kicked the Hornets Next. It's about a journalist and an autistic computer hacker.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:15, Reply)

interesting...

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:15, Reply)

My boss' wife recommended those to me
Unfortunately she's such a fucking spacker I immediately discounted them simply because she said they were good.


You know like when I say a record is good?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:24, Reply)

'record'
I feel like clicking this because of that.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:31, Reply)

He plays them on a gramophone you know....

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:47, Reply)

I do indeed.
Some times I get busy on two gramophones, cutting up double copies of 'Two For Tea'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:52, Reply)

check out the song called Rogue on here
www.soundspurple.com/search.php?genre=%25&search=correspondents&where=all&submit=Go&type=index.php%3Fgenre%3D0
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:55, Reply)

I've sent it to home, thank you.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:58, Reply)

it's an amusing mix of swing and hip hop
mostly good for novelty, but that song in particular is a good one.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:59, Reply)

The Real Tuesday Weld anyone?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfSmKVduFVE
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Ooh, can I jam?
"Charlestown. (Bitch.) Do the motherfuckin' Charlestown."
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:56, Reply)

Don't think I did not notice the sneaky edit.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:57, Reply)

If I don't mention the 'Charlesto(w)n' fuckup
we're quits, yeah?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:59, Reply)

Never!
*jumps through window*
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 17:10, Reply)

I'll say!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:53, Reply)

"A gramophone" grandad
Do you want Dolby with that?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:53, Reply)

A classic sketch from a patchy show.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:55, Reply)

The memory kinda lingers

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:59, Reply)

;-)

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Has anyone tried reading books on a DS or a Reader?
Does it cut-it or just feel wrong? I like the idea but fear the latter.

Plus I hate wearing my 'readers'.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:51, Reply)

An old favourite.
Gloriana by Michael Moorcock. An excellent read.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 20 Jan 2010, 18:23, Reply)