Starting something you couldn't finishFinnbar says: I used to know a guy who tattooed LOVE across his left knuckles, but didn't tattoo HATE on the other knuckles because he was right-handed and realised he couldn't finish. Ever run out of skills or inspiration halfway through a job?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 13:32)
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I kept slogging through Moby Dicknever have I read a book so full of digression.
Only book I've stopped reading is The Silmarillion I think.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 16:16,
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Tell me about it......it got to the point where I was really getting angry with Melville.
'Come on, you fucker... rather than a 10 page discussion of whale anatomy, move the story on ... I haven't got all day.!'
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MD is the greatest book ever written!I love it...
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 16:28,
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I could see its merits......but it didn't stop me being frustrated. 'Best Book Ever', I think is a bit of an over-claim.
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Silmarillion is hard workbut it's a fantastic work of fiction if you can get through it.
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baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Sun 27 Jun 2010, 15:16,
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