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<HTML>Of course he is - he's letting us all have a lot of fun arguing about it! Paul Darrow does this with his "Blake's 7" character, Avon. Paul obviously knows what Avon's motivations were, but if he came right out and told us, the fans wouldn't be able to have eternal discussions about whether Avon was a) wronged and misunderstood, b) a great deal nicer than he liked to let on, c) genuinely unpleasant, or d) just plain barking mad.
For what it's worth, I think Granny Next is Thursday too. :-)</HTML>
<HTML>There are signs here and there that the five-book TN sequence will actually have a complete story arc, and it may be some time before the Truth is found Out There, but for what it's worth I believe Thursday's ultimate task (apart from saving the world a lot) is to rescue herself from a lonely, Landen-less future-in-the-past as Granny.
Of course the thing about five-part story arcs is that they haven't to be short-circuited by somebody shouting "Get the hell out of our galaxy" half-way through.</HTML>
<HTML>Maybe Bowden is Thursday's son - Just a thought [poking a stick into the hornets nest] You never know...if Granny Next is, indeed, Thursday, then it is possible that Bowden could be her son, depending on the time period she popped back into and if she were pregnant at that point. Of couse she probably would have had to pop back in and out a few times for that to have happened, but this is Jasper we're talking about!</HTML>
<HTML>Nah, her son's in the Chronoguard, helping try to track down his grandfather.
Remember the younger Chronoguard chap at Thursday's wedding who told her and Landen that if they ever had a son, and he wanted to join the Chronoguard, to please try to talk him out of it?</HTML>
<HTML>Has it occurred to anyone that Thursday's son and Thursday's father may actually be the same person? That, naturally, would make Thursday her own grandmother. Or is that theory just <i>too</i> ffar-ffetched?</HTML>
<HTML>I think if we're going to go round issuing exciting T-shirts, someone ought at least to design them first. I have a suggestion: use one of Escher's tessellations, in the manner of Thursday's car (but perhaps use something other than <i>Reptiles</i> for a bit of variety). I'm not much good at drawing but I have got some fabric paints, so if any artistic genius out there wants to outline the design I'll be more than happy to colour it. (Warning for Paul: if you don't like wild colours, get someone else to do it! I am the lady who's been known to wear emerald green with fuchsia pink just for the sheer fun of it.)</HTML>
<HTML>Well, I dunno ... suppose you drop Mr. Ff a line (using the e-mail link somewhere on this site) and see what happens?
I must admit I am a little reluctant to delve too deeply into every mysterious name for fear of uncovering spoilers to future books ... they can't all be as harmless as Martlet, surely?</HTML>
<HTML>well, the first thing is to make sure you've laid off the sauce for a while...you don't want to slap your nose instead of your forehead...
Then stand in front of the mirror and repeatedly slap yourself on the forehead, using an open palm, of course. Then as you get to the point you're hitting the same spot time after time, gradually close your eyes and keep smacking away. This trains your muscles to only hit the correct spot.
Practice for at least 10 minutes a day. After about 2 weeks of doing this, you should be okay to smack your forehead even while drunk without too much risk of permanently maiming your nose or eyeballs.</HTML>