I heard somewhere that Queen Victoria never wore the same pair of knickers twice. Considering the size she was and the length of time she lived, that must have involved a tremendous amount of fabric.

I wonder what she'd have thought of the Gossard diamante thong?



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Sarah

Hey Jon!

Thought you'd be amused to know that I'm reading "Don't Ask", and laughed out loud when Dortmunder was pretending not to speak english and said "Afghanistan Bananastand".

Particularly since I recently watched the movie of The Hot Rock. You're right, Redford is too pretty for Dortmunder, but he did eventually get the resigned sort of attitude right. Too bad they cut the bit with the train and the insane assylum (even if it was a tad over the top), and I like the book ending better. Still enjoyed it though.

I will not, however, be rushing out to look for the movie version of Jimmy the Kid starring Gary Coleman.



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I'm also reading Don't Ask, but haven't got very far through yet. Enjoying it all the same though!

Oh good. I'll try not to give away any major plot points then.



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--Ross Smith

that would be good, ta...

Actually the casting for the Hot Rock was pretty good; I always imagine Kelp and Murch like that, and even Dortmunder is to me a less pretty Redford. He got the attitude spot on.

The other movies, on the other hand, are all one and all pants. Watch them not. (George C Scott? as Dortmunder? WTF??)



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Hmmm, I seem to recall reading some Dortmunder in the dim and distant past. Currently lurking on my bedside table is the latest Top Gear magazine and this months Car (or possibly EVO). I only tend to read books on holiday (I'm far too busy with less intellectual stuff such as football, cars, computers and beer usually) when I tend to get through 3 or 4 in a week.



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Yeah, the casting for the movie wasn't bad, but why did they decide that everyone had to have to be related to each other? Kelp as a family man, married to Dortmunders sister? What sister? I suspect they added one in simply because there weren't any pretty women in the book, and you can't make a movie without at least one pretty girl in it. And then they went and made Abe Greenburg's sleazy lawyer also his father. The only person they didn't give extra relatives to was Murch, who already had his mom.

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Robert Redford is a great actor...although I haven't seen Dortmunder, so I can't comment on that one. However, I really wish someone would have warned him about the dangers of overexposure to the sun. I think his face tends to look more like a poorly tooled leather belt than actual skin. And he used to be SO handsome! Maybe all those horse whispering sessions at Sundance have taken their toll!



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Minsky says that's one of the great advantages of having a furry face. Er, yes, thank you, Minsky, but I think I'll just stick to the big hats and the foundation with sunscreen in it.



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Sarah

I agree with Cutie about Robert Redford looking like a relief map of the Grand Canyon area these days. I file my books by genre and author, but not alphabetically; they wouldn't fit sensibly onto the shelf space available if I tried.
I've been in enforced exile with my parents in Norfolk for the last month, while my flat in Sheffield is being reroofed. Dad's just had broadband installed on his computer, so I'm back on line at last - hurrah ! I've got a lot to catch up on, but I can use Broadband any time I want, unlike at home, where I have an off-peak connexion. I can read the fforum while I'm having my breakfast - decadence !
I've bought about a dozen books while I've been here in Norfolk, and that's without visiting two of my favourite local shops. The choice ranges from 'Diary of a Provincial Lady' by E M Delafield, a lovely gentle satire on English country life between the wars, a great big colour book on heraldry, 'The Piranah Club', which is about power and influence in Formula One, and 'the Ponies Loved It Too'.
I collect pony stories; I've got somewhere between 300-400, some duplicates in different editions. They can offer lines as memorable as anything Charlotte Bronte ever wrote. (And I last read Jane Eyre about 3 years ago). A favourite is an exchange from one of Ruby Fergeson's hugely entertaining 'Jill' series, where the heroines are discussing how to encourage more people to use their preferred riding stables.

Jill "I know, we'll have a crusade to promote Mrs Darcy."

Anne "Not a crusade, a campaign. The Crusades went on for years and years and never accomplished anything. Napoleon had campaigns and he conquered Europe."

You can't beat logic like that !

Sarah wrote:

> Minsky says that's one of the great advantages of having a
> furry face. Er, yes, thank you, Minsky, but I think I'll just
> stick to the big hats and the foundation with sunscreen in it.
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Fair point about Naploeon's Campaigns, but then he still went bust at the end of it all...



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And let's hope that the French revisionists don't manage to alter that fact...

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Warning! product may contain grenouilles....

Apparently, busts of Napoleon feature amongst the items removed from the personal parts of, shall we say, rather experimental lovers.

I was browsing in a bookshop, alongside another woman, within earshot of a male salesman who was trying to get the female sales manager to stock a book his company published. It was a biography of Beethoven, and as an additional selling point, the sales manager was told that she could have a lovely bust to display ! Needless to say, all three women were having a hard time trying to smother our giggles.

Just confused 10 year old nephew by rubbing moisturiser into his forehead. He arrived at 11 am and will be here until 7 pm, watching cartoons in the room where I want to write my book. Grrrr.

Sorry? What's wrong with cartoons? Especially, but not limited to, Wacky Races, Dick Dastardly and Mutley, Dangermouse and Scooby Doo (old version only).



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To say nothing of Noggin the Nog.



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
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Sarah

What the Nog? Is that legal?



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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

Noggin the Nog. You remember? Cute little Viking? Sworn enemy of Nogbad the Bad?

Or am I just showing my advanced age again?



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Sarah

Sounds like some kind of drinking game, to be honest with you.



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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

H'mm, I suppose it does, now you mention it.



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
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Sarah