ah, you've read 'The Three Sisters' by Chekov then?

God I hated that play.

English novel; a story in which two people want each other, but are far too polite ever to say so.

Australian novel; a story in which two people want a beer.

Canadian novel; same as American, but covered in maple leaves.

Irish novel; a story about two people who don't know what they want, and wander about Dublin for a whole day without ever finding out.

Jasper Fforde novel; a story about two people, one of whom doesn't exist.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

Whatever Next: a fforde ffanclub newsletter which may or may not arrive soon.

yay!

Deliverance (the movie, not anything religious) is on telly in 25 minutes.

double yay!

'Deliverance' - the movie that made banjos *really* scary.

Definition of a good banjo; one that goes in the skip without touching the sides. Plinkety-plonk.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

Old joke _ "Sitting together in the pub you see a good banjo-player, a bad banjo-player and a pink elephant: Which one of them do you talk to?"

( I'll tell you the correct answer later on...)

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"Some days I diet, other days they serve lasagne."

George Harrison used to play the ukelele, but kept quiet about it because people thought he was mad enough already.

I don't play anything. Except the fool, of course.



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

Simon: Surely none of them exist, and therefore you've had far too much to drink. A bad banjo player isn't bad, he'll be bloody awful. There is no such thing as a good one.



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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.

Who won ? You or the fool ?

and having watched deliverance again, I realised it's not as good as I remembered. Though the duelling banjos scene is still fantastic. And the 'squeal piggy' bit makes my toes curl.

quick poll:
Burt Reynolds - better with or without moustache?

Without. I don't like to find moustache hairs floating in my soup.

Worse than my sister not rinsing the bath out after shaving her legs. *shudder*



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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.

I take it you rinse the bath out after shaving yours then ?

I wax ;P



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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.

I won. The fool went to sleep in the middle of the game. (Sorry, Chomsky!)



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

I've been waxing a bit lately. Unless I start to wane soon, none of my clothes will fit.

PSD _ That's close: The answer that I was told originally was "The bad banjo-player, because the other two are both only figments of your imagination."

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"Some days I diet, other days they serve lasagne."

Skiffle _
Re George Harrison playing the ukulele: At one time he was active in the George Formby Appreciation Society (or whatever the main British society with that purpose was actually called), maybe even as its chairman. H'mm, I wonder what his Nextian version was doing during the mid-'80s?

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"Some days I diet, other days they serve lasagne."

Hmm. If it's possible to jump into books, then could one jump into a song ? Perhaps George was running the Spec Op's musical equivalent of Jurisfiction. That would explain why he was so secretive about his home; Friar's Park was actually division HQ. (suggestions for suitable division name welcomed).

Those hours of mediation were actually cover for jumping into songs. the Government of Mexico took exception to the idea that their country is an obvious place of security for American murderers, and changed Joe's destination. George had to do quite a lot of maneouvering to get the song restored. Going down to Easter Island didn't have quite the same ring.


No doubt George would have liked Thurday's car; fond of a good motor, that man. He would have shown up driving something implausibly fast.