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Now we've made it to a fifth thread!

As before, we frame an AIBU from the point of view of a character in a book and everyone tries to guess the book and/or the character.

Everyone welcome to play/time-waste as much or as little as they please.

New thread, new AIBU...

AIBU to set all my sights on getting a rich husband?

Hi Moomin, and well done putting that list together, what a feat ...

Clue please?

My fabulous, opera-loving, dashing friend has left as suddenly as she arrived ... I'm devastated.

moomin, depends on whether you are after your very own or someone else's

(ta for the list btw.....weren't there a lot!)

CJ ...nimcp

were there any others still going?

Wow!
Very well done, indeed!

But I'm afraid it's still 'No Idea; More Clues, Please?' at this end.

And yes, Moomin, as the Old Woman Who Lived A Shoe, I suppose I was a bit U!

Now, AIBU to want to go to Public School?

<'Night, All!>

CJ, I'm beginning to get the feeling I should know this but possibly I've just spent too much time mulling over clues!

And list compiling beats housework any day!

Llandb, it sounds a bit U but it depends on your circumstances. If you're desperate to escape from nasty Muggle relations then it isn't U at all (and DD would like to join you).

...I'm not particular. Any rich husband will do so long as he's mine in the end. But I don't want to live like ordinary people...

Ah, sneakily back here instead of in hammock...

Sadly, still with muggles - in fact, there's a cowardly bully who is keen on blanket-tossing!

(That sounds a bit ooh-er, but it wasn't supposed to )

llandb, are you a Brown?

Wow, what a list, moomin! Makes us look really well-read

And yes, mine was Beloved. I must confess I was slightly hampered by the fact that I read it about five years ago and couldn't quite remember all the details...

Am a bit lost on who still has ones going now <confused after too much wine this evening>

AIBU to avenge my son's death?

Well, I'm quite sure the DD doesn't want to join you at Rugby so you're going on your own, Llandb!

It does make us look well read, doesn't it, Treacle, <smirk emoticon> or possibly it says something about the state of our homes. <rapid loss of smirk emoticon>

CJ's old one, which is truly baffling, is still running. You've just started one, I've just started one and I suspect you've just got Llandb's latest.

...I've planned it all out. With the money from the house I inherited I'm going to take an apartment in a really good area...

Night all!

OK - think I've got to grips with who's doing what. But still NIMC please!

...He was brutally murdered...

State of homes is more like it - and impossible to be well-read when everything interesting is at the bottom of the pile!

Ah, Treacle and Moomin, you're right, I'm Tom Brown - but never mind, surely Flashy will get himself expelled!

Nimcompoop here says, NIMCP?

... I know the man who killed him though, and I'm going to go after him tonight...

NIMCP

Afternoon all!

Was your son having an affair with his killer's wife, Treacle, or was he the victim of a hit and run driver?

...And I'll take a job with this swanky auction house. The pay is peanuts but I'll be mixing with the right people...

treacle, are you the godfather?

and moomin are you from a book or the tatler society pages?

...No, no and no - he was killed by some big shot from out of town. But I'll get my revenge - that's what mothers are for...

Still stuck on yours, moomin and CJ... MCprettyP!

She left as suddenly as she arrived, my wonderful friend. I just got on with my rather prosaic existence for five years, until she suddenly reappeared, with an Italian lover and a baby ...

PS Moomin, I'm convinced I know yours, but need that last clue to click into place ...

Jus' marking the thread, folks, don't mind me, move along now, nothing to see here.....

Now you've made me want to look, Pol ...

Good to see you again.

<Wave at Pol> Hope you're being reasonable!

Hi Pol, hope the DCs are lurgy-free.

I can't say how stumped I am on CJ's and Treacle's. NIMC doesn't even begin to describe it.

And don't worry, Polly, I am from a book!

...And the rent on the apartment is really high. It's lucky I've got all this money from the sale of my mother's house and Manhattan's full of millionaires. I'm bound to snag one eventually...

Morning all! Completely lost here too...

...And the way he was killed was so gruesome. Apparently his whole arm was ripped off...

Oh, be careful, Treacle, that Beowulf isn't someone to tangle with lightly!

Alas, I fear you're right Poledra - he beat me good and proper!

AIBU to try and split up my father and his girlfriend?

Sounds very U, Treacle. Might it end in a case of bonjour tristesse, possibly.

Poor old Grendel's mum!

...And in the meantime, spending the money on the right clothes, grooming and address, and working in the right kind of place for peanuts is an investment. Right?...