AIBU Books - Part 3

[MoominMymbleandMy]

I can't get into the old thread so I think we filled it up! I hope everyone finds the new one.

So nice, shiny new thread, nice shiny new AIBU.

AIBU to be jealous of my DH's correspondence with a stranger?

Pogle, I feel I ought to know yours but I'm not getting anywhere.

Maria, this isn't ringing bells at all now. Doh!

Umm, just call me Mrs Thickie!

Is "tomorrow another day" for you?

...Because we are attempting to restore the fallen fortunes of our House. And we knew Pincher wouldn't hurt him...

Wouldn't dream of it! (especially as I haven't worked out what yours is yet!)

Yes,'I'll go to Tara - I'll go home' Da da de da,da da de da,da da de dada....da da de da....

Ah, I have a confession to make. I've never read Gone with the Wind! I did see the film when it was on one Christmas a very long time ago.

Should I read it? Am I doing it an injustice by thinking it's full of nostalgia for the good old days of slavery?

...But I think there are better ways to restore our fortune and the old gentleman has forgiven us. Perhaps we'll try selling poetry to a newspaper...

Of course!,you are a Bastable,seeking Treasure,aren't you? I knew I knew..in my defence it has been a long time since I read these,and my reading to book and reading averse DD didn't get to E Nesbit,.

See you later1

Well done! Pogle, how did you, of all people, produce a DC who doesn't like books?!

AIBU to think it is unfair to be ill on your birthday?

Goodness knows! (to the question about DD) - DH reads as well and our house is full of books(there's a surprise...).But my Sis,who didn't read as a child,does read now and has 3 book devouring DCs!

I think you are doing Gone with the Wind a bit of an injustice - I think it's a more complex and interesting book than you might expect,more about the death of a society,and how people cope when their way of life is destroyed in a short period of time(though the society was built on an evil,and couldn't continue).And Scarlett is an interesting character.The race stuff and portrayals of the slaves are difficult to read now.(though being reminded of how people used to think isn't always bad IMO)
Sorry,got a bit carried away there! I've always liked it.

Can't believe I missed GWTW ... Moomin, I think it's a wonderful book, although it is a long time since I've read it and I was always much more influenced by the drama and romance than the political side of it (am in reality a bit of a flibertigibbet like early Scarlett, caring more about clothes and young men than real important issues)!

To go back several days, yes, I am Jim Dixon. I know he's been done before (probably by me!) but sometimes I can't resist it, I love him!

AIBU to dislike the master's new wife?

Maybe my comments on GWTW were a bit pompous now I re-read them!Do like the drama and romance too.. Hadn't quite visualised you as Scarlett,CJ - will adjust my mental picture accordingly!

The trouble with this thread is that no sooner have you solved one AIBU than another comes along to stump you - no chance to sit back and appreciate the glow of success!

So,CJ,were you particularly close to the master's old wife?

No idea on yours Moomin,more clues please?

AIBU to think people should not come into my house without an invitation?

Pogle, not pompous but passionate! OK, the pair of you have convinced me. I will read it!

CJ, I now have a lovely picture of you chopping up your curtains for a ball dress!
Are you a sinister old bat (as your AIBU, not you, I hasten to add)

Pogle, more help please!

...It was my tenth birthday. I had my first riding lesson and I was going to have a special birthday dinner but I felt so ill I had to go to bed...

...they make such a mess...

I'm off to bed,goodnight !

Oh yes, there may be a war on but we can still dance! I thought your reading of GWTW was anything but pompous, Pogle. I really should read it again and take a more grown up view on it ...

I'm not Mrs Danvers, by the way. Although I was quite close to the master's first wife, it's true. And I still am ...

Was it something I said?

CJ! Never! But Mumsnet is proving a bit inaccessible at the moment.

No idea on the Mrs Danvers who isn't or Pogle's unwanted guests, I'm afraid.

...And now I've got to stay in bed for weeks and weeks. I'm so bored. What can I do to pass the time?

Just popping in to say hello!

...dirty footprints everywhere - and one of them has actually moved in!...

Hopefully will be back this evening!

Afternoon, all!

I do sympathise, Pogle. Perhaps it's time to speed Mr Jackson on his way. How dare he drip on your floor!

...I know, I think I'll take up drawing...

...tiddly,widdly,widdly, Mrs Tittlemouse...

And now I've just given myself a fit of the giggles looking at that out of context!

No, "tiddly, widdly," doesn't look quite right out of context!

...I've drawn a house surrounded by a fence in a grassy plain with some large rocks outside...

Are you a bit of a dreamer,Moomin? Not at all sure of this,but it never hurts to ask!

Yes! And they're very peculiar indeed, Pogle!

A rainy wave to y'all! Looked for that gal with the stockings but all I saw was a horse being carried along.

Going to catch up soon and find out who has B.U.

Llandb, you should have got her to carry the luggage for you. Hope you had a good time .

AIBU to sell my sibling?

Hello again ,llandb!

Yes,Moomin, I think that would be a horrid thing to do.

Pogle, more details, please!

...We were playing Joseph and his coat of many colours. So I put her in the old well (it is a dry one!) and then I remembered she never said sorry for biting the head off my chocolate baby, and I did so love him...

Now that's not what I was expecting! More clues (though that sounds like something that would be completely memorable,in which case I've no chance..)

...my brother and I left at the start of the war,but my cousin stayed behind...

Ooh, Pogle, that is tantalisingly niggly. A bit more help please because this is going to bug me all afternoon.

...So I told her she was going to stay in the well until she said she was sorry and when she wouldn't, I put up a notice saying: Buterful Litel Slave For Sale and left her there...