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AIBU Books Game Part 4

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MoominMymbleandMy · 17/07/2009 19:54

Well, we made it to a fourth 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 refuse to read aloud?

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CJCregg · 17/07/2009 20:07

Evening all!

Moomin, did your French battlefields one ever come to light?

AIBU to wish I hadn't volunteered to run?

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MoominMymbleandMy · 17/07/2009 20:14

Hi CJ! I was beginning to feel a bit lonely!

Polly got it, which accounted for her swinging from the chandelier while scantily clad and singing - very rash promise on her part . It was "The Greengage Summer" by Rumer Godden.

Has the reluctance to run anything to do with Greek battlefields?

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CJCregg · 17/07/2009 20:24

No, I'm a bit more modern and closer to home than that!

More clues on not reading aloud, please?

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MoominMymbleandMy · 17/07/2009 20:28

Are you good at distance running, CJ?

...The trouble is I'm very, very good at reading aloud. Too good. You know what they say about bringing the story to life...

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CJCregg · 17/07/2009 21:14

(Ah, that's what Polly's tassles were for ...)

It's quite a long run, but I've made a bit of a mess of it ...

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MoominMymbleandMy · 17/07/2009 21:28

Hmm, are you competing with a tortoise, CJ?

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janeite · 17/07/2009 21:30

I know this I think (not played this before) - you are the lovely dad in Inkheart, whose name I've forgotten - matt or Meg or something.

pollywobbledoodle · 17/07/2009 21:35

llandb are you an old book about scuffy/scruffy the tugboat?

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MoominMymbleandMy · 17/07/2009 21:54

Yes, that was quick, Janeite. You are quite right - I am Mo from Inkheart.

I've just realised I managed to lose the 84 in 84 Charing Cross Road when I put the list in on the last thread, so just imagine it please!

AIBU to think my DH's reaction to our younger DS's poor school report is too harsh?

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janeite · 17/07/2009 21:56

Mo! I knew it began with 'M' at least!

llandb · 17/07/2009 22:06

Hello! Went to the old thread and found it had just been saved from being washed out to sea by the creation of this new 'un!

Cor, what a list!

Yes indeedy Polly, I am Scuffy the Tugboat! Toot, toot!

Stumped as a tree on the rest.

And speaking of which... AIBU to talk a walk in the Alps?

llandb · 17/07/2009 22:07

Er, or perpaps take a walk?

llandb · 17/07/2009 22:10
pollywobbledoodle · 17/07/2009 22:26

llandb i have put on a woolly scarf.....must remember to close the curtains...i remember the book from childhood...

i don't know, weeks without so much as a sniff of an answer then 3 in 24 hours! Am going to carry my swollen head up to bed now...

Pogleswood · 17/07/2009 23:07

New thread,hooray! That's a pretty long list..didn't we do well?!

AIBU to dedicate myself to my work?

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MoominMymbleandMy · 17/07/2009 23:09

Does the walking in the Alps precede hi-jinks in a hay hut, llandb? Say that after a couple of G and Ts!

Night all!

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CJCregg · 17/07/2009 23:10

I started off pretty well, and the other chaps were quite far behind, but then I tripped and fell, and I think I've broken my ankle ...

CJCregg · 17/07/2009 23:11

Moomin, I hope that's not Heidi you're talking about!

llandb, 'scuse my ignorance, but what does your name mean?! I've always wondered ...

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MoominMymbleandMy · 17/07/2009 23:26

Dear me, no, CJ, not Heidi, it would frighten the poor goats!

Hooray, Pogle, now all the diehard time-wasters are here!

CJ, are you wearing a red jersey?

Pogle, bit more detail, pretty please?

And now I'm really off to bed. Night again!

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CJCregg · 17/07/2009 23:34

Moomin, you are so clever. Yes, and I'm hoping someone will rescue me before the next train comes through this tunnel ...

Pogleswood · 17/07/2009 23:53

Diehard time-waster? Moi?
Somehow managed to mix up CJ's and llandb's to produce someone falling and breaking their ankle in the Alps - then wondering where the tunnel came in - I think perhaps I should go to bed...

...I don't think my approach is appreciated at work,though...

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MoominMymbleandMy · 18/07/2009 11:53

Morning all!

Yes, but you're a very well read time-waster, Pogle. More clues to your workaholic, please.

Thank you, CJ, . I remember reading that first when I was very young and being very puzzled as to why a dog was wearing a jumper!

...I know the DS's grades were very poor and I am mystified that he managed to get no marks at all for English Composition...

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llandb · 18/07/2009 13:16

Tee-hee at hi-jinks and Heidi

Nope, no hi-jinks at all. Though a kindly shepherd has put me up for the night. And he has an impressive collection of acorns!

CJ, I think YANBU as I have always regretted volunteering to run, except after ice-cream vans, but I confess to not knowing what yours is!

(CJ, good question!
Sadly, 'llandb' is an archaic Welsh word for 'bland'.
Er... ok, well truthfully - various dreadful people nicked all the names I usually use so I resorted to various acronyms - easier to type - with no particular rationale other than 'I can probably remember this' until I stumbled across a free one. Since I tend to a drinks theme and g and t was taken, I took that as a sign that I ought to be sticking to lemon, lime and bitters
Sadly, I was in an 'all work, no telly' phase when your character was on the waves, but making up for it by being as unreasonable as pos in this thread )

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MoominMymbleandMy · 18/07/2009 13:27

That clears up a mystery I've always meant to ask about too, llandb.

So, are you fond of trees then?

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llandb · 18/07/2009 13:53

(It's a bit of a theme, as some people in real life have granted me a picnic-cooler nickname, though it's nothing personal and is not a remark on my beverage habits . It's more akin to calling someone a 'paddy' or a 'limey' or a 'frog', though in a nice way, in case the aforementioned sometimes aren't )

Well now, Moomin', I am fond of trees and therefore very proud of my new friend for going to such an effort to plant them!

More clues all round, please?