AIBU Books Game Part Seven

[CJCregg]

Hi all, here we are again ...

As always, everyone welcome to pile in with AIBU book synopses, as long as you bring ice cream or something equally tempting for when we're stuck.

To continue mine - I'm in charge but it's terribly difficult to keep control. I don't know how long I can keep their respect. I didn't ask to be in charge ...

Oh....thank you

Mothers can be irritating, it's true. What's she done to upset you?

Afternoon, all!

Now all I can think of for your one is Old Harry's Game, Elephants, so MCP!

...She gave my son a doll!...

A doll? So now the poor lad is doomed?! Did he want a doll,or did she think this up all on her own?

I thought originally that perhaps you had my job,Elephants - but I don't get to punish anyone!
So,are you in Law Enforcement? Or a teacher?

MCP,and AIBU to love my dog?

Sounds perfectly normal to me, Pogle. Is there any reason it should be U?

MCP all!

...I thought that shoebox contained new football boots, not a doll! He says he asked her for it, but still...

Morning, all.

Move completed - I am now officially homeless! Hooray!

...She's the boss's daughter, I'm sure he won't approve, even if my friend is a good worker...

Moomin, does the doll have powers, at all?

MCP!

Hi all!

Still moving ... it's a long process

Just popping in to say hello and MCP ...

Mornin' all. Been on hols, just need to mark this when I see it so I can read it tonight when at home, rather than avoiding the screeds of emails I ought to be reading at work................

Pol! Hello! Been anywhere nice?

Good luck with the rest of it, CJ... there's a nice cold G'n'T waiting for you in the boat when you're done!

Or would you rather have a ginger wine?

Afternoon, all!

Nice to see you back, Pol. Hope you had a good holiday.

Good luck to all moving and homeless W-R Ls

MCP still!

...Powers! It's just a doll! And a very girly one. He does talk to it though, and he leaves gaps as though it answered him...

Morning, all!

...he's good with horses, but I don't think that's enough to make him a desirable son-in-law. And they're very strict about women's honour down here in Mexico...

Afternoon all!

Just as well we built the raft so big,if Treacle is actually going to live on it!

...my dog - no,well I don't think I'm BU - but she can be rather intimidating...

MCP!

Evening, all!

So what's the bitch done then, Pogle? (couldn't resist )

MCP on all of them!

...Now Ned's taken the wretched thing to school! No wonder he got into a fight...

Ah... does this doll talk, perhaps? And is she a Lady? (Spot of googling required there...)

...Well, her father found out, and now we've been arrested for horse-stealing. I wonder if we'll ever make it back to Texas...

ooooh, treacle/Moomin - she is a Lady isn't she! Damn I should have got that, love this book. She is so wonderfully aloof!

I've never even heard of it, which suprised me as I was always a mahoosive D K-S fan. Will have to keep an eye out for it.

Pogle, is your dog a bit over-friendly?

...We never should have fallen in with Blevins, I knew he was trouble...

Afternoon, all

Well done, Treacle, have a valuable antique French doll as a prize.

You're right, Elephants, Lady Daisy is delightfully prim and proper. I'd never heard of it either until DD unearthed it in my favourite bookshop, a lovely, quirky independent bookseller in a place where there used to be a seriously fancy glasshouse dating from the same period as LD.

And a spot of Google cheating leads me to the idea these Horses were Pretty, Treacle.

Pogle, would your dog be named after a flower?

AIBU to think my DH has gone too far this time?

They were some very Pretty Horses indeed, Moomin! Well done! Would you prefer a gun or a hand-tooled saddle for your prize?

MCP, everyone!

And AIBU to not want the money?

I wouldn't know what to do with either, Treacle! But I'm sure I'd be much safer with the saddle and we can always pop it on the rocking horse, so let it be that, please.

As for the money, it sounds very U to me but I'm sure you have your reasons. Tri-wizard Tournament winnings, perhaps?

And speaking of HP I sat up far too late reading "From the Ashes" on Rose and Lizard. What bliss!

Elephants, Pogle, MCP on working with soft-headed idiots and intimidating bitches!

...I couldn't believe my eyes when I turned the television on...

Did you get it for doing something baaaad treacle? (betraying your Messiah perhaps?) If not, do you want to be poor?

Pogle, I'm in the dark about your dog. Is she larger than the average hound?

NI on yours Moomin, is he in trouble?

...But my horrible punishments are starting to come back to haunt me, and I'm sure the new girl has something to do with it...

Hmm, would the new girl be something of a bookworm, Elephants?

MCP all!

...Not in trouble, but I'm very much afraid he's going to be a complete laughing stock...

Like -I care bloody kids-- Correct, Moomin.

As a reward I will not tip this newt onto your head. You should be grateful for such leniency from the Trunchbull.

Oooh,lots of action...

Yes,Elephants ,she is larger than the average hound.She isn't un friendly - but being eyed up by a wolf/husky cross does tend to upset some people...
(I don't think a flower name would be appropriate!)

MCP!

Ooh, coffee cake for me, please!

Gah, can't believe I missed Miss Trunchbull.

...No, it's not prize money, and we don't want to be poor. But it's not rightfully ours...