tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post5468662844544174326..comments2023-09-28T10:59:26.381+01:00Comments on Living, writing and other stuff: March/April 0000Bill Kirtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-7079084556845450002009-12-23T00:26:50.709+00:002009-12-23T00:26:50.709+00:00Marley, "Lamb" had me laughing right out...Marley, "Lamb" had me laughing right out loud - all through the book, something only Janet Evanovich and Jennifer Crusie were able to do.LINDA FAULKNERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059741905691302335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-6011812319997665182009-12-22T13:45:45.797+00:002009-12-22T13:45:45.797+00:00Duh, I didn't mean Christopher Buckley, slaps ...Duh, I didn't mean Christopher Buckley, slaps head. Lamb was the book I was talking about, Linda. Wasn't it hilarious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-37621733335621982642009-12-22T10:30:26.539+00:002009-12-22T10:30:26.539+00:00Thanks all. Actually, I'm just back from a wal...Thanks all. Actually, I'm just back from a walk through the snow to get the paper and there was blog material there, so when I get time ...<br /><br />And Linda, I'd heard of but never read Christopher Moore, so Lamb has now been ordered.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-75967712257026711312009-12-22T01:15:12.190+00:002009-12-22T01:15:12.190+00:00Very, very nicely done. I too favored the harp li...Very, very nicely done. I too favored the harp line.<br /><br />Have any of you ever read "Lamb" by Christopher Moore? Check it out.<br /><br />Merry Christmas, all.LINDA FAULKNERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059741905691302335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-66426706645787362252009-12-21T18:54:25.571+00:002009-12-21T18:54:25.571+00:00I love it, and the ending's just superb!I love it, and the ending's just superb!Sheila Deethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465615546936319164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-946672302837253172009-12-21T17:48:13.296+00:002009-12-21T17:48:13.296+00:00My favourite line - "he never even put down h...My favourite line - "he never even put down his harp."<br /><br />D'you think Marley would do a better cockney than Dick Van dyke? Luvaduck!<br /><br />Hope you have a fab time with the family, Bill. Gramps deserves some spoiling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-65481959037604023062009-12-21T17:07:16.079+00:002009-12-21T17:07:16.079+00:00Glad you liked it, Marley, and your response was s...Glad you liked it, Marley, and your response was spot on - bringing humanity into it should always enhance rather than undermine anything. (And I'd have paid a lot to hear you doing the cockney accent.)Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-43583139276325598442009-12-21T16:29:11.660+00:002009-12-21T16:29:11.660+00:00I wanted to say it brought to mind a scene from a ...I wanted to say it brought to mind a scene from a Christopher Buckley book where Jesus was playing with his friends as a very young boy (before the more 'well known' accounts). He'd found a lizard and was playing with his new found talent - repeatedly sending it into the never never and bringing the little fellow back to life. It was hilarious and so human. It helps to bring some humanity to those venerable and mysterious texts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-40458743939984796972009-12-21T16:01:58.624+00:002009-12-21T16:01:58.624+00:00Brilllllllliant, Bill. I loved it from the first l...Brilllllllliant, Bill. I loved it from the first line with the cockney? accent? Hello, love...<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com