What Are You Reading? 3

[Barchester]

Understandable

 

[pip]

Have to make it last now. Probably not the worst thing to be honest.

I'm now nearly finished Winter of the World by Ken Follett. Monster of a book about WW2 but really enjoyable.
Massive list of books to pick from to follow it but the main contenders are The Night Circus (Morgenstein), House of Silk (Horowitz) , Marina (Zafon) or The Creeps (John Connolly).
Decisions Decisions

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Just got my new Robster book, been a bit busy or I would have bought it earlier, won't get around to reading it for a while though, it 's The Chickens of Atlantis and other F & F Fiends.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

The missus will kill me one of these days

And don't forget..... she had a hysterectomy, you know.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Lords & Ladies.

 

[pip]

Thankfully not.

 

[raisindot]

The missus will kill me one of these days

You mean you haven't learned the fine art of 'hiding purchases from the missus?"

Main steps:

1. Get everything delivered to work.
2. Hide packages in car trunk; bring in when spouse is asleep, out, or in the loo.
3. Keep large items (like that 1967Fender Strat you HAD to have) in the darkest, dingiest, most spider infested corner of the basement.
4. If caught, use the classic lie, "What, this? I got this 1967 Strat before we married. I guess you never noticed.:
5. If caught again, deflect to the missis' most vulnerable area: "Well, I see you bought yourself a pair of $100 shoes. I'm very fine with you buying them--I'm happy for you to get these if they give you joy in life!"

 

[pip]

The missus will kill me one of these days

You mean you haven't learned the fine art of 'hiding purchases from the missus?"

Main steps:

1. Get everything delivered to work.
2. Hide packages in car trunk; bring in when spouse is asleep, out, or in the loo.
3. Keep large items (like that 1967Fender Strat you HAD to have) in the darkest, dingiest, most spider infested corner of the basement.
4. If caught, use the classic lie, "What, this? I got this 1967 Strat before we married. I guess you never noticed.:
5. If caught again, deflect to the missis' most vulnerable area: "Well, I see you bought yourself a pair of $100 shoes. I'm very fine with you buying them--I'm happy for you to get these if they give you joy in life!"

I know have a stack of books on my desk in work so i'm employing part of the tactic. Also managed to sneak a new bicycle into the shed saying it was the one I had all along. I'll have to try the deflection tactic at some point but think it will fall at the " I gave birth " reply

 

[raisindot]

The missus will kill me one of these days

You mean you haven't learned the fine art of 'hiding purchases from the missus?"

I know have a stack of books on my desk in work so i'm employing part of the tactic. Also managed to sneak a new bicycle into the shed saying it was the one I had all along. I'll have to try the deflection tactic at some point but think it will fall at the " I gave birth " reply

That one's easily countered with, "And that makes you more worthy than the three billion other women currently alive on Earth who have also given birth?"

Just make sure you have the cot set up in the shed first.

 

[pip]

Don't think that line would even get me the shed. Wheely bin would be the best outcome

 

[Catch-up]

True love: resisting the urge to kill the other person in their sleep.

I've just started re-reading Witches Abroad. Forgot how funny it is!

 

[Barchester]

Witches Abroad is amazing. Especially the part about the "Thing With the Bulls" gets me every time.

 

[Ghost]

I'm re-reading Good Omens and am thoroughly enjoying it

 

[Penfold]

I'm re-reading 'Monstrous Regiment' for the umpteenth time and still finding references and jokes that I missed before.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Don't forget to check yourself for a third nipple!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Don't forget to check yourself for a third nipple!

But don't play with it if you find one. :twisted:

 

[michelanCello]

 

[Dotsie]

I've read Monstrous Regiment several times and never grown a third nipple

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I've read RM twice, and can't for the life of me remember much about it (especially nipples), except for low-flying coffee beans.

 

[pip]

Is that what happened to Chandler Bing