The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime, #1)
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Read between October 30 - October 31, 2020
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“Do you want to hear me play the trombone?” “Might it be prejudicial to my career if I were to refuse?” “It’s a distinct possibility.” “Then I’d be delighted.”
Rick
Ah, there's my Jasper Fforde.
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Why,” she added, more defensively, “is there a problem?”
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imported eight containerloads of spinning wheels the week before the government ban.
Rick
Still killing it with the throwaway jokes.
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“Cravat?” “Or cummerbund. It’s difficult to say with him.”
Rick
I bet. I kinda feel like they recycled this joke from Thursday Next, though.
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Inspector Moose in Oxford
Rick
If they keep mentioning not-Morse I'm gonna start expecting him to show up. Wonder what his DS's name will be.
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a small sports car with the top down and a distinctive paint scheme
Rick
Thursday?
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I’d never tread on Norma’s toes.
Rick
Referring to one of my favorite movie lines.
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those short little legs of his.
Rick
Man, they keep on about his short legs. I'm beginning to suspect a plot point.
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Rambosians
Rick
I just realized why I know the name "Rambosian." Emperor Zhark is always fighting them!