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[Philip]

Are you having a sly dig at my picture? ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Not at all! I just had a pie myself. Very tasty too...

[Philip]

I do like a pie

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

chicken and mushroom is my favourite

[Philip]

More of a meat and potato man, myself. Perhaps this is the answer - free pie with every book!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

pie in the sky?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish. wrote: "pie in the sky?"

Absolutely, they would be b*gger to deliver via the internet though.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

give them this picture then

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...

[Philip]

My article about childhood fairground memories is now in Mature Times!

http://www.maturetimes.co.uk/leisure-...

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish. wrote: "give them this picture then

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia..."

Reminds me of a limerick I once read:

It has long been a mission of mine,
A new value of Pi to assign,
The answer you see,
Is simple, it's 3
.14159

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Ohhh - a mathmatical limerick! very clever.

Funny thing was, when I googled to find a pie picture, in the middle of them was a picture of someone doing exercises. Must have been pie-lates...

[Kath]

Pie-chi?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish. wrote: "Ohhh - a mathmatical limerick! very clever.

Funny thing was, when I googled to find a pie picture, in the middle of them was a picture of someone doing exercises. Must have been pie-lates..."

Oh dear! The limerick's not one of mine, I'm afraid. I can't write them. I did, however, as a teenager memorise loads but, apart from that one, they're mostly obscene :-)

[Philip]

Ok, so who fancies winning a signed, print edition of Steady Past Your Granny's? These are rarer than hen's teeth, so you'll be the envy of all your friends (ask Patti, she's got one!)

Simply DM the answer to this cryptic clue to me. If more than one correct answer, the first out of the hat at midnight on Friday, 11th October wins the prize:

Modest? Confused by the girl who reads the news but leaves out the South-East.

Hint: Religious personage connected with Burton upon Trent

[Philip]

Ignite wrote: "Pie-chi?"

That sounds fun! Slow rhythmic movements whilst munching a Ginsters

[Philip]

Philip wrote: "Ok, so who fancies winning a signed, print edition of Steady Past Your Granny's? These are rarer than hen's teeth, so you'll be the envy of all your friends (ask Patti, she's got one!)

Simply DM ..."

Ok, ok, try not to get too excited. I know that this and Lotto on one day may be a little too much for the easily excited amongst you ;-)

[Philip]

Philip wrote: "Ok, so who fancies winning a signed, print edition of Steady Past Your Granny's? These are rarer than hen's teeth, so you'll be the envy of all your friends (ask Patti, she's got one!)

Simply DM ..."

Completely bowled over by the enormous wave of apathy that greeted this contest ;-)

You have until midnight tonight to win a signed print copy of Steady Past Your Granny's

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I wouldn't mind winning the book, but I have no idea of the answer to your question.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish. wrote: "I wouldn't mind winning the book, but I have no idea of the answer to your question."

Not a cryptic clue person then, GL?

[Philip]

Got a great 4 star review on Amazon for Steady Past Your Granny's:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R8OMJ4...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Not really - unless they are fairly easy.

That is a good review. :)

[Philip]

Philip wrote: "Philip wrote: "Ok, so who fancies winning a signed, print edition of Steady Past Your Granny's? These are rarer than hen's teeth, so you'll be the envy of all your friends (ask Patti, she's got on..."

Here's a clue then, Burton has a founding Saint

[Philip]

Is it just me or has anyone else experienced a serious downturn in sales over the past few months? It's been getting progressively worse, month by month, and this month is the worst ever (but, then again, I thought that about last month and was wrong)

[Philip]

Quick quiz: Fancy winning a copy of the latest collection of 'nostalgedy' stories ? Just DM me the name of the dog in Three Men in a Boat. First correct answer wins :-)

[Philip]

Given the less than overwhelming response to the quick quiz (but well done GL), I thought I'd change the name of this topic to something more appropriate ;-)

[Patti (baconater)]

I'm not aare that you've been chained to your author thread...

[Philip]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm not aare that you've been chained to your author thread..."

Don't encourage me, Patti :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti didn't you know I've been keeping him hidden away in my dungeon?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish. wrote: "Patti didn't you know I've been keeping him hidden away in my dungeon?"

It's no joke either - it's full of nutty slack!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Oops, did I put you in the bathroom?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish. wrote: "Oops, did I put you in the bathroom?"

Apparently!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I'll send someone down to let you out. I need to feed the furnace anyway...

[Philip]

There's three blokes called Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego down here who want a word with you.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Can you see any lions hanging about, I might need them soon.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish. wrote: "Can you see any lions hanging about, I might need them soon."

Nah, they're too busy running corner houses (and that's showing my age)

[Philip]

Second bite at the cherry! Answer this question (via DM) for a free copy of : What does the 'K' in Jerome K Jerome stand for?

[David]

I know the answer to that, but I already have the book - and intend to read it one day.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I know it too, but I better let someone else have a chance.

[Philip]

Very noble of you both :-)

[Philip]

No takers on the Jerome K Jerome question?

[David]

AT least you didn't ask anyone to bring you some cheese on the train.

[Philip]

David wrote: "AT least you didn't ask anyone to bring you some cheese on the train."

That is the funniest bit of a very good book. I laughed until the tears ran down my face.

[David]

True, I re-read it for the umpteenth time a few months ago and that bit still got me. I must reread Three Men on the Bummel soon too. Gutenberg have some others of his too, that I intend having a go with.

[Philip]

David wrote: "True, I re-read it for the umpteenth time a few months ago and that bit still got me. I must reread Three Men on the Bummel soon too. Gutenberg have some others of his too, that I intend having a g..."

I first read TMIAB when I was in my teens and have loved it ever since. I remember being a bit disappointed with Three Me on the Bummel at the time, but I must revisit it.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I read Three Men on the Bummel years before I even knew of Three Men in a Boat. My mum had it and she is german and loved the book. Its an ancient hardback version, which I still have - its about 3 feet away from me as I type. Its dated September 1940. I wonder if its worth anything?

[David]

I think I've only ever read Bummel once, but from what I remember of it, I thought it was nearly as good as TMIAB.

[Philip]

FREE today, for one day only, possibly the silliest book on the planet: http://getbook.at/jambalaya

[Philip]

Philip wrote: "FREE today, for one day only, possibly the silliest book on the planet: http://getbook.at/jambalaya

"

Not exactly setting the world alight at the moment! Any help with publicising this today would be most welcome :-)

[David]

Philip wrote: "FREE today, for one day only, possibly the silliest book on the planet: http://getbook.at/jambalaya

"

Humph and I thought I wrote the silliest books on the planet.

I've downloaded yours to check ;).

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

It is extremely silly.