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Philip Whiteland - the man behind Josiah and Archibald (which makes it sound like we're in a queue!)
David wrote: "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 o..."
Thanks David. Thanks also (I think) GL.
My thanks to everyone who helped to publicise this, particularly the kind people in Master Koda and the FB Tweet Mob. It reached a respectable 4,111 in the Free in Kindle .com chart and made #56 in the .com General Humour chart. All I've got to do now is persuade people that 99c/99p is much the same as nothing! http://getbook.at/jambalaya
I just got an interesting parcel in the post. :-) Thanks Philip!
Gingerlily - Expendable Redshirt wrote: "I just got an interesting parcel in the post. :-) Thanks Philip!"
Glad it got there safely GL.
This month's Derby Telegraph article continuing the learning to drive saga:http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/BYGON...
Philip wrote: "Remember Fireball XL5?http://philwhiteland.blogspot.co.uk/2..."
In another place, GL has already announced that she is far too young to remember such things! Is it just me that was a fan of this, then?
Looks like it Phil. Bit depressing?Actually, not only was I not yet in existance in 1962, but my parents somehow neglected to get a television. So I missed out on all those wonderful childhood moments, and had to make do with the radio. Listen with Mother wasn't quite so exciting.
Gingerlily - Expendable Redshirt wrote: "Looks like it Phil. Bit depressing?Actually, not only was I not yet in existance in 1962, but my parents somehow neglected to get a television. So I missed out on all those wonderful childhood mo..."
I used to love Listen with Mother - the pictures were much better!
I used to be sitting on the floor with the lego spread out everywhere, and my mum would be doing the ironing. So it really was listen with mother!
David wrote: "Philip wrote: "Remember Fireball XL5?"Yes, and Stingray too:
http://youtu.be/kNt6fTzESBY"
Not just me then! Due to my advancing years, I can lay claim to remembering Four Feather Falls, the Anderson's first venture with the magic guns that fired from their holsters :-)
Haven't checked the list in ages, so I was astounded to find
is in third place!! Thanks to everyone who has voted so far, and if you haven't yet...http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/24...
Not everyone's favourite book by any definition but I would welcome the odd vote or two to push it above No. 20 if possible :-)https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Philip wrote: "Not everyone's favourite book by any definition but I would welcome the odd vote or two to push it above No. 20 if possible :-)https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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Would it help if I begged? Or would that be a big issue? (Sorry, sorry)
I think I can say, with a fair degree of certainty, that this is the only book with a Victorian urinal on the front cover. I suppose I should hasten to add, that the urinal I'm referring to is the black metal construction in the background, not the balding chap walking determinedly toward it http://getbook.at/Grannys
What do you think of the new title for the thread? I've nicked it from one of the reviews.
Makes me think or a little boy in a sailor suit with long curly hair.
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "Makes me think or a little boy in a sailor suit with long curly hair."You may be stuck in a time warp there, GL.
Yes - someone throw a rope so I can get out of it!
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "Yes - someone throw a rope so I can get out of it!"Ah, but if I did, would it get there?
It would have to be a very long rope. And it would have had to be in existence since before the time I am stuck in.
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "It would have to be a very long rope. And it would have had to be in existence since before the time I am stuck in."Oh, don't get me started on time-travel conundrums! I always finish up being my own grandfather.
I thought most people ended up killing their grandfather! But no, you just have to be different...
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "I thought most people ended up killing their grandfather! But no, you just have to be different..."I would be pretty damn different if I was my own grandfather! Extra toes would be the least of my worries ;-)
Its probably a better idea to be someone else's grandfather then. Easier, too.
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "Its probably a better idea to be someone else's grandfather then. Easier, too."Done that, he's here at the moment (not my grandfather, I hasten to add)
he'll go back in time and kill you at some stage. Be warned. ;)
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "he'll go back in time and kill you at some stage. Be warned. ;)"He's having a damn good go right now :-)
I hope he doesn't succeed.
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "I hope he doesn't succeed."Only via exhaustion, I suspect...that and having to get up at 06.30 (I'm not a morning person)
Philip wrote: "You see, I should be available on the NHS!http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetec..."
One of the few times I find myself agreeing with the Daily Mail!
You'll be in the National Enquirer next!
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "You'll be in the National Enquirer next!"Heaven forbid, GL!
Some entirely unnecessary advice about what to buy the man in your life for Christmas:http://www.philwhiteland.blogspot.co....
What if you don't have a man in your life?
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "What if you don't have a man in your life?"Ah well, now we're possibly getting on to presents for yourself, which is a different topic.
The kind of presents that come in plain brown paper?
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "The kind of presents that come in plain brown paper?"I wouldn't know about that, GL ;-)
I don't know much either to be honest, but I've heard rumours..
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "I don't know much either to be honest, but I've heard rumours.."A likely story! I'll bet the postman's groaning under the weight of them (or just groaning, I suppose)
Not one parcel like that has reached my door!
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "Not one parcel like that has reached my door!"Of course not, you fell the poor devil with a rugby tackle the moment he appears on your drive.
I havent got a drive. And I'm usually still asleep when the postman arrives. Which reminds me - better check for post.Ooooh! I got a parcel!
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "I havent got a drive. And I'm usually still asleep when the postman arrives. Which reminds me - better check for post.Ooooh! I got a parcel!"
Garden path then. I had in mind a gravelled crescent drive leading up to the magnificent frontage but I may have been thinking of something else. What's in the parcel?
What is in the parcel is this...http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0...
And I do have a magnificent frontage, but no gravel.
Gingerlily - Dark and Mysterious Stranger wrote: "What is in the parcel is this...http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0...
And I do have a magnificent frontage, but no gravel."
Happy stamping! The lack of gravel is a disappointment.
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That is good. This universe needs more silly.
'Expendable Redshirt' - nice, like it.