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Every book that I have ever loaned out has NEVER returned to me.... ever.
It's sad, but I'm too embarassed to ask for my book back.
I comfort myself with knowing that at least I've read it, and it's "stored" in my memory.
I also cross my fingers that my book has been passed around to many a...
Wow!!! These stories you've told are great!!!! :eek:
Mine is chintzy compared, but I'll never forget it. I was 13 years old, and in the basement in the back of the house reading "The Exorcist". It was a hot summer's evening and a storm came up out of nowhere.
Well, during an especially...
Lahondas...
looks like you've got the makings for a book!!! Great research. People love trivia and your variety of questions is mind-boggling.
Well done!
:)
A magician worked on a cruise ship.
The audience was different each week so the magician did the same
tricks over and over again.
There was only one problem: the captain's parrot saw the shows each
week and began to understand how the magician did every trick.
Once he understood...
Thanks for the "hug", Dele. It felt good. :o
Tee hee. I represented our Country (ahem - Canada) and only came out 11th. Would I be skewered with a wet noodle like our poor athletes at the Olympics this summer? They gave it their all, yet the media said it just wasn't enough.
Final results of contest
Hello,
If anyone is even a tad curious as to what the end result of this contest was, I've received an email telling me all sorts of nice things, but.....
Bottom line is, I never made it to the top 3.
Out of 65 entries, I seem to be #11.
I guess I should be somewhat...
Ok, here goes...
1)Papillon - by Henri Charriere
2)Angela's Ashes - by Frank McCourt
3)a tie) The Stand - by Stephen King & Sho Gun - by James Clavell
All books that I pick up have a "100 page" test. I'll always give a book 100 pages of my time. If it's worth it after that, I continue...
Gizmo - I neglected to mention that there's another forum you may be interested in called Cafe Leonardo, from the Davinci society. They're a very "mensa" bunch of folk. Very funny and witty. I enjoy it. ;)
My worst was having the car die in a 4 laner on a SATURDAY.
Man, do you get MEAN looks.... as if I planned this????? :confused:
Some sweetheart young man on a skateboard helped push me out of traffic.