Comments on: The Highbrow http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Sam http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22757 Wed, 30 May 2007 21:10:42 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22757 Earl Grey himself had milk and sugar in his Earl Grey, you know. I'd like to write a book, but I'm far too innocent to come up with anything Mills and Boon might put out. Earl Grey himself had milk and sugar in his Earl Grey, you know.

I’d like to write a book, but I’m far too innocent to come up with anything Mills and Boon might put out.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22667 Wed, 30 May 2007 07:35:58 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22667 Wendy - you're halfway there already. Keep going. Katy - I'm a magazinr reader who complains that there is never enough time to read books. Then again I'm also a blogger who thinks, "You know, I should really write something one day." Sam, I have milk and sugar in Earl Grey. Billy Crystal - brilliant - <a href="http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/10/my-theories-part-one-age/" rel="nofollow">that's going in</a>. Wendy - you’re halfway there already. Keep going.

Katy - I’m a magazinr reader who complains that there is never enough time to read books. Then again I’m also a blogger who thinks, “You know, I should really write something one day.”

Sam, I have milk and sugar in Earl Grey. Billy Crystal - brilliant - that’s going in.

]]> by: Sam http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22592 Tue, 29 May 2007 18:52:45 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22592 People always look down their noses at me for drinking Earl Grey with milk and sugar, it's the same thing. Billy Crystal is another one - but people who have beards early on always look old young. People always look down their noses at me for drinking Earl Grey with milk and sugar, it’s the same thing.

Billy Crystal is another one - but people who have beards early on always look old young.

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22576 Tue, 29 May 2007 16:53:33 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22576 I did too. Sigh. I used to quite fancy writing one . It shouldn't be that hard. All you need is a woman with a reasonable job who *thinks* she's strong. Maybe a failed relationship to escape from for a while. Oh ho ho, but noooo! She's not so strong! As soon as dude with square jaw and manly nose (or something) shows up and turns her to putty with his manhood, she learns the error of her ways and goes back to embroidery and kittens. Maybe an exotic location. And horses. Maybe a kidnapping just to spice things up a bit. And a jealous sister/possessive mother. And I think parody would be fine. The M &#38; B readership would never notice, surely. Um... I did too. Sigh.

I used to quite fancy writing one . It shouldn’t be that hard. All you need is a woman with a reasonable job who *thinks* she’s strong. Maybe a failed relationship to escape from for a while.

Oh ho ho, but noooo! She’s not so strong! As soon as dude with square jaw and manly nose (or something) shows up and turns her to putty with his manhood, she learns the error of her ways and goes back to embroidery and kittens. Maybe an exotic location. And horses. Maybe a kidnapping just to spice things up a bit. And a jealous sister/possessive mother.

And I think parody would be fine. The M & B readership would never notice, surely.

Um…

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22565 Tue, 29 May 2007 15:37:51 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22565 Dammit! Yes! Yes I did! And I would quite like to write one, but every time I start it degenerates into parody. Dammit! Yes! Yes I did!

And I would quite like to write one, but every time I start it degenerates into parody.

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22562 Tue, 29 May 2007 15:27:14 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22562 Hah, the Mills &#38; Boon grandmother stash. I know it well. On of my grandmothers had a bedroom with walls lined with the old M &#38; B. I used to read them whenever I'd visit, although I would never admit it to anyone. When I stayed with my other grandmother, however, I seem to remember being limited to a biography of Twiggy. I think I read it 3 times on seperate visits. But - M &#38; B. Did you look forward to reading them before the visit? Hah, the Mills & Boon grandmother stash. I know it well. On of my grandmothers had a bedroom with walls lined with the old M & B. I used to read them whenever I’d visit, although I would never admit it to anyone. When I stayed with my other grandmother, however, I seem to remember being limited to a biography of Twiggy. I think I read it 3 times on seperate visits.
But - M & B. Did you look forward to reading them before the visit?

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22507 Tue, 29 May 2007 10:42:02 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/05/29/the-highbrow/#comment-22507 I tend to go on the basis that if I am genuinely enjoying it (as opposed to making do because there's nothing else entertaining available - c.f. in-flight magazines and my grandmother's huge stash of Mills &#38; Boon, all of which I will read but which are the literary equivalent of eating dry cornflakes because you ran out of milk) then I shall call it good. I speak as a fan of Jilly Cooper. I tend to go on the basis that if I am genuinely enjoying it (as opposed to making do because there’s nothing else entertaining available - c.f. in-flight magazines and my grandmother’s huge stash of Mills & Boon, all of which I will read but which are the literary equivalent of eating dry cornflakes because you ran out of milk) then I shall call it good. I speak as a fan of Jilly Cooper.

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