tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post3740818062772364232..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: Library Finesalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-23881263739154706572009-06-03T13:17:11.654+01:002009-06-03T13:17:11.654+01:00I do hope that the fact they have been out so long...I do hope that the fact they have been out so long is due to their perusal and not, as happens in this house, due to their being the right height to make a ramp for a train set.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895985573831346825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-81980175117421592482009-05-30T03:46:05.993+01:002009-05-30T03:46:05.993+01:00I think that you should buy her copies of the book...I think that you should buy her copies of the books in question for her collection!BreadBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551973313066578118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-71881998434216303902009-05-27T14:27:16.774+01:002009-05-27T14:27:16.774+01:00I think you should definitively frame that!!I think you should definitively frame that!!monicahttp://www.quiltwhileyoureahead.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-38492250241437461512009-05-26T23:14:49.457+01:002009-05-26T23:14:49.457+01:00MissM might want to consider a career as a librari...MissM might want to consider a career as a librarian. When you have access to the catalog you never need to pay a late fee . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-76626425434805989172009-05-26T15:17:03.169+01:002009-05-26T15:17:03.169+01:00There's no chance it was Homer ...Simpson is ther...There's no chance it was Homer ...<I>Simpson</I> is there?<br />(Just to give us ordinary mortals hope)Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-38748603448842561532009-05-26T12:53:53.703+01:002009-05-26T12:53:53.703+01:00I don't want to burst your bubble but having been ...I don't want to burst your bubble but having been in that situation aged 18 this could equally mean that good intentions have gone awry, and said classics are at the bottom of the pile underneath other, less onerous, readingThe Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-66847385219856078812009-05-26T12:52:59.892+01:002009-05-26T12:52:59.892+01:00Once again feeling like a literary lightweight com...Once again feeling like a literary lightweight compared to Miss M! K xkristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892467118097087057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-64783462918352932202009-05-26T11:54:53.624+01:002009-05-26T11:54:53.624+01:00No Harry Potter in that library?No Harry Potter in that library?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-45650083630721978872009-05-26T10:48:08.765+01:002009-05-26T10:48:08.765+01:00Did she have a favorite? And aren't former classic...Did she have a favorite? And aren't former classicist husbands handy? (Always someone there to read inscriptions!)Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-77386456671030563312009-05-26T09:46:19.703+01:002009-05-26T09:46:19.703+01:00My word that is an impressive list. When I first s...My word that is an impressive list. When I first started uni we were given a similar list of books it was "recommended but not necessary" to read before beginning the course, and sitting in my living room I can see them all sitting very happily on a bookshelf. Just a shame they belong to my housemate not me :P<br /><br />xxxRhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957030609161576246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-58227070713550593852009-05-26T09:01:49.526+01:002009-05-26T09:01:49.526+01:00But Mr M, had it been a light coloured hard hat th...But Mr M, had it been a light coloured hard hat then perhaps the eagle may have mistaken it anyway? Same story with a different ending. Oh how history turns on those small choices....trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-19603980393924966392009-05-26T08:15:09.605+01:002009-05-26T08:15:09.605+01:00This is missing the point of course as if he had b...This is missing the point of course as if he had been wearing a hat the eagle would not have mistaken his head for a rock in the first place and avoided the need for a proto Barnes Wallis bouncing bomb effect.<br /><br />Res ipsa loquitur. Or so I had hoped.MrMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-29164163627625427352009-05-26T07:25:04.418+01:002009-05-26T07:25:04.418+01:00When library books go overdue in our house, it is,...When library books go overdue in our house, it is, more often than not, because they are lost in the pit that is Mark's bedroom. Just saying...Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-1088966625342993282009-05-26T07:10:32.247+01:002009-05-26T07:10:32.247+01:00It would have had to be a very hard hat!It would have had to be a very hard hat!Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-58036577433526631432009-05-26T06:53:39.289+01:002009-05-26T06:53:39.289+01:00I feel obliged to point out how Aeschylus is suppo...I feel obliged to point out how Aeschylus is supposed to have met his end: an eagle dropped a tortoise onto his bald head in the mistaken belief that it was a rock on which it could open up its prey. Never sure how accurate this is but it makes a good story and a counterpoint to the tragedies that he wrote.<br /><br />And to think that all of this could have been prevented if he had worn a hat.MrMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-88798721184701142462009-05-26T02:43:29.915+01:002009-05-26T02:43:29.915+01:00I'm loving the MissM posts, can they be an ongoing...I'm loving the MissM posts, can they be an ongoing series please? MissM brightens my day!!Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175077340357907202noreply@blogger.com