This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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I'm developing a pet peeve from this topic...Orwell's book was called Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1984 was the film.
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Enzyme is in ur [noun]z, [verb]in' ur [noun]z, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:00,
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You must get annoyed a lot in the normal world.No wonder you get bad headaches.
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big-girl's-baubles is going to ask someone out and it could be you, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:02,
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Me too!Still, glad many people have read the film.
Or watched the book.
Or whatever it was they did.
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Thinker actually likes George Lamb., Fri 16 May 2008, 14:05,
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Enzyme, I love you.I was thinking the same thing earlier. It's one of my favourite books, get it right people!
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:07,
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Unless of courseby sheer coincidence, all these people read the screenplay and thought it was so good they wouldn't bother with the source material.
Then you would all look a bit stupid eh! eh!?
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althechristmasgeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:12,
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Which reminds meOne of my most treasured possessions is the ability to know the difference between correcting someone's mistake and sounding like a pedant.
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mistaspakkaman is just a little boy who likes to press buttons., Fri 16 May 2008, 14:12,
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OOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOh!Hark at you two!
Right, where's my handbag?
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:13,
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*passes handbag to mister spakkman**prepares an "ooooooooooooooooo" for him in case he needs it*
Edit - dammit Bert, we are spending far too much time on the same websites.
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althechristmasgeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:13,
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Pedant?Why, yes. Yes I am.
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Enzyme is in ur [noun]z, [verb]in' ur [noun]z, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:14,
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alWe are kindred spirits, it's a fact that cannot be denied.
Enzyme and I were being light-hearted of course, they're all going to keep calling it 1984 anyways.
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:15,
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Another book I like a lot is...Catch twenty two.
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big-girl's-baubles is going to ask someone out and it could be you, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:15,
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Personally, I love the filmTwo-thousand and one, a Space Oddysey.
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:18,
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AhhBut does anyone know what the book was going to be called originally
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KISS.ME.WHERE.I.POO Signed the sex offenders register on, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:20,
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^Nineteen eighty threeJust guessing.
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big-girl's-baubles is going to ask someone out and it could be you, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:21,
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No offence meant.Just wanted to jump on the "previous QOTW" bandwagon.
* Passes handbag back to althegeordie *
* Offers to shake Enzyme's hand *
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mistaspakkaman is just a little boy who likes to press buttons., Fri 16 May 2008, 14:21,
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Oh you are clever, mistaspakkaman,I didn't even get that at all.
Was it going to be be called 'Winston's wonderful adventures in the whimsical world of Airstrip One'?
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:23,
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@BertIt's like you were looking over his shoulder as he wrote...
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Enzyme is in ur [noun]z, [verb]in' ur [noun]z, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:27,
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.Sorry ‘bout that. Got bitten by a kitten after it had had its first cigarette. (BTW. This story is absolutely shit.)
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mistaspakkaman is just a little boy who likes to press buttons., Fri 16 May 2008, 14:29,
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Was it"I find rats a little scary - A short story by a gin soaked loner"
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althechristmasgeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:29,
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Are you suggestingthat I bummed George Orwell?
I'm not denying it, but unfortunately I didn't get the chance while he was alive.
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:29,
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Okay then.Where did this bit with the handbag come from? Enlighten us ignorant Merkins...
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@TRLJust little old ladies getting shocked, or inciting trouble by raising their handbags, and going, 'Oooooooooh!'.
I think.
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Monkeysex You can't box zombies, you fool, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:33,
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Incidentally,my post wasn't a handbag moment, it was meant quite light heartedly, it just happened to proceed misterspakkmanns, which made it look like part of a double whammy.
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althechristmasgeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:33,
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^LaughsHitting someone with your handbag means you fight like a girl.
Edit - sorry, it is old women.
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big-girl's-baubles is going to ask someone out and it could be you, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:35,
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@TRLI always thought it was because your typical "Essex Girl" (no offence to any actual Essex girls here mind) would settle her differences with a handbag and the Oooooooooooooh bit was a sort of gay mans take on the bitchiness that would occur before handbags were flung or swung or other words ending in ung.
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althechristmasgeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:40,
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@alThanks for clearing this up.
Anyone up for a massive orgy of handbag-bashing?
EDIT: Gah! Al's placed my post in a new light again.
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mistaspakkaman is just a little boy who likes to press buttons., Fri 16 May 2008, 14:41,
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Heh.About what I thought, then. It's a great mental image. I just didn't know if it was a reference to a TV character or something.
Makes me think of Ruth Buzzi on "Laugh In".
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