tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post8610839528881339734..comments2023-12-27T14:06:50.562+00:00Comments on (Contains Mild Peril): Books For BlokesGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-62196897887368700792009-08-21T13:47:53.746+01:002009-08-21T13:47:53.746+01:00The library should be a place where the working ma...The library should be a place where the working man can discover himself politically. I'd like to see a world where every painter & decorator would be reading The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, throwing down his tools and getting paint all over his trousers.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-80320981378977509842009-08-21T04:04:37.751+01:002009-08-21T04:04:37.751+01:00You're right of course and I wrote such a stup...You're right of course and I wrote such a stupid comment because I am a simpleton.<br /> <br />Fortunately I am quite harmless and do not have any illusions of ever influencing anyone about anything so your bold pronouncements shall no doubt spur men everywhere to rush to the Library and devour knowledge.<br /><br />If anything, my moronic reply made you look even smarter <br />:)Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-21656140368240247782009-08-20T20:23:02.321+01:002009-08-20T20:23:02.321+01:00Donn - It's hard enough getting these Dean The...Donn - It's hard enough getting these Dean The Plumber types to show their sensitive side without that kind of attitude. They can still have their Nuts but surely they can also search for the truth that is in only the finest literary works.<br /><br />Morton - True, Hornby does like his Springsteen.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-61754608829730330062009-08-20T15:45:04.523+01:002009-08-20T15:45:04.523+01:00"No, nothing Amis. Surprisingly no Nick Hornb..."No, nothing Amis. Surprisingly no Nick Hornby in the book. Not macho enough, maybe"<br /><br />Where was this 'books for blokes' list again - Kerrang!!??<br /><br />;?<br /><br />xxx<br />MortMorton Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929701101737032709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-40295983157945243812009-08-20T15:06:42.643+01:002009-08-20T15:06:42.643+01:00Bloody Show-off!
Y'er making it all but impos...Bloody Show-off!<br /><br />Y'er making it all but impossible for the rest of us to look cultured and even mildy interested in things that concern the fairer sex.<br /><br />C'mon Buddy :)<br />Anything that does not affect our wallet, penis, or stomach is of limited entertainment value or concern to us. <br /><br />In the real manly-man world, Books For Blokes is an oxymoronic term that should be lost deep in the section marked Fiction.<br /><br />Magazines maybe, but books? <br />pfft!Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-66993067261945596792009-08-19T20:55:40.728+01:002009-08-19T20:55:40.728+01:00A Yorkie always makes me feel more of a man.A Yorkie always makes me feel more of a man.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-78629795877725251232009-08-19T19:42:15.818+01:002009-08-19T19:42:15.818+01:00And do you have to suck on a Yorkie bar whilst rea...And do you have to suck on a Yorkie bar whilst reading them?<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-19313954714553472212009-08-19T17:05:12.544+01:002009-08-19T17:05:12.544+01:00Is that Sting with a cold?Is that Sting with a cold?Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-69708101740232590502009-08-19T16:12:51.433+01:002009-08-19T16:12:51.433+01:00I can recommend The Stig's Biography.
Only...I can recommend The Stig's Biography.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Only Joking.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-81523514860313241852009-08-19T13:53:09.969+01:002009-08-19T13:53:09.969+01:00Billy - A real man is strong yet gentle with his b...Billy - A real man is strong yet gentle with his book. He would never break the back.<br /><br />Kaz - You can do most things online nowadays but you have to go there in order to withdraw.<br /><br />Tim - And there was us thinking he was the bloke from Strictly Come Dancing.<br /><br />MJ - Mr Lazy at home and Mr Confused at work.<br /><br />Morton - No, nothing Amis. Surprisingly no Nick Hornby in the book. Not macho enough, maybe.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-65211287061686974912009-08-19T11:40:30.814+01:002009-08-19T11:40:30.814+01:00No Amis then Geoffster? Blimey - Mardy won't b...No Amis then Geoffster? Blimey - Mardy won't be pleased. That sound you can hear is probably him choking on his tab while reaching for his bottle of Carlsberg special brew and tripping over the racing page of yesterday's currant bun trying to throw his arrers at a picture of Camille Paglia...<br /><br />Quick, leap in the Fiasco and get the poor lad a fresh stash of porn before he starts writing from the narrative perspective of a female police officer!!!! Or backwards.<br /><br />;/<br /><br />xxx<br />Mort<br /><br />wv: syncro. Is that the new Fiat?Morton Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929701101737032709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-29841658052256378622009-08-19T04:19:26.544+01:002009-08-19T04:19:26.544+01:00Which Mr. Man character best represents you?Which <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cp6v72/" rel="nofollow">Mr. Man</a> character best represents you?The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-68321293063350093782009-08-19T01:44:33.397+01:002009-08-19T01:44:33.397+01:00Len Deighton's not bad, actually, especially t...Len Deighton's not bad, actually, especially the early stuff.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-89570502650459165812009-08-18T21:40:31.014+01:002009-08-18T21:40:31.014+01:00I always liked a man who could withdraw in style.I always liked a man who could withdraw in style.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460150.post-6456650276691630642009-08-18T21:28:05.349+01:002009-08-18T21:28:05.349+01:00Grr... manly books! For men!
I think that's a...Grr... manly books! For men!<br /><br />I think that's all the blokeishness I can muster for now.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158459069493765198noreply@blogger.com