Post by: on August 22, 2005, 09:15:10 pm
I'm hoping one of you two good ladies can help me out.
I'm trying to trace a series of books called 'someone or other's misleading stories or misleading tales.' Do you know what the proper title is and the author?
Post by: oldspice on August 22, 2005, 11:39:47 pm
Post by: goldencup on August 23, 2005, 09:05:42 am
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Post by: goldencup on August 23, 2005, 05:48:11 pm
Post by: loulou on August 23, 2005, 06:16:00 pm
Post by: goldencup on August 23, 2005, 06:17:42 pm
Post by: loulou on August 23, 2005, 06:44:01 pm
Post by: on August 23, 2005, 08:41:28 pm
How do you wee?
Post by: loulou on August 23, 2005, 10:29:26 pm
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Post by: goldencup on August 24, 2005, 08:46:22 am
I'm sure you weren't Bounty and I haven't given up trying to trace the series - I'll try a different way on Thursday.
Post by: on August 24, 2005, 09:27:39 am
Thankyou Goldencup. You're lovely you are.
'cocks a snook to Loulou.'
Chocadmin, can we have a snook cocking emoticon?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on August 24, 2005, 10:59:44 am
Bounty, Jim Eldridge wrote a series of books with 'Completely Misleading' in the title, some are listed below. Maybe they are the books you are looking for?
Peregrine Peabody's completely misleading history of the world
Victor and Hugo's completely misleading guide to crime
Peregrine Peabody's completely misleading guide to sports
Post by: loulou on August 24, 2005, 07:14:26 pm
'cocks a snook to Loulou.'
What?
Post by: on August 24, 2005, 09:43:14 pm
Lou, It's when you put your thumb upto your nose and waggle the other ones and go nah nah nee nah nah.
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Post by: loulou on August 25, 2005, 01:34:12 am
Lou, It's when you put your thumb upto your nose and waggle the other ones and go nah nah nee nah nah.
na na na na na na na na hey hey hey goodbye.
Post by: on August 25, 2005, 06:50:22 am
Post by: goldencup on August 25, 2005, 01:39:30 pm
Hi Goldencup, thanks but that's not it.
What's not what? I haven't found anything yet!
Post by: on August 25, 2005, 08:18:47 pm
Post by: goldencup on August 25, 2005, 09:50:14 pm
I will when I've got time!
Post by: goldencup on August 25, 2005, 10:05:12 pm
Sadly I'm drawing a blank on this one Bounty. Came up with the same thing as Cherry Ripe (and those are children's books) and also a few Mills & Boons........
Are you sure you're not giving me misleading information?
Post by: chocolate chick on August 26, 2005, 09:50:51 am
younger about a man who was always up to mischief. I wish I could
remember what it was called.
There is a bit in the middle where is asked to buy ice cream for a someone and then gets held up and it melts.
Post by: oldspice on August 26, 2005, 10:01:08 am
Was it an Enid Blyton story about a man who didn't have any common sense? I remember a short story about a man who did al kinds of silly things and one time he bought a block of ice cream for his wife on a hot day and put it under his cap to protect it from the sun. It melted and dripped down his face!
Another time he needed to make a journey on a train but sitting with his back to the direction of travel made him feel poorly. His wife told him that he should ask the person opposite to swop seats with him. When he arrived home he felt poorly and told his wife he couldn't ask the person opposite to swop because no one was sitting there!
As a child, I read a briiliant book about two children trying to solve a mystery. It involved a precious pendant, a wizard, a cave and several other things but I can't remember the book title at all. I am sure it was a well-known book at the time and I wish I could find it again.
Post by: chocolate chick on August 26, 2005, 10:11:44 am
Was it an Enid Blyton story about a man who didn't
have any common sense? I remember a short story about a man who did al
kinds of silly things and one time he bought a block of ice cream for
his wife on a hot day and put it under his cap to protect it from the
sun. It melted and dripped down his face!Another time he needed to make a journey on a train but sitting with
his back to the direction of travel made him feel poorly. His wife told
him that he should ask the person opposite to swop seats with him. When
he arrived home he felt poorly and told his wife he couldn't ask the
person opposite to swop because no one was sitting there!As a child, I read a briiliant book about two children trying to
solve a mystery. It involved a precious pendant, a wizard, a cave and
several other things but I can't remember the book title at all. I am
sure it was a well-known book at the time and I wish I could find it
again.
That does sound very like the book I am thinking of. I am going to look into.