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Finds the Words

Post 1

David B - Singing Librarian Owl

A nearly-complete answer from me, before I get told off for not wearing my cardigan...

>I am found wherever a bonfire burns;

Um?? Spoke?

>behead me and I am a coster's donkey;

Um?? Poke?

>change my head and I will make you laugh;

JOKE

>give me a tail and look for me in a pack of cards;

JOKER

>change my head and put me in the fire;

POKER

>change my middle and I am the dream of all rulers;

POWER

>change my head and I am not so high;

LOWER

>add yet another head and I am not so fast.'

SLOWER


As you can see, I started somewhere in the middle and couldn't track back from joke.

Well, I've made a start...

Great column!

David


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Post 2

David B - Singing Librarian Owl

I've got it!

Smoke and moke!

smiley - biggrin

David


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Post 3

abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein

smiley - footprints Great one Terri!smiley - bubbly
smiley - disco


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Post 4

zendevil



EXCELLENT!!!

David wins!!!

Well done that librarian over there!

smiley - giftsmiley - rosesmiley - discosmiley - giftsmiley - rosesmiley - disco

See, dear old Enid; those of us who grew up reading such gems can fathom this sort of thing, no problem!

Wonder how many Harry Potter fans know what a moke is; or a coster for that matter!smiley - winkeye

She's got loads of this sort of thing; if people like it, I can put one in every week.

smiley - ta for reading it (& obviously smiley - ta for the compliment; we aim to please!)

smiley - cheers

smiley - zensmiley - devilTerri.


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Post 5

David B - Singing Librarian Owl

I had to look moke up in a dictionary, to check that it really was a donkey...

And I'm a Harry Potter fan, smiley - sorry

Do I still win?

David - who enjoyed the rest of the column as well


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Post 6

zendevil

YES! of course you do!

(I was sure I posted this ages ago, I must have pressed preview & forgot to post!)

I'm just playing the smiley - devils advocate with HP, i'm of the "If it get's em to read.." school of thought really!

(But EB did orphans/ boarding school/magic) first!smiley - winkeye)

have a smiley - donut too!

zdt


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Post 7

David B - Singing Librarian Owl

Oh, phew.

Good old Enid Blyon, must have read most of her stuff as a kid - particularly fond of the Faraway Tree and Mr Galliano's Circus stories.

Thanks for the smiley - donut and the other prizes. Just goes to show their are some advantages to spending ones life in the library. smiley - smiley


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Post 8

zendevil

When I was a child, I always wanted to be a librarian. It seemed like my idea of heaven, to be paid for being amongst all those books!

I joined the library when I was 3; by the age of 6 I had read all the Enid Blytons & was starting to panic, realising that, wonderful though she was, she couldn't possibly write them as quickly as I could read them!

My favourites were the Famous Five & the Adventure series. My good friend Z has written a fine entry on "The life & works of Enid Blyton" at A779781 which you might like; do say I sent you!

Hope you've got your cardi on, it may be summer, but you never know.....

shhhhh!

zdt


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Post 9

Tonsil Revenge (PG)

I've got enough books for a library!
And I'm the librarian for our church. But no one seems to be able to find it.

I liked the Alfred Hitchcock "Three Investigators" series.


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Post 10

Post Team

Surely you then moved on to Arthur Ransome and Hugh Lofting? smiley - winkeye

shazz smiley - thepost


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Post 11

Tonsil Revenge (PG)

Hugh sounds familiar but the other fellow doesn't.
You better elucidate about both.

This was about, oh, 1974 or 5...

Very soon thereafter I began reading mostly sic fic, like Verne and Poe and Hubbard and Heinlein and Asimov.


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Post 12

zendevil


smiley - runs in quickly to avoid massive phone bills (don't ask!)smiley - grr

shazz, Wow! you got back quick & straight onto hootoo; there's dedication for you!smiley - ok

Hands up who wants another Enid Blyton word game this week?

smiley - zensmiley - devilTerri.


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Post 13

Post Team

Yes please Terri smiley - ok

tonsil - Ransome and Lofting are somewhat earlier than 74 - remember I am old! Ransome wrote the 'Swallows and Amazons' series - a bit like the Famous 5 but on water - and Hugh Lofting wrote the 'Doctor Dolittle' books. smiley - smiley

shazz smiley - thepost


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Post 14

David B - Singing Librarian Owl

*tries to find a hands up smiley, but fails*

How about smiley - ok

Consider that a hands-up for a new word game


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Post 15

zendevil


smiley - ok

Consider it done! I will be sending it Post haste; if anyone knows our friend Peregrine U217868 , better tell him to keep his raptor-like eyes peeled; this weeks H.O.T is heavily inspired by him!smiley - winkeye

Is no one safe? te he!smiley - silly

smiley - zensmiley - devilTerri


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Post 16

David B - Singing Librarian Owl

One thing that's worrying me...

Where did I mention the shh-and-cardigans world of the higher education library? I can't trace my comment anywhere, and feel very silly because surely my whole working life is dedicated to tracking down information?

A rather confused library-type person called David


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Post 17

Post Team

You mentioned a cardigan in posting one and the fact that you spend a lot of time in libraries elsewhere. I guess that Terri combined the two facts - it often happens in fora you know. smiley - winkeye

I, of course, read the aforementioned books by borrowing them from our local library - a small hut-like building conveniently situated next to the village rec. smiley - ok

shazz smiley - thepost


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Post 18

David B - Singing Librarian Owl

It was the quote from the article I was thinking of... I know Terri asked my permission to use it. but I don't know where I originally said it. Oh, dear.


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Post 19

Post Team

Ah, I see smiley - smiley

Maybe she'll remember! I'm sure she'll let you know when she comes back online. smiley - smiley

shazz smiley - thepost


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Post 20

David B - Singing Librarian Owl

I hope so!

*starts whimpering*

*realises he really can't pretend to be on a coffee break at the moment and had better get back to the exciting social science journals*


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