Weighty literature
Picture the scene: Mr. Bsag and I are both reading in bed. He is reading ‘War and Peace’ by Leo Tolstoy, and I am reading the lighter (in all senses) ‘Hogfather’ by Terry Pratchett. I’m feeling a little out-gunned in the worthy reading department, but enjoying ‘Hogfather’ for the nth time, nonetheless.
As Mr. Bsag starts to get sleepy, he begins to lose his purchase on the book. Suddenly, it slips out of his grasp and all 1,392 pages hit him smack in the face. I know that it’s unworthy of me to be amused by my husband being assaulted by works of classic Russian literature, but I can’t help it — I snigger a bit like Muttley. “What?”, he says, irritated. “Nothing”, I say innocently.
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This is a wonderful post. :-D
I love your writing style. You could write about what you had for breakfast and I'd still be riveted. Or perhaps that's more a sad comment on my life than your writing. But no, I know I'm not the only one that feels this way! My circle of technonerdboy pals includes some pretty avid BSAG fans (including my husband).
If you ever decided to compile your posts into a book, I'm sure you'd have buyers lining up!
I've worked peanut butter and marmite sandwiches into my most recent children's song, by the way, so thank you for the inspiration.
by Inkygirl @ 30/03/2007 7:26 pm • Permalink •
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Confirms my opinion of some worthy literature, best used as a soporific.........
Reading in bed! Now we know you've reached middle age.
by Jonathan Briggs @ 30/03/2007 7:30 pm • Permalink •
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Don't publicise that one too much, BSAG, or hefty tomes will soon have their own Health and Safety warning...
Mind you, I've whacked myself in the face with Tom Clancy novels several times, and various other hefty tomes. ( Stuff by Peter Hamilton also runs high on the page-count and self-inflicted face-smackage options)
by Lyle @ 31/03/2007 3:40 pm • Permalink •
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You could buy him some comics - for safety reasons?
by Julian @ 01/04/2007 2:25 pm • Permalink •
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Oh, I'm well past middle age behaviourally, if not chronologically :-D Actually, I've read in bed since I was a kid -- it's one of the great joys in life.
Lyle: Hehe
I think he probably needs a pillow to rest it on or something.
Julian: Well, he certainly reads more serious books than me, on the whole. I like relaxing my brain in my free time -- I strain my brain enough at work (or so I like to think...)
by bsag @ 03/04/2007 6:09 pm • Permalink •
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Inkygirl: [blushes] Thanks! I love the Technonerdboy song! "Techno-Nerdboy, zap my parameter RAM" -- you make it sound so naughty
And I would love to hear the song featuring peanut butter and Marmite sandwiches. By the way, we're still trying to get hold of the Guinness Marmite. We've got relatives scouring supermarkets across the UK, but no luck yet. Jars seem to be going for ridiculous sums on eBay, so I think it was a very limited run.
by bsag @ 03/04/2007 9:01 pm • Permalink •
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Thanks for the kind words about Technonerdboy. Unfortunately many of the terms are outdated now, so we don't perform it anymore (only the hard-core tech-types were still laughing
).
Sadly, I don't have a recording of the song with peanut butter and Marmite sandwiches, tho someone may have recorded it at the children's concert, we'll see.
re: Guinness Marmite. I've posted in Livejournal to my UK friends in hopes of finding some (fingers crossed).
by Inkygirl @ 04/04/2007 2:41 pm • Permalink •
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Excellent blog! I too such want ))))) Greats work.
by Baggett @ 08/05/2007 4:54 am • Permalink •
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Simply true
by denis @ 04/06/2007 6:40 pm • Permalink •
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Reading the lighter and Hogfather now that's cracking me up
)
by Enzymatic Therapy @ 26/06/2007 2:39 pm • Permalink •
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Nice
by Annie @ 27/09/2007 11:28 am • Permalink •
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