Ah now. A Scotsman not knowing the value of books. I still have a first
edition Goldfinger that is worth a wee mint.



bw
James





>From: Christina Fletcher <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New sub: Sound Bite (James)
>Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:04:26 EST
>
>You're absolutely right, Senor Bell: it's not very original.  I wonder
>whether that's anything to do with the therapeutic nature of the subject
>matter?  I haven't read the Dahl story but I have a story of my own to do
>with him.  I was just about to take his 'Rhyme Stew' down to the charity
>shop
>but recently I discovered a site on the internet that's for the sale of
>secondhand books so I looked it up (it's one of those signed, first
>editions
>people give you for Christmas when they can't think of anything else) and
>stone me, it's worth an enormous amount of money now.  So for goodness
>sake,
>don't chuck out any books until you've checked.
>Thanks very much for the comments, James.
>bw
>christina
>
>
> > Hi Christina,
> >
> > Well executed (no pun intended). However, there does seem to be a lot of
> > this kind of poem around and this follows much the same theme. I suppose
> > it's a bloke thing but I didn't care for it much. I think the best take
>on
> > this is still the Roald Dahl story where the wife kills her husband with
>a
> > leg of frozen lamb then cooks the evidence. Not an original sausage.
> >
> >
> >
> > bw
> > James
>
>


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