On Fri, 20 May, 2005 at 11:17AM +0100, Frank smith spake thus: > Hi > I loved the famous 5 but never liked the 7 books > Go figure that!! > > She was a fantastic writer. I prefered the Mystery books, but I think it depends on what you read first. > cheers > Bob > > > On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 08:00 +0100, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Tue, 17 May, 2005 at 06:27AM +1000, Norval Watson spake thus: > > > On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 12:49 +0100, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > I feel a bit like Enid Blyton, after she's wandered > > > > into Shakespeare's writing club - a little out of place and wondering > > > > when people will notice that the skill gradient takes a nosedive in my > > > > vicinity. > > > > > > FWIW, I wonder who sold more books - Enid or Willy? > > > > In their lifetime, it probably was Enid. Bill will sell forever, > > while Ms. Blyton has fallen out of favour. > > > > Her books always made me hungry - her best skill was describing > > sandwiches. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)
