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but I can spell its...  I'm sure Roger Hargreaves did a Little Miss Pedant didn't he? The loos at a railway station I often go to don't have anything to lift up - I wish customers would sit down to use those - or use the urinals! |
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Roger Hargreaves died about 19 years ago so it's a bit odd to see new Mr Men books appearing with his name as the author. The original ones were the best. IIRC his son Adam continued with some more under his own name but now some Mr Greedy is jumping on the band-wagon as I noticed some new titles by Roger Hargreaves in a shop recently.
BTW Roger Hargreaves once hand-drew a card for one of my cousins who had written to him - what a real-life Mr Kind.
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Oh dear, oh dear. I couldn`t resist having a peek at the Test. I rather wish that I hadn`t. This result is very worrying .... Well done. We can continue to accept you into our society, since at least you have the means to determine where to go to the bathroom. Well, not counting that time that you drunkenly decided that the hood of your neighbour's car was a good place to 'mark your territory'. Yeah, that's right, we know. What can it mean?  |
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« Reply #2044 on: 13:36:39, 04-11-2007 » |
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The Mr. Men books are being relaunched and in the interest of political correctness Mr. Lazy has been slimmed down and other characters have had their gender change to ensure an equal representation of the sexes. To prove I am not making this up here is a link http://media.guardian.co.uk/marketingandpr/story/0,,2192872,00.html |
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« Reply #2045 on: 14:03:50, 04-11-2007 » |
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Weren't the Little Miss books originally launched in the name of equality? The Mr Men books were all about MEN, for heaven's sake! Can't have that . |
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« Reply #2046 on: 14:06:01, 04-11-2007 » |
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It has just been announced that The Hungry Caterpillar books are to be withdrawn because they encourage binge eating.
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Weren't the Little Miss books originally launched in the name of equality? The Mr Men books were all about MEN, for heaven's sake! Can't have that . While I hesitate to jeopardize my own glass log cabin, I don't recall that Mr.Hargreaves ever told the story of Mr.Gender-Dysphoria or Little Miss Men-Aren't-Really-My-Thing. |
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Ooo I say, I must admit to having a fascination regarding the "Nothing, or nothing that you can see" Action as performed by Les Mods Les Mods? Were you involved in the Brighton riot Mort?  |
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« Reply #2050 on: 18:58:07, 05-11-2007 » |
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Nah. Les Mods was me bloke at the time, wern `e ? An` the reason wot I `obble a bit is cos ov me winkle picker injury when I `appened to get `em tangled up in `is overdrive.
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« Reply #2052 on: 20:34:43, 07-11-2007 » |
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Weren't the Little Miss books originally launched in the name of equality? The Mr Men books were all about MEN, for heaven's sake! Can't have that . While I hesitate to jeopardize my own glass log cabin, I don't recall that Mr.Hargreaves ever told the story of Mr.Gender-Dysphoria or Little Miss Men-Aren't-Really-My-Thing. I like this one about Mr. Happy finding himself in Chav Land. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZfOAOba3i4 |
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« Reply #2053 on: 22:20:07, 07-11-2007 » |
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You're back, Milly!!!  Missed you! Hope you had a great time - you've probably posted elsewhere all about it but I haven't got time to read everything and I've just spotted you here. MJ  |
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