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(Message started by: Charlie on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 9:01pm)

Title: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Charlie on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 9:01pm

Seriously:

Is there anyone, anywhere that reads "Prince Valiant?"

I plead not guilty.

Charlie http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/beanie.gif

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Kris_in_SJ on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 9:11pm

Doesn't he live in a can somewhere? I seem to remember that from my junior high days ....

Kris

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Charlie on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 9:14pm

That's Prince Albert...whose monicker also applies to a certain form of painful piercing. OUCH.

Charlie

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by don on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:04pm

No but Jonny does Lance Alot

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by nani on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:14pm

Funny you mention that Charlie. The first thing I do every morning (along w/ that 1st cig) is read the comics. (I read the hard news and editorials LAST) Anyway - just this past Sun I'm looking at the comics and I think - Hey, Prince Valiant has been around since I was a kid...wonder if anybody reads it?
I remember my mother going thru a Valiant reading phase when I was a kid...

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by john_d on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:16pm

I read _The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe_ recently. The last time I read it was the 7th grade ;)

Any reading is good reading, good brain exercise. :)

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Mr. Happy on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:21pm

Didn't really know Prince Valient was still around, not that it's been missed. Prince V must only come with the Big City Sunday edition. I'm in the suburbs, and can only afford the poor white newspaper trash. Don't read it, either.

Not that it matters,
RJ

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Donna_D. on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:32pm

on 11/23/04 at 22:16:25, john_d wrote:

I read _The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe_ recently. The last time I read it was the 7th grade ;)

Any reading is good reading, good brain exercise. :)

I think I read that book in 7th grade, as well. I also liked the book "A Wrinkle in Time"...remember that one?

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe and the Restaurant at the end of the Universe are also some of my favorites.

And, yes, Charlie...I have read Prince Valiant for many, many moons now...just don't ask how many ;) .

DD

DD

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by john_d on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:34pm

on 11/23/04 at 22:32:12, Donna_D. wrote:

I also liked the book "A Wrinkle in Time"...remember that one?

YES! Loved it- Wow, what a memory, thanks!

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Donna_D. on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:37pm

I borrowed it a couple of years ago from the local public library...curled up on the couch on a rainy evening and read the whole thing cover to cover...try it you might like it!

DD

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Charlie on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:42pm

I've read so much SF that the shelves overflowed. I haven't read much after the early 80s though. I love most of it. I'm the only person in the world that found DUNE boring.

Liked Larry Niven a lot and a bunch of others. Most of the big ones.

Charlie

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Donna_D. on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 10:44pm

on 11/23/04 at 22:42:21, Charlie wrote:

I'm the only person in the world that found DUNE boring.

Charlie

Nope Charlie...Dune bored me to tears....you are not alone!

DD

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by john_d on Nov 23^rd, 2004, 11:23pm

on 11/23/04 at 22:37:34, Donna_D. wrote:

I borrowed it a couple of years ago from the local public library...curled up on the couch on a rainy evening and read the whole thing cover to cover...try it you might like it!

DD

you better believe I will, lol, thanks really, i have not thought about that book in years :)

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by LeLimey on Nov 24^th, 2004, 5:10am

on 11/23/04 at 22:44:11, Donna_D. wrote:

Nope Charlie...Dune bored me to tears....you are not alone!

DD

Make that three of us.. and it came so highly recommended too!

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Jeepgun on Nov 24^th, 2004, 7:35am

Ditto. I hated Dune.

Good Sci-Fi: Ray Bradbury and William Gibson.

"A Wrinkle In Time," was actually two books, and the continuation was "A Wind In The Door." Excellent book.

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Nov 24^th, 2004, 8:50am

I've read almost all of the Newberry award winner books. These books are used a lot in grade School.

My wife teaches 3rd grade and leaves her stuff around all the time. They're great books.

The last Newberry book I read was 'Holes'. Don't get excited jonny. These are the kind of holes that get made by shovels. ;;D

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by BobG on Nov 24^th, 2004, 1:08pm

Speaking of books.....what ever happened to Ken? He had a used book store up in NY or NJ or?
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Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Margi on Nov 24^th, 2004, 1:38pm

on 11/24/04 at 13:08:19, BobG wrote:

Speaking of books.....what ever happened to Ken? He had a used book store up in NY or NJ or?

Bob, I heard from Ken just last month. He's still running that bookstore in NY. The advent of the new board and the population boom here at ch.com was too much for him, I think.
He was going in to cycle again when he wrote but he seemed to be handling it in stride, as always. He's a good guy. :)

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by BobG on Nov 24^th, 2004, 1:46pm

Thanks Margi. I liked the guy. He always had something intelligent to say.

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by Jeepgun on Nov 24^th, 2004, 2:13pm

More silliness:
An Eskimo walks into a garage with a broken down snowmobile...The mechanic looks the motor over and said, "Looks like you blew a seal"...The Eskimo hastily wipes his moustache and says, "No, that's just snot!" [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: Silliness needed. Not at all CH
Post by thomas on Nov 24^th, 2004, 2:28pm

Sci-Fi? Try Dan Simmons, Hyperion.