Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
Thanks, Funny!
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
The scary thing is, as we've just confirmed, there really IS an Enid Blyton short story called The Undressed Golliwog.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
Ohhhh, that's strange!
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
Well, Noddy was undressed when we first met him in Noddy Goes to Toyland, and again in Here Comes Noddy Again (when his clothes were stolen by golliwogs!), so it's not an unprecedented idea in an Enid Blyton book — and I'm sure she didn't mean anything harmful by it.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
Not to mention a few rumours about tennis parties...
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
I wonder if we could persuade Enid's publishers to take this idea and make it a reality?pete9012S wrote:
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
It would be a lovely idea...until the golliwogs were all whitened and became goblins!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
The Undressed Goblin might be even scarier.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
And maybe they will be neigbours of him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumuckl" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; or something like this.Rob Houghton wrote:It would be a lovely idea...until the golliwogs were all whitened and became goblins!
Not to forget what should happen with Noddy?
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
Yes could be a Peter Jackson film.Courtenay wrote:The Undressed Goblin might be even scarier.
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Not forgetting some exciting new titles coming soon:
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
We have been discussing this series for so long that I automatically know that Five Do Dry January does not exist!
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
It does — they've just renamed it Five Give Up the Booze.sixret wrote:We have been discussing this series for so long that I automatically know that Five Do Dry January does not exist!
Excellent mash-up, Pete. I'm sure if Enid were around today, she would be delighted with these worthy sequels to her legendary works, specially aimed at her mature fans...
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Lines you would never hear in Enid Blyton!
Interesting that they changed the title to something a little more obvious. I guess the type of adult who might pick these up might not know what 'dry January' was...
I look forward to more titles, like 'Five Shut Up and Lock themselves Away', "Five all get exterminated", "Five don't have anything else worth writing about" and "Five Murder Bruno Vincent Together'
I look forward to more titles, like 'Five Shut Up and Lock themselves Away', "Five all get exterminated", "Five don't have anything else worth writing about" and "Five Murder Bruno Vincent Together'
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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