Excellent Book To Read

[Rooky9]

At the end of the film I seem to recall the bit about Frank now working for the Us government - does anyone know if he is still alive and still working for them? I loved the film, possibly one of my favourites. Its jsut so impossible it was possible!

[Sark79]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale


Yep, he is still alive.

[Rooky9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale


Yep, he is still alive.

Cheers Sark... I only found out about that site last week and had lost the name!

[Sark79]

no problem Boss .  It is a great site

[Rooky9]

So does the book follow the movie or what is on that site about him?

[Sark79]

So does the book follow the movie or what is on that site about him?

check your PM mate

[AndrewT]

He was interviewed on the BBC a couple of weeks ago about identity theft

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4758501.stm

[bhoywonder]

I loved that film..gonn search ebay now for a cheapy..cheers


a few books which i read recently  and highly recommend ..black hawk down ( great film too )   and killing pablo (same author)

[Sark79]

Cheers, I had never seen that interview before.  I will also check out Black Hawk Down, I liked the film a lot.

I must admit, up until recently I was careless with my bank details and all that kind of stuff. But, I have started keeping a closer eye on things now.

[celtic]

I reluctantly bought this book when going on holiday a couple of years back, thought it would last the two weeks.... in fact lasted a day and a half! Great book, much better than the film, havent read a book since and my greatest reading achievement prior to this was reading the entire mr men collection. Highly recommended.

[Sark79]

I reluctantly bought this book when going on holiday a couple of years back, thought it would last the two weeks.... in fact lasted a day and a half! Great book, much better than the film, havent read a book since and my greatest reading achievement prior to this was reading the entire mr men collection. Highly recommended.

Mr Men.      They are good .  Which one is your favorite?

[thetank]

I like the tale of Mr Tickle, it's a real page turner.

It starts off well, he is lying in bed, can't be arsed getting up, but wants a biscuit.

So he reaches his big long arm out of his bedroom, down the stairs, into the kitchen cupboard and has a wee scoff before he gets up. Genious.

Then he goes all around town, tickling every bugger, and ignoring the resultant havoc that ensues.

He tickles the milkman, (or it may have been the Baker) who drops a load of milk (or it may have been buns)

He tickles a policeman, whilst the good officer of the law is busy doing his civic duty by directing traffic. Cars go everywhere, it's not pretty.

And so on, and so on.

The thing which really surprised me about the book was the ending. As I'm approaching it, I fully expect and almost demand that Mr Tickle will get his come-uppance.

The twist is, he doesn't. Wake up, tickle a heap of folk, end of book.

That's the brilliant part, it allows the reader to make their own mind up. More childrens books should be like that. Instead of indoctrinating them to think a certain way (eating biscuits and tickling rozzers is bad) it encourages them to use their head.

[bolt pp]

I like the tale of Mr Tickle, it's a real page turner.

It starts off well, he is lying in bed, can't be arsed getting up, but wants a biscuit.

So he reaches his big long arm out of his bedroom, down the stairs, into the kitchen cupboard and has a wee scoff before he gets up. Genious.

Then he goes all around town, tickling every bugger, and ignoring the resultant havoc that ensues.

He tickles the milkman, (or it may have been the Baker) who drops a load of milk (or it may have been buns)

He tickles a policeman, whilst the good officer of the law is busy doing his civic duty by directing traffic. Cars go everywhere, it's not pretty.

And so on, and so on.

The thing which really surprised me about the book was the ending. As I'm approaching it, I fully expect and almost demand that Mr Tickle will get his come-uppance.

The twist is, he doesn't. Wake up, tickle a heap of folk, end of book.

That's the brilliant part, it allows the reader to make their own mind up. More childrens books should be like that. Instead of indoctrinating them to think a certain way (eating biscuits and tickling rozzers is bad) it encourages them to use their head.

can i have some?

[Sark79]

I like the tale of Mr Tickle, it's a real page turner.

It starts off well, he is lying in bed, can't be arsed getting up, but wants a biscuit.

So he reaches his big long arm out of his bedroom, down the stairs, into the kitchen cupboard and has a wee scoff before he gets up. Genious.

Then he goes all around town, tickling every bugger, and ignoring the resultant havoc that ensues.

He tickles the milkman, (or it may have been the Baker) who drops a load of milk (or it may have been buns)

He tickles a policeman, whilst the good officer of the law is busy doing his civic duty by directing traffic. Cars go everywhere, it's not pretty.

And so on, and so on.

The thing which really surprised me about the book was the ending. As I'm approaching it, I fully expect and almost demand that Mr Tickle will get his come-uppance.

The twist is, he doesn't. Wake up, tickle a heap of folk, end of book.

That's the brilliant part, it allows the reader to make their own mind up. More childrens books should be like that. Instead of indoctrinating them to think a certain way (eating biscuits and tickling rozzers is bad) it encourages them to use their head.

Yea that's a good one.  I also thought Mr Happy was well written .  Richard Hargreaves must be up there with Shakespear and Wordsworth. I prefer something a bit more grown up like the Beano though

[yt]

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