Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[Claw75]

Actually I won't be judging books by their cover now, as I have recently moved into the 21st century by acquiring a kindle.  My current method of choosing reading material is picking stuff that is free with good user ratings

Look at the paid stuff too Claire. There's loads of cheep titles that cost a bomb in paper form.

Start under non fiction.

bugger - beat me to it

[tikay]

Is there an explanation for your current signature, Tom?


3.14159265358979323846264338327950

Yes.

Feel free to expand, & elaborate. For your wider audience, I mean.

I have expanded and elaborated on your diary until I was blue in the face.

Go back and check the clues.

Andrew T solved it, and in doing so left another clue.

Of course, you could always give in.

His clue was double Dutch to me.

Do I have any clues left?

[Redsgirl]

I have a workaround:

Redsgirl, have you seen The Lion King? It is based on Hamlet.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I can't possibly watch it now! I mean, I know who killed Mufasa

[Claw75]

I have a thing about spoilers, I don't even read the foreword in books

oooh me too - I hate when you know exactly what's going to happen up to about halfway through a book because the whole thing has been given away in the blurb.  I like to see the story and plot evolve as the writer intended, so never read the stuff on the back first.  I suppose, in doing so, I'm pretty much judging books by their cover.

Harold is a man who has everthing he wants in life, He finally marries his childhood sweetheart, works he's way to the top of the sardine canning industry and settles into a life of domestic bliss in the house bequeathed to him by an long lost relative. But then, in an freak tandem bike accident he loses both his wife and his leg, and faces a arduous struggle to overcome this tragedy, rebuild his life and learn to ride a unicycle, ultimately overcoming adversity to become the first man to unicycle the Great wall of China

Is this the kind of thing you mean, Claw?

exactly that (although that does sound like an awesome book - you should write it!)

[tikay]

Actually I won't be judging books by their cover now, as I have recently moved into the 21st century by acquiring a kindle.  My current method of choosing reading material is picking stuff that is free with good user ratings

Look at the paid stuff too Claire. There's loads of cheep titles that cost a bomb in paper form.

Start under non fiction.

bugger - beat me to it

Clearly, we think alike, on an elevated plane.

[Tal]

The thing is with plays, you are watching the production as much as the story. It is like having a book read to you by different people or watching different versions of the same film.

So, the fact you know Bruce Willis is Banquo's ghost doesn't need to ruin it the second time around.

Sir Ian McKellen's performances as Macbeth and Richard III (both TV adaptations) are utter delights, but completely unrecognisable compared to the way someone else would play them.

This reminds me...I saw him a few years ago in Stratford as King Lear (my favourite tragedy). Half way through, he was stark naked, gentleman vegetables flopping about and chuntering on about his daughter.

Yes, I have seen Gandalf's wand.

[celtic]

What a great ad this is.

Agreed.

[Tal]

I have a workaround:

Redsgirl, have you seen The Lion King? It is based on Hamlet.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I can't possibly watch it now! I mean, I know who killed Mufasa

Watching Judi Dench and Anthony Sher singing Akuna Mutata must be an experience

[tikay]

The thing is with plays, you are watching the production as much as the story. It is like having a book read to you by different people or watching different versions of the same film.

So, the fact you know Bruce Willis is Banquo's ghost doesn't need to ruin it the second time around.

Sir Ian McKellen's performances as Macbeth and Richard III (both TV adaptations) are utter delights, but completely unrecognisable compared to the way someone else would play them.

This reminds me...I saw him a few years ago in Stratford as King Lear (my favourite tragedy). Half way through, he was stark naked, gentleman vegetables flopping about and chuntering on about his daughter.

Yes, I have seen Gandalf's wand.

How can you have a favourite tragedy?

Tragedies, by defiition, are rather horrible things. (Bus, train or aeroplane crashes, for example).

[RED-DOG]

The thing is with plays, you are watching the production as much as the story. It is like having a book read to you by different people or watching different versions of the same film.

So, the fact you know Bruce Willis is Banquo's ghost doesn't need to ruin it the second time around.

Sir Ian McKellen's performances as Macbeth and Richard III (both TV adaptations) are utter delights, but completely unrecognisable compared to the way someone else would play them.

This reminds me...I saw him a few years ago in Stratford as King Lear (my favourite tragedy). Half way through, he was stark naked, gentleman vegetables flopping about and chuntering on about his daughter.

Yes, I have seen Gandalf's wand.

Bruce Willis is Banquo's ghost?  

[RED-DOG]

Is there an explanation for your current signature, Tom?


3.14159265358979323846264338327950

Yes.

Feel free to expand, & elaborate. For your wider audience, I mean.

I have expanded and elaborated on your diary until I was blue in the face.

Go back and check the clues.

Andrew T solved it, and in doing so left another clue.

Of course, you could always give in.

His clue was double Dutch to me.

Do I have any clues left?

If you take the time to gather the previous clues together, I'll add another one.

Alternatively, you could just give in.

[Tal]

The thing is with plays, you are watching the production as much as the story. It is like having a book read to you by different people or watching different versions of the same film.

So, the fact you know Bruce Willis is Banquo's ghost doesn't need to ruin it the second time around.

Sir Ian McKellen's performances as Macbeth and Richard III (both TV adaptations) are utter delights, but completely unrecognisable compared to the way someone else would play them.

This reminds me...I saw him a few years ago in Stratford as King Lear (my favourite tragedy). Half way through, he was stark naked, gentleman vegetables flopping about and chuntering on about his daughter.

Yes, I have seen Gandalf's wand.

How can you have a favourite tragedy?

Tragedies, by defiition, are rather horrible things. (Bus, train or aeroplane crashes, for example).

The secret is...it is only pretend.

[tikay]

The thing is with plays, you are watching the production as much as the story. It is like having a book read to you by different people or watching different versions of the same film.

So, the fact you know Bruce Willis is Banquo's ghost doesn't need to ruin it the second time around.

Sir Ian McKellen's performances as Macbeth and Richard III (both TV adaptations) are utter delights, but completely unrecognisable compared to the way someone else would play them.

This reminds me...I saw him a few years ago in Stratford as King Lear (my favourite tragedy). Half way through, he was stark naked, gentleman vegetables flopping about and chuntering on about his daughter.

Yes, I have seen Gandalf's wand.

How can you have a favourite tragedy?

Tragedies, by defiition, are rather horrible things. (Bus, train or aeroplane crashes, for example).

The secret is...it is only pretend.

What - like, fiction?

Good grief.

[Tal]

The thing is with plays, you are watching the production as much as the story. It is like having a book read to you by different people or watching different versions of the same film.

So, the fact you know Bruce Willis is Banquo's ghost doesn't need to ruin it the second time around.

Sir Ian McKellen's performances as Macbeth and Richard III (both TV adaptations) are utter delights, but completely unrecognisable compared to the way someone else would play them.

This reminds me...I saw him a few years ago in Stratford as King Lear (my favourite tragedy). Half way through, he was stark naked, gentleman vegetables flopping about and chuntering on about his daughter.

Yes, I have seen Gandalf's wand.

How can you have a favourite tragedy?

Tragedies, by defiition, are rather horrible things. (Bus, train or aeroplane crashes, for example).

The secret is...it is only pretend.

What - like, fiction?

Good grief.

I'm disappointed you missed the opportunity to use my Sir Ian McKellan experience to connect Shakespeare and bollocks.

[tikay]

The thing is with plays, you are watching the production as much as the story. It is like having a book read to you by different people or watching different versions of the same film.

So, the fact you know Bruce Willis is Banquo's ghost doesn't need to ruin it the second time around.

Sir Ian McKellen's performances as Macbeth and Richard III (both TV adaptations) are utter delights, but completely unrecognisable compared to the way someone else would play them.

This reminds me...I saw him a few years ago in Stratford as King Lear (my favourite tragedy). Half way through, he was stark naked, gentleman vegetables flopping about and chuntering on about his daughter.

Yes, I have seen Gandalf's wand.

How can you have a favourite tragedy?

Tragedies, by defiition, are rather horrible things. (Bus, train or aeroplane crashes, for example).

The secret is...it is only pretend.

What - like, fiction?

Good grief.

I'm disappointed you missed the opportunity to use my Sir Ian McKellan experience to connect Shakespeare and bollocks.

I did not want to spoil that rather pleasingly less coarse description "gentlemens vegetables".

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