tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post7741180784437689872..comments2023-12-31T08:43:00.853+00:00Comments on Wife in the North: Pannedwife in the northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-15398729746389277042008-09-10T09:10:00.000+01:002008-09-10T09:10:00.000+01:00...Also if your book had been around in Roman time......Also if your book had been around in Roman times...the Romans did not have a hang up about privacy and loos. Their latrines (multi use and occupancy) were all about having a chat, catching up on gossip...so there would have been free advertising there for you! There's always an upside...Hadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-73216855022986693952008-09-09T06:49:00.000+01:002008-09-09T06:49:00.000+01:00I don't know how I would feel about it either. I ...I don't know how I would feel about it either. I have bad memories of having to wait to use the toilet while my dad sat there reading the paper - and when I got in there, it wasn't a very pleasant experience. He always read in the toilet, so did my grandad. <BR/>Better there than in some dusty cupboard though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-84843284231992236022008-09-08T02:21:00.000+01:002008-09-08T02:21:00.000+01:0053 comments and only 2 of them (both male) had the...53 comments and only 2 of them (both male) had the same rather horrible thought as I did, to do with use of pages once read.<BR/><BR/>I love the book, and have already given in to 2 people for their birthdays.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-63263084353950357262008-09-07T19:22:00.000+01:002008-09-07T19:22:00.000+01:00Very Upper Middle to have favourite books in the l...Very Upper Middle to have favourite books in the loo! Take it as a compliment. The book is fab.Isobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729356811104289106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-83941987333790512782008-09-06T15:11:00.000+01:002008-09-06T15:11:00.000+01:00All the best loved books end up in the loo (the on...All the best loved books end up in the loo (the only place where you can read in peace in a busy household!)Kate Lord Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278515379867576350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-6462612646446609392008-09-06T08:23:00.000+01:002008-09-06T08:23:00.000+01:00Hi wifey, just waiting for the "lord and Mast...Hi wifey, just waiting for the "lord and Master" to finish his tea then we'll be off to Tescos.... Isn't this rain aweful? The L&M has rigged up a Heath Robinson affair to the water butts which are overflowing and all night long I could hear the overflow running down the drain, from a great height.... Hope the bairns settle down at school, they'll be going in like drowned rats if this continues, xxCiaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06125121881184429971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-24276613198709119242008-09-05T17:18:00.000+01:002008-09-05T17:18:00.000+01:00You sold them books I never sold one Peloop TM yet...You sold them books I never sold one Peloop TM yet! You the reader can find it by me on blog?Mu Tai Donghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492637882088387333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-31083522366942358462008-09-04T21:08:00.000+01:002008-09-04T21:08:00.000+01:00Your book is epistolary, so easy to read in small ...Your book is epistolary, so easy to read in small chunks - an obvious loo book. Defo a compliment.<BR/><BR/>I am just reading your book at the moment - picked it up in the bookshop after reading about it in one of the papers. Interested as I'm a journalist turned mother, but the difference is I'm longing to move to the country [have to admit I'm thinking West rather than North]. One thing that strikes me, reading it, is that your husband doesn't come across much - and when he DOES feature, he doesn't sound very brilliant. So you wonder what on earth there IS about him that made you ready to give it all up for him.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to reading a bit more to find out what it is about him that's so great - I think it's interesting that your friends don't like him. However I feel a bit sorry for all the flak he gets when the car runs out of petrol - don't you look at the petrol tank when you get in and notice you're nearing the bottom?!<BR/><BR/>However your husband beats mine in one major respect - he obviously agreed to baby #3 - how on earth did you do that? I'm stuck after two - there's no persuading him and I need some tips!Litdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07066277303516373674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-64096326399631859032008-09-04T20:15:00.000+01:002008-09-04T20:15:00.000+01:00Sorry about that. Did something to the template an...Sorry about that. Did something to the template and didn't realise I had put on moderation. I thought it had gone a bit quiet.wife in the northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-49542978053570674522008-09-04T13:31:00.000+01:002008-09-04T13:31:00.000+01:00This means it must have been taken there by a Man....This means it must have been taken there by a Man. That's good isn't it? Mine searches high and low for the right thing to take to the loo and if its really good it gets left so he can pick it up where he left off, so to speakBearLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818422412993668755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-86440249182411671642008-09-04T01:51:00.000+01:002008-09-04T01:51:00.000+01:00I honestly do think that finding your book in the ...I honestly do think that finding your book in the toilet - a nice shiny new copy with the celebrity magazine - is better than finding it going for 50p in the charity shop... Hmmm. That was meant to be comforting but on reading it back sounds vaguely depressing. Ah well.<BR/>LivvyLivvy U.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15954289268370454513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-6455168959687758842008-09-03T18:29:00.000+01:002008-09-03T18:29:00.000+01:00I to0k your book on holiday. It made me laugh &...I to0k your book on holiday. It made me laugh & cry and think thank god it's not just me. Thank you. <BR/><BR/>PS i won't be leaving it in the loo. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-40058956264610501962008-09-03T13:56:00.000+01:002008-09-03T13:56:00.000+01:00Judith, what's going on? I left you a nice comment...Judith, what's going on? I left you a nice comment here yesterday and it hasn't appeared?<BR/><BR/>If you catch my blog of today "Wee MOB" you will understand my concern. <BR/><BR/>Are my comments being censored by Blogger.com, for example? They never respond to my baiting, so be a pal and get onto them, would you? If wifey hasn't got any clout there is little hope for the rest of us.<BR/><BR/>Okay, I'm pulling your leg about approaching Blogger, but it's wierd, isn't it?Stinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-70950127499816564992008-09-02T23:21:00.000+01:002008-09-02T23:21:00.000+01:00Ahh but that's a compliment. One can and lock ones...Ahh but that's a compliment. One can and lock oneself away from the family racket and read your lovely words in peace and quiet, something hard to find surely in a house full of kids? Did you look to see if it'd been thumbed?? (I wouldn't have been able to resist!)Mom/Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00377035506718286960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-4660773535714920652008-09-02T18:04:00.000+01:002008-09-02T18:04:00.000+01:00I think that I would be annoyed if a book that I h...I think that I would be annoyed if a book that I had written ended up in the toilet. You handled the situation very well. I would be tempted to ask how many toilets she has and offer some more copies of the book for each toilet.cheshire wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944869219641386387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-36599494274859351632008-09-02T17:40:00.000+01:002008-09-02T17:40:00.000+01:00I do feel for you!My husband is a writer, and i al...I do feel for you!<BR/>My husband is a writer, and i always find episodes of things he has written for on sale in charity shops...in the video section.<BR/>I get a swell of pride whenever i see his work on sale- i just wish it was on dvd, and not hidden on the top shelf of a shop with a price tag of fifty pence!Shakespeare's Housekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04968403409072725481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-60849723619657908582008-09-02T16:23:00.000+01:002008-09-02T16:23:00.000+01:00Judith, although I personally believe in the hygie...Judith, although I personally believe in the hygiene thingy about not having or taking reading matter into the toilet, I do believe your hosts were attempting a little bit of flattery in this case. How could they not like your book? I think it is quite brilliant and am still looking forward to you signing my now dog-eared copy.Stinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-86341052954815459922008-09-02T13:06:00.000+01:002008-09-02T13:06:00.000+01:00I have been wondering where to keep my copy now th...I have been wondering where to keep my copy now that I have finished it. Not in the loo, definitely, but the bookcase with all the others seems a little impersonal for a story I identified with so closely. While I decide, it is lying snot and tear-stained on the floor beside my bed with a pencil which is a stub from underlining so many passages. I have considered putting it in the drawer with my children's teeth and the photo of me with my son straight after he was born and my granny's earring. I've been in the country 11 years now, even further north than Northumberland and I still miss London every day but I fear you're right - you can't go back. Not yet, anyway.Boarding School Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853770996406825669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-71618825611259651252008-09-02T00:15:00.000+01:002008-09-02T00:15:00.000+01:00First off, I'm reeling from the activity that you ...First off, I'm reeling from the activity that you were all engaged in. I'm feeling very worthless and crap mother-ish.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, the book in the loo thing...good methinks. She's obviously a busy woman, she barely gets time to, well, you know, so when she IS doing that, she wants to be thinking of you.<BR/><BR/>Yeh, now you mention it, it is a bit weird.<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-58253792178699034802008-09-01T12:00:00.000+01:002008-09-01T12:00:00.000+01:00Perhaps if you had looked under the magazine you w...Perhaps if you had looked under the magazine you would have seen a copy of Tolstoy but then again perhaps not. Toilet reading/beach reading the important thing is you are being read. Your next book should be entitled This Book is Far Too Serious for the Loo. Julesritter.comJulesritter.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645084571829383783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-41959719629469021882008-09-01T10:47:00.000+01:002008-09-01T10:47:00.000+01:00I think is rather nice to have books in the toilet...I think is rather nice to have books in the toilet, quite welcoming. I am sure she just wants to show off her famous friend and hence proudly displays it at the top of the pile!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02055675561988538475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-80924424120697556512008-09-01T10:05:00.000+01:002008-09-01T10:05:00.000+01:00I've put yours on a shelf but, without it being a ...I've put yours on a shelf but, without it being a reflection on the book, have put Noel Hodgson's poems, which I bought at Glendale Show on Omnday in the loo.occasional northernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937407254161207915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-66919073999474708652008-08-31T23:15:00.000+01:002008-08-31T23:15:00.000+01:00Don't know if this is any consolation, but my very...Don't know if this is any consolation, but my very dear friend was mugged the other day,and had her hand broken. I bought her a copy of your book (not willing to part with my own copy)because I know it will cheer her up. Your book is brilliant!mimiMimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100985140335023467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-18641367326329691132008-08-31T22:18:00.000+01:002008-08-31T22:18:00.000+01:00Many Oscar winners display their most prized award...Many Oscar winners display their most prized award in their downstairs toilet, I hear. I mean, let's face it, everyone is going to pay a visit there during their stay and your life's work gets their undivided attention!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124513427678555863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-56997221409812359352008-08-31T17:53:00.000+01:002008-08-31T17:53:00.000+01:00To look on the bright side, I might take this as a...To look on the bright side, I might take this as a compliment. I only bring books to the toilet when I'm so involved in them that I can't leave them behind. You might say that only my favorite books end up in the toilet!Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.com