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Apr 2022
5:41pm, 27 Apr 2022
51,276 posts
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McGoohan
Linds has chozzen On Bended Knees by Martin Goodman which is a proper serious book with all words and stuff.
Not to be confused with:
On Bended Knee: The Highland Brides, Book 3 by Tanya Hide
nor
On His Bended Knee: a Sweet Marriage of Convenience series (The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch Book 1) by Shanea Johnson
nor
On Bended Knee: A Montclair Christmas Novella (The Montclair Brothers Book 6) by Terri Marie
and especially not
On Bended Knee (Zebra Regency Romance) by Alice Holden, Kate Huntington & Laura Paquet
I mean, I didn't even know zebras could feel romantic but there you go.
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Apr 2022
5:45pm, 27 Apr 2022
19,783 posts
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Sharkie
Excellent, McGoo. They all look extraordinarily compelling.
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May 2022
6:38pm, 8 May 2022
51,326 posts
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McGoohan
Wilson? Wilson!
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May 2022
3:31pm, 13 May 2022
51,367 posts
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McGoohan
This book is in two parts, Part One - England and Part Two - Berlin
Here's a genuine extract from Part One
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May 2022
3:32pm, 13 May 2022
69,719 posts
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Diogenes
Minimal. The style is spare and enigmatic.
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May 2022
3:32pm, 13 May 2022
51,368 posts
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McGoohan
Part One
Having recently buried my father, my mother took us to see the headteacher. ‘What larks!’ she said, only in a bit of a German accent. ‘Catharsis,’ she said, as the rain ran down her face in lieu of tears, ‘It is a German word meaning Deeply Symbolic.’
‘Is it?’ I queried. ‘I don’t…’
‘Shh,’ she said, ‘my beautiful idiot genius hateful boy. Here comes Mr Fiddly now.’
‘I shall be your new father figure,’ said Mr Fiddly, the headteacher, while stroking my hair. ‘You stupid boy. Yet you need my support, you idiot genius.’ Then he too fell over, said ‘Oh, I’ve karked it as well’ and shuffled off his mortal coil.
‘We shall be best friends,’ his widow said brightly through her tears as she pushed his corpse under the sofa with a shapely heel.
‘Yes we shall,’ my mother stated, ‘and we shall come to your house for high tea.’
‘And we shall come to yours too and our children will be great friends as well,’ quoth the widow Fiddly.
‘Huzzah,’ my mother said, forgetting to be German again as my grandparents weren’t around to disapprove. ‘This is how real people speak, isn’t it?’ she added haltingly.
‘Indubitably,’ sayeth Mme Fiddly.
Then some boys kicked a symbolic rabbit to death and it was time for tea.
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May 2022
3:34pm, 13 May 2022
69,720 posts
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Diogenes
Sorry, I spoke to soon. I am genuinely amazed.
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May 2022
3:35pm, 13 May 2022
51,370 posts
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McGoohan
I'll just grab a section from Part Two as well. Bear with.
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May 2022
3:35pm, 13 May 2022
51,371 posts
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McGoohan
Part Two
‘I shall be your new father figure,’ Herr Poptart said.
‘Uh-oh,’ I said expecting him to spontaneously combust.
Frau Poptart was a beautifully ugly woman with the face of an angel and the hair of a demon. Or was it the other way around?
‘Stop asking the questions about the War,’ Herr Poptart demanded, ‘and take ze dog Goebbels for a walk.’
‘But shouldn’t we remember?’ I asked. ‘Or should we?’
Herr Poptart was blind in one eye and deaf in the other. But he heard my doubts with his good eye and tried to climb the Berlin Wall in revenge. ‘You British do not understand,’ he cried. ‘The beautiful German architecture of the Wall.’
Unfortunately the East German guards neglected to shoot him and sadly, the book continued.
‘Tomas, you are an idiot. A beautiful young old stupid brilliant idiot,’ Herr Poptart said. ‘You shall meet further members of your extended family who conveniently also stand in for certain post-war attitudes. Now go from us. We love you so much you must go henceforth. PS – your nan’s snuffed it.’
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May 2022
7:05pm, 13 May 2022
54,559 posts
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LindsD
*applauds*
Sorry everyone. I'm so disappointed
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