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If you can see their bare legs, they are smarter

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i .Does this work?
ii. Who is the Enid Blyton of now and can we ~~eat~~ stand her?

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

What about Uncle Quentin? Long pants, no?

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I think that proves the point. Timmy, having completely bare legs was the smartest (and having four legs). Fattie in the four investigators had chubby bare legs and was the smartest.

Not sure if it works in more of the fantastical ones to be fair. I always though Moon-face was the brains in the faraway tree.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Ok then, fine. MR MEDDLE was always to be seen in pantaloons

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Hence the muddles.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

He was some kind of radical thinker, surely

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

By jimminy I think you've cracked it! Wasn't Silky the kinda clever one in The Magic Faraway Tree? She had no trousers at all...

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually I think you're right. Moon-face was always getting carried away in the Land Of Birthdays and ending up stuck in the Land Of Spanks (hmm - though I often thought that he did this on purpose, much like befriend and boy called Dick) and it was often up to Silky to stage daring rescue plans.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

haha "Stuck in the Land of Spanks" = title of the year (for something)

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

life in the magic faraway tree/enchanted wood books =
my life when i took e for the first time.

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 16 April 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

the land of take-what-you-want =
napster/soulseek/audiogalaxy.

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 16 April 2003 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"What is that in Peter's pocket? Oh, it's a torch!"

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Fattie in the four investigators

Ptee you are confused. They were called the Five Find-Outers (but they were very similar to the Three Investigators - ie they both had a fat boy who liked to dress up)

He does have bare legs, too...

― Sam (chirombo), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I have always been very concerned that Enid Blyton had a hidden sexual agenda. I mean, come on, the magic faraway tree has Dick, Fanny, Silky and Moonface. And don't even get me started on The Adventures of Mr Pinkwhistle, which also has a Dame Flap and a Dame Spank along with the quite ludicrously named Title character.

― Wouldn't you like to know (Amused), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I have always been concerned about people who think Enid Blytons sexual agenda is hidden. Pshaw. (See above for reasons).

By making children comfortable with safe middle-class euphemisims for knob, twat and other sexual acts she perpetuated the titter-ye-not school of British sexuality for another generation. What other country would have scenes of gobbling at midnight in an all girls school and assume it was just a harmless case of eating cucumber sandwiches downstairs and guzzling ginger pop under the covers.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

what's rude about moonface ?

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 16 April 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Moon = revealing ones arsecheeks to the world,
Moonface = Face that looks like one is revealing ones arsecheeked face to the world.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The Harry Potter author may be the Enid Blyton of today. I like her much better than Enid Blyton, but that is because I am a child of today. Or am I being unfair? after all her kids are getting older, have crushes on each other, etc.

― isadora (isadora), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

It's like real life: I have no trousers on as I type this, and feel dead clever.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Titty sets out her stall early on by beginning 'Swallows and Amazons' by waving her bare legs about in the air while her top half is submerged in the swirling river. You can't get more intelligent than Titty, can you.

Yes, I am wearing two pairs of trousers, one of which is waterproof.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 17 April 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

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