Bloody Santa.

"lm" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 20:40:56 -0000, "Dennis Here"
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lm wrote in message ...

"Dennis Here"

I am just about to read Freddie the book that contains all the answers
to
the above as well as the meaning of life, the universe and everything.
It is called "The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy, and the answer is
42.



A most excellent read, but not one I've ever heard anyone say their
parents read to them. Much better to make books like that easy for the
kid to discover on his own.

The BFG, now that's a great read-aloud books. Voices galore, and Roald
Dahl can't be beat.


I have read him most of the Dahl books already.
Anyway, I just spent most of the flight back from Italy entertaining not
just Freddie, but the adjacent passenger and the row to the front and
rear
of us with my rendition of Marvin the paranoid android.
I sort of lost my way a little during the Vogon poetry though ;-)

I am glad you know of no other parent reading this kind of stuff, it's
the
kind of reason my older boys tell me that I was totally unlike any other
fathers they new!
Besides, I let them discover things like Viz for themselves by leaving
mine
laying around.

LOL! My 9-y-o asks his stepdad every couple of weeks if he can
pleeeeeeeeease read Viz!

lm


Boy, and Viz has changed since its launch. At the moment I think I would
tend to keep it away from my kid (4.5). In the early days of Viz though I
did actually make a pilgrimage to the Trent House in Newcastle (the pub Viz
was always plugging). Can't tell you how good, someone else drove back. I
was 'tired'. Think that was '85 but I could be wrong. Always been a fan of
Hitchhikers Guide but a bit early for mine. Looking forward to introducing
her to the Moomins and the Narnia series which I loved so much.

Andrew

Andrew

lm wrote in message ...

Besides, I let them discover things like Viz for themselves by leaving
mine
laying around.

LOL! My 9-y-o asks his stepdad every couple of weeks if he can
pleeeeeeeeease read Viz!


It was harmless enough in the Johnny Fartpants days but it can be somewhat
OTT now. They seemed to run out of good new characterd and reverted to more
smut. Modern Parents always made me laugh as it reminded me of my first
wife!


Dennis