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Offline The Peepmaster

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Many lie over books 'to impress'
« on: December 11, 2008, 11:49:10 AM »
Just read this on the BBC website:

"Many lie over books 'to impress'

Could the right reading matter make all the difference?
Nearly half of all men and one-third of women have lied about what they have read to try to impress friends or potential partners, a survey suggests.
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I have to admit, I've always kept quiet about my Beau Peep books.
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

Offline Mince

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 11:53:47 AM »
I have to admit, I've always kept quiet about my Beau Peep books.

They always have been under-the-counter books.

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2008, 01:20:37 PM »
When I read the title of this thread, I thought someone had exposed the secret of Mince's bedroom seduction technique...






I apologise, in advance.

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2008, 01:26:58 PM »
Tarks, how long did that sketch take to draw?

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2008, 01:28:50 PM »
When I read the title of this thread, I thought someone had exposed the secret of Mince's bedroom seduction technique...








Surely Mince's 'bedroom seduction technique' is the largest bottle of Jack Daniel's he can find! - expecially if he still wears Y-fronts!!

Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2008, 01:50:14 PM »
When I read the title of this thread, I thought someone had exposed the secret of Mince's bedroom seduction technique...



Surely Mince's 'bedroom seduction technique' is the largest bottle of Jack Daniel's he can find! - expecially if he still wears Y-fronts!!

You'd have to be a pretty dumb woman to be taken in by a bottle of booze down the Y-fronts! (I'd heard it was a miniature).
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2008, 03:22:05 PM »
Tarks, how long did that sketch take to draw?

In hours? About at least a tenth of one.
I apologise, in advance.

Offline Mince

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2008, 04:12:21 PM »
So, at say ?20 per hour, that's about ?2 for that drawing.

I might commission you for some drawings.

Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2008, 04:17:59 PM »
It's a great drawing, Tarks. It only shows small on my computer, until I click on it. At first I thought it was something floating, like a magnificent whale, or maybe a basking shark. Then I saw it was Mince. Mind you, a drifting speck of plankton wasn't that far away.
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2008, 04:19:22 PM »
So, at say ?20 per hour, that's about ?2 for that drawing.

I might commission you for some drawings.


You couldn't afford him, Mince. Even Sam sometimes has trouble coming up with the money.
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2008, 04:31:40 PM »
Okay, let's not get carried away here, chaps. It's certainly not a great drawing, Peepsie, just a very quick doodle. Mincey, I don't draw doodles professionally, so if you're after something cheap and quick, you'll have to go to your usual supplier.

Twenty quid an hour? My food-taster charges twice that.
I apologise, in advance.

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2008, 04:34:13 PM »
Okay, let's not get carried away here, chaps. It's certainly not a great drawing, Peepsie, just a very quick doodle. Mincey, I don't draw doodles professionally, so if you're after something cheap and quick, you'll have to go to your usual supplier.

Twenty quid an hour? My food-taster charges twice that.

I like the way you've already stuck pins in it.
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2008, 05:06:18 PM »
I think you are very talented TTIII
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

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Re: Many lie over books 'to impress'
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2008, 06:49:21 PM »
Mincey, I don't draw doodles professionally, so if you're after something cheap and quick, you'll have to go to your usual supplier.

Peepmaster said no. I thought it might be your kind of thing.