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dancingsue
 07 Feb 2010, 22:12 #81464 Reply To Post
Quote: Temperance, Sunday, 7 Feb 2010 21:10
At the risk of sounding like dear Martine's number one fan her publishers made the entire first chapter of The Mistress available everywhere leading up to the book coming out. I think it is safe to assume most of the half million or so who bought it knew exactly what they were getting.

Having broken two toes I'm not getting about much so I may well give it a whirl myself this week. Lol


Those little piggies should have stayed at home!

Hope you're up and about soon.
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Temperance
 07 Feb 2010, 22:29 #81465 Reply To Post
Thanks Sue and Pam. I'm getting quite good at hopping!
This post was last edited by Temperance, 07 Feb 2010, 22:30
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Athene
 07 Feb 2010, 22:42 #81469 Reply To Post
You have all my sympathy. I have broken and dislocated several toes in the last few years, and it is not a trivial injury!
Why is it that no one laughs about a broken finger, but there is something intrinsically funny about a broken toe? In a similar way, a gouty toe is a bit of a comic cliche - yet apparently there are few things more excruciating. Why are feet (and especially toes) funny, and fingers aren't?


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Temperance
 08 Feb 2010, 09:42 #81477 Reply To Post
Good question, Athene. I'm certainly getting more mockery than sympathy!

Perhaps it's because as body parts feet tend to be less attractive than hands, and toes are stubby little things where fingers can be elegantly tapered. Or perhaps it's because the accident causing broken toes is usually more 'amusing' than that of fingers.

You're right though; it's bloody painful!
Everyone has a price - mine is chocolate

Chocolate is important.
Nestat
 08 Feb 2010, 11:11 #81481 Reply To Post
Quote: Athene, Sunday, 7 Feb 2010 22:42
You have all my sympathy. I have broken and dislocated several toes in the last few years, and it is not a trivial injury!
Why is it that no one laughs about a broken finger, but there is something intrinsically funny about a broken toe? In a similar way, a gouty toe is a bit of a comic cliche - yet apparently there are few things more excruciating. Why are feet (and especially toes) funny, and fingers aren't?


Possibly because it's quite comical to see people hopping about when someone they stub their toe? I know that's painful too, but I certainly always feel that my foot is overreacting when it happens. It's the same with knees.

Why is the lower half of the body such a diva?
Writing for yourself is writing for others: "My book could very well end up being reconstituted as a trestle table in a home for battered women." - Alan Partridge
Keel
 08 Feb 2010, 11:29 #81482 Reply To Post
Temperance, quote: Perhaps it's because as body parts feet tend to be less attractive than hands, and toes are stubby little things...

Unless the little pinkies are popsicle. Mmmm. Anyone remember Popsicle Toes by Manhattan Transfer?
There’s a juniper tree in my garden, but I have an uncle in Kiev.
Temperance
 08 Feb 2010, 17:26 #81503 Reply To Post
Hey Keel, I may currently be infirm but I'm not old as well. Lol
Everyone has a price - mine is chocolate

Chocolate is important.
Keel
 08 Feb 2010, 18:16 #81506 Reply To Post
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle, Temp.
I must change my avatar.
There’s a juniper tree in my garden, but I have an uncle in Kiev.
Nestat
 08 Feb 2010, 23:24 #81521 Reply To Post
Quote: Keel, Monday, 8 Feb 2010 18:16
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle, Temp.
I must change my avatar.


I seem to recall some sort of advertisement campaign along those lines? "You know when you've been banjoed."

[edit] How about changing the avatar to Paul Whitehouse's old bugger instead?
This post was last edited by Nestat, 08 Feb 2010, 23:25
Writing for yourself is writing for others: "My book could very well end up being reconstituted as a trestle table in a home for battered women." - Alan Partridge
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