What books are you reading?

[cranioscopical]

The comment started out as a play on "vast web of connections."

-MilesAhead (April 18, 2017, 03:37 PM)

Yeah, I got that. Now that you say so, I think I spied a pun in there somewhere.

-cranioscopical (April 18, 2017, 09:32 PM)

Are we really going down the wire with this? 

-Shades (April 19, 2017, 01:26 AM)

Wire you saying that Shades?   

-MilesAhead (April 19, 2017, 07:04 AM)

I'm surprised you couldn't gauge his intent.

-cranioscopical (April 19, 2017, 01:30 PM)

Ah well, mystery is the splice of life.

-MilesAhead (April 19, 2017, 01:37 PM)

knot funny...

-Target (April 19, 2017, 05:55 PM)

What can I say?  Cranioscopical and I are a twisted pair. 

-MilesAhead (April 19, 2017, 06:28 PM)

clearly we need better shielding

-Target (April 19, 2017, 07:42 PM)

Down to earth, as ever.
 

-cranioscopical (April 19, 2017, 09:58 PM)

just lightning the tone

-Target (April 19, 2017, 10:12 PM)

Just the spark needed to start off the day!

-MilesAhead (April 20, 2017, 07:03 AM)

just so long as you guys don't start flashing us

-Target (April 20, 2017, 06:42 PM)

No, no, no! One always must protect the crown joules.

-cranioscopical (April 20, 2017, 07:03 PM)

I can always rely on you to keep current on these threads.

-MilesAhead (April 21, 2017, 09:03 AM)

It's a struggle to keep in step but I discovered that there's no pace like ohm.

-cranioscopical (April 21, 2017, 04:28 PM)

I erg you to resist making these puns.  But obviously I ignore my own advice.

-MilesAhead (April 21, 2017, 08:43 PM)

Say watt?
 

[MilesAhead]

The comment started out as a play on "vast web of connections."

-MilesAhead (April 18, 2017, 03:37 PM)

Yeah, I got that. Now that you say so, I think I spied a pun in there somewhere.

-cranioscopical (April 18, 2017, 09:32 PM)

Are we really going down the wire with this? 

-Shades (April 19, 2017, 01:26 AM)

Wire you saying that Shades?   

-MilesAhead (April 19, 2017, 07:04 AM)

I'm surprised you couldn't gauge his intent.

-cranioscopical (April 19, 2017, 01:30 PM)

Ah well, mystery is the splice of life.

-MilesAhead (April 19, 2017, 01:37 PM)

knot funny...

-Target (April 19, 2017, 05:55 PM)

What can I say?  Cranioscopical and I are a twisted pair. 

-MilesAhead (April 19, 2017, 06:28 PM)

clearly we need better shielding

-Target (April 19, 2017, 07:42 PM)

Down to earth, as ever.
 

-cranioscopical (April 19, 2017, 09:58 PM)

just lightning the tone

-Target (April 19, 2017, 10:12 PM)

Just the spark needed to start off the day!

-MilesAhead (April 20, 2017, 07:03 AM)

just so long as you guys don't start flashing us

-Target (April 20, 2017, 06:42 PM)

No, no, no! One always must protect the crown joules.

-cranioscopical (April 20, 2017, 07:03 PM)

I can always rely on you to keep current on these threads.

-MilesAhead (April 21, 2017, 09:03 AM)

It's a struggle to keep in step but I discovered that there's no pace like ohm.

-cranioscopical (April 21, 2017, 04:28 PM)

I erg you to resist making these puns.  But obviously I ignore my own advice.

-MilesAhead (April 21, 2017, 08:43 PM)

Say watt?
 

-cranioscopical (April 21, 2017, 09:56 PM)

As William Bendix said in every episode of The Life of Reilly
"what a revolting development this is!"

[cranioscopical]

The comment started out as a play on "vast web of connections."
 
Yeah, I got that. Now that you say so, I think I spied a pun in there somewhere.

Are we really going down the wire with this? 
 
Wire you saying that Shades?   
 
I'm surprised you couldn't gauge his intent.
 
Ah well, mystery is the splice of life.

knot funny...
 
What can I say?  Cranioscopical and I are a twisted pair. 

clearly we need better shielding

Down to earth, as ever.
 
just lightning the tone

Just the spark needed to start off the day!



just so long as you guys don't start flashing us

No, no, no! One always must protect the crown joules.

I can always rely on you to keep current on these threads.
 
It's a struggle to keep in step but I discovered that there's no pace like ohm.

I erg you to resist making these puns.  But obviously I ignore my own advice.
 
Say watt?

(Somebody had to shorten it... or buy me a better magnifying glass.)

As William Bendix said in every episode of The Life of Reilly
"what a revolting development this is!"

-MilesAhead (April 24, 2017, 07:27 AM)

Guilty as charged.

-MilesAhead (April 24, 2017, 07:27 AM)

[IainB]

The law says that one cannot be charged if one does not possess the necessary capacity.

[MilesAhead]

The law says that one cannot be charged if one does not possess the necessary capacity.

-IainB (April 24, 2017, 10:18 PM)

Hmm, I wonder if a "trans-sister" is someone who starts out like Bruce Jenner but ends up like Caitlyn?

[cranioscopical]

The law says that one cannot be charged if one does not possess the necessary capacity.

-IainB (April 24, 2017, 10:18 PM)

Hmm, I wonder if a "trans-sister" is someone who starts out like Bruce Jenner but ends up like Caitlyn?

-MilesAhead (April 25, 2017, 10:28 AM)

Perhaps, in the case of a bipolar junction trans-sister.

[MilesAhead]

The law says that one cannot be charged if one does not possess the necessary capacity.

-IainB (April 24, 2017, 10:18 PM)

Hmm, I wonder if a "trans-sister" is someone who starts out like Bruce Jenner but ends up like Caitlyn?

-MilesAhead (April 25, 2017, 10:28 AM)

Perhaps, in the case of a bipolar junction trans-sister.

-cranioscopical (April 25, 2017, 05:56 PM)

I heard the porn industry, innovators that they are, were the first to demonstrate the "feel effect trans-sister." 

[wraith808]

Not to be a spoilsport, but this has gone on for several pages, and this is a thread I keep track of to see new books.  Should I just stop keeping track of it?  Or can we perhaps take the puns to a different thread?

[cranioscopical]

Not to be a spoilsport, but this has gone on for several pages, and this is a thread I keep track of to see new books.  Should I just stop keeping track of it?  Or can we perhaps take the puns to a different thread?

-wraith808 (April 26, 2017, 08:24 AM)

Ever the diplomat, and you're quite right, sorry!
 

[Curt]

when all is said

The comment started out as a play on "vast web of connections."
/quote
Yeah, I got that. Now that you say so, I think I spied a pun in there somewhere.
/quote
Are we really going down the wire with this? 
/quote
Wire you saying that Shades?   
/quote
I'm surprised you couldn't gauge his intent.
/quote
Ah well, mystery is the splice of life.
/quote
knot funny...
/quote
What can I say?  Cranioscopical and I are a twisted pair. 
/quote
clearly we need better shielding
/quote
Down to earth, as ever.
/quote
just lightning the tone
/quote
Just the spark needed to start off the day!
/quote
just so long as you guys don't start flashing us
/quote
No, no, no! One always must protect the crown joules.
/quote
I can always rely on you to keep current on these threads.
/quote
It's a struggle to keep in step but I discovered that there's no pace like ohm.
/quote
I erg you to resist making these puns.  But obviously I ignore my own advice.
/quote
Say watt?
/quote
As William Bendix said in every episode of The Life of Reilly
"what a revolting development this is!"

-MilesAhead (April 24, 2017, 07:27 AM)

, the only way is the excess way 

[Zachariasz]

I'm reading Hawking's "Brief history of time". Physics for dummies)

[panzer]

Dumped:

[panzer]

[IainB]

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped", but when he referred to "Flashman" (by George MacDonald Fraser) I would have to say that I found the Flashman books that I read in the series to be very witty and amusing - I recall that I read Flashman first, and later The Flashman Papers.
There is an interesting Guardian obituary for George MacDonald Fraser, who died aged 82 in 2008.
Wikipedia have a useful entry about the Flashman novel.

The Flashman books might not be so easy to understand or appreciate by those who do not have a reasonable knowledge of English literature or of the history of British-Indian colonisation.

[exjoburger]

Taking a break from some of the books I'm plodding through on my Kindle (Columbine by Dave Cullen, Steve Jobs by
Walter Isaacson), A book I'm currently reading is:

Persuader by Lee Child (A Jack Reacher novel) 

I haven't seen any of the Tom Cruise movies, but the description of Jack Reacher has him at six foot five or so - and I keep on thinking how much bigger taller and tougher the guy in the novel is in comparison to the actor.

[wraith808]

Taking a break from some of the books I'm plodding through on my Kindle (Columbine by Dave Cullen, Steve Jobs by
Walter Isaacson), A book I'm currently reading is:

Persuader by Lee Child (A Jack Reacher novel) 

I haven't seen any of the Tom Cruise movies, but the description of Jack Reacher has him at six foot five or so - and I keep on thinking how much bigger taller and tougher the guy in the novel is in comparison to the actor.

-exjoburger (June 06, 2017, 01:05 PM)

I don't view the actors in the movies as anything according to the descriptions in the novels.  Lestat is also not described in a way that would make one think "Tom Cruise", but he was excellent in the role.  I find that those who look at the novels in the same manner as the movie/TV series end up being disappointed by what is truthfully in my opinion the most superficial thing about the descriptions.

[MilesAhead]

Taking a break from some of the books I'm plodding through on my Kindle (Columbine by Dave Cullen, Steve Jobs by
Walter Isaacson), A book I'm currently reading is:

Persuader by Lee Child (A Jack Reacher novel) 

I haven't seen any of the Tom Cruise movies, but the description of Jack Reacher has him at six foot five or so - and I keep on thinking how much bigger taller and tougher the guy in the novel is in comparison to the actor.

-exjoburger (June 06, 2017, 01:05 PM)

I feel the same way about Daniel Craig in the Bond films.  At least Sean Connery was a physical match for the character.  Roger Moore was probably too much of a sophisticate.  But even so he had some size to him.  You could believe he would win a lot of the fights.  Craig needs to carry a machine pistol to a fist fight to stand a chance. 

[exjoburger]

Taking a break from some of the books I'm plodding through on my Kindle (Columbine by Dave Cullen, Steve Jobs by
Walter Isaacson), A book I'm currently reading is:

Persuader by Lee Child (A Jack Reacher novel) 

I haven't seen any of the Tom Cruise movies, but the description of Jack Reacher has him at six foot five or so - and I keep on thinking how much bigger taller and tougher the guy in the novel is in comparison to the actor.

-exjoburger (June 06, 2017, 01:05 PM)

I don't view the actors in the movies as anything according to the descriptions in the novels.  Lestat is also not described in a way that would make one think "Tom Cruise", but he was excellent in the role.  I find that those who look at the novels in the same manner as the movie/TV series end up being disappointed by what is truthfully in my opinion the most superficial thing about the descriptions.

-wraith808 (June 06, 2017, 01:27 PM)

I just find it amusing while I'm reading the author's description. It wouldn't stop me from enjoying a movie with Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher.

MilesAhead - I actually never realized Daniel Craig was not "tall/tough". I actually enjoyed his portrayal as Bond, I thought he was one of the better Bonds, excluding Sean Connery of course.

[wraith808]

Taking a break from some of the books I'm plodding through on my Kindle (Columbine by Dave Cullen, Steve Jobs by
Walter Isaacson), A book I'm currently reading is:

Persuader by Lee Child (A Jack Reacher novel) 

I haven't seen any of the Tom Cruise movies, but the description of Jack Reacher has him at six foot five or so - and I keep on thinking how much bigger taller and tougher the guy in the novel is in comparison to the actor.

-exjoburger (June 06, 2017, 01:05 PM)

I feel the same way about Daniel Craig in the Bond films.  At least Sean Connery was a physical match for the character.  Roger Moore was probably too much of a sophisticate.  But even so he had some size to him.  You could believe he would win a lot of the fights.  Craig needs to carry a machine pistol to a fist fight to stand a chance. 

-MilesAhead (June 06, 2017, 01:29 PM)

You think so?  With that fight in Casino Royale?  One of the most brutal hand to hand scenes in any Bond movie, IMO.

[panzer]

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"

-IainB (June 06, 2017, 08:11 AM)

Dumped -  not finished.

[wraith808]

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"

-IainB (June 06, 2017, 08:11 AM)

Dumped -  not finished.

-panzer (June 06, 2017, 02:44 PM)

I have a hard time doing that with a book.  Currently, I'm reading the Magicians by Lev Grossman, and the TV show is actually better IMO... the book is rather a slog.  But I'm still trying.

[panzer]

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"

-IainB (June 06, 2017, 08:11 AM)

Dumped -  not finished.

-panzer (June 06, 2017, 02:44 PM)

I have a hard time doing that with a book.  Currently, I'm reading the Magicians by Lev Grossman, and the TV show is actually better IMO... the book is rather a slog.  But I'm still trying.

-wraith808 (June 06, 2017, 02:53 PM)

I have 900+ books on the list so if I don't like a partiicular book, I just stop reading it and start reading another one. I mean, why bother?

[MilesAhead]

MilesAhead - I actually never realized Daniel Craig was not "tall/tough". I actually enjoyed his portrayal as Bond, I thought he was one of the better Bonds, excluding Sean Connery of course.

-exjoburger (June 06, 2017, 01:51 PM)

Wow!  This is weird.  I remembered a quote from the guy who played the "wire in the watch" killer "Grant" in From Russia With Love that Connery was so much bigger that he had to stand on a box to film the fight scenes.  When I just visited IMDB it has Robert Shaw from The Sting and Jaws as Grant.  I guess I didn't recognize him because he had blond hair in From Russia With Love.  When I was a teenager I must have watched that film a dozen times.  I never made the connection to Robert Shaw when I saw his other films.

[wraith808]

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"

-IainB (June 06, 2017, 08:11 AM)

Dumped -  not finished.

-panzer (June 06, 2017, 02:44 PM)

I have a hard time doing that with a book.  Currently, I'm reading the Magicians by Lev Grossman, and the TV show is actually better IMO... the book is rather a slog.  But I'm still trying.

-wraith808 (June 06, 2017, 02:53 PM)

I have 900+ books on the list so if I don't like a partiicular book, I just stop reading it and start reading another one. I mean, why bother?

-panzer (June 07, 2017, 04:03 AM)

It might get better... I've had that happen before.

[panzer]

That's true sometimes.