lilafowler
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Post by lilafowler on Dec 2, 2007 21:23:07 GMT -5
Oh, alula, you are a woman after my own heart. I had the same reactions to Ann's stolen horticulture paper and Fred being stoned.
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wanderingfrog
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Post by wanderingfrog on Dec 2, 2007 21:39:33 GMT -5
I don't even remember the part about Fred Flintstone being stoned by a visitor... how could I possibly forget something like that?
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Post by greer on Dec 4, 2007 18:27:20 GMT -5
i read it today and it is hilarious. i have already blogged about it, although i did not do as a good or thorough job as alula.
i would, however, like to share my favorite quote. it is from paula danziger:
this is exactly how i imagine being friends with ann would be like.
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lilafowler
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Post by lilafowler on Dec 4, 2007 22:10:04 GMT -5
Can you imagine calling Ann when you're having problems with clothing choices? "You should definitely wear a tie-dyed dress over purple jeans and green ankle boots...What do you mean, you don't have a pair of earrings consisting of a shoe and a sock?"
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Penny Lane
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Post by Penny Lane on Dec 4, 2007 22:16:30 GMT -5
^ You have no idea how funny I found this. I literally rolled on the ground laughing. My mom came in and had to ask us what was so funny!
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Post by greer on Dec 5, 2007 20:14:00 GMT -5
hahaha ann admits in this book that she too has a love for ridiculous earrings. actually, looking at photos i've seen of paula... she dressed like a total claudia. but she was awesome so she pulled it off nicely
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lilafowler
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Post by lilafowler on Dec 6, 2007 0:08:33 GMT -5
I floved Paula. She died the summer after I graduated high school, during my senior trip. My friends and I were totally depressed when we read about it in a London newspaper.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2007 17:00:01 GMT -5
Yeah I totally read Paula Danziger books because they were always listed in the back of BSC books!
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Post by booboobrewer on Dec 6, 2007 23:42:49 GMT -5
I was just skimming the chapter that mentions Paula, and forgot about the part that talks about how they bought a bank shaped like a head, named him Bob, and Ann put makeup on him. Oh, those crazy kids.
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alula
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Post by alula on Dec 7, 2007 3:04:28 GMT -5
^And then she 'kidnapped' him and sent ransom notes! Like the bagful of pennies that said "Bob threw up!"
Also, that chapter features this quote which I find sort of mystifying:
What does that even mean? Boats and planes? She doesn't want a yacht? She doesn't like travel? I just find those to be real odd symbols of what rich people buy. Seriously, that Margot Becker R. lady is just weird.
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lilafowler
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Post by lilafowler on Dec 7, 2007 12:40:39 GMT -5
"Bob threw up" is actually kind of funny. I may or may not have loled remembering it.
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Post by greer on Dec 8, 2007 20:59:36 GMT -5
i guess it meant that ann wasn't into the trappings of the super-rich lifestyle. haha margot becker r was sucking up so hard. like when she said that the thing that excited ann the most about getting rich was giving it away. which is a nice thought and all, but... not quite so believeable. ann must have liked her nice big new york country house.
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blossom114
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Post by blossom114 on Apr 28, 2008 12:43:26 GMT -5
Okay i'm reviving this thread. I haven't read this book in years... i'm two paragraphs in and came across this gem...
Um... I'm sure that even today, Usually (most cases, not all) wives still take their husband's last name...and when was this written? geez. *headdesk*
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wanderingfrog
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Post by wanderingfrog on Apr 28, 2008 19:07:10 GMT -5
Um... I'm sure that even today, Usually (most cases, not all) wives still take their husband's last name... Not most women I know.
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Post by greer on Apr 29, 2008 1:32:13 GMT -5
^i think it depends where you live and how traditional the people in your area tend to be.
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