ktag
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Post by ktag on Nov 1, 2006 21:25:36 GMT -5
So I was rereading this one...
How exactly is it less dangerous after the Phantom was caught? He was never in Stoneybrook. The copycat burglar is still around, and apparently they're not going to bother looking for him?? Real logical.
The police didn't think it was the Phantom because he usually sticks to "millionaires." So...they have nothing worth stealing? That seems to put a damper on our theory that all of Stoneybrook is wealthy. Or maybe it just reinforces it that even serial burglars consider the earnings of lawyers and bankers chump change.
Mary Anne's burglar alarms weren't half bad considering this was pre-Home Alone.
Claudia and Stacey wear baggy jeans and bulky sweaters to the dance and try to talk Kristy out of a jumper and turtleneck? Huh? Since when did jeans become impressive to boys and why is Kristy insisting on wearing a dress? These first few books really are way different from the rest of the series.
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macca
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Post by macca on Nov 2, 2006 4:52:53 GMT -5
Yeah, that occurred to me as well. They weren't concerned about the Goldman's robbery after hearing it was a "copycat" crime. So copycat criminals aren't dangerous? Also, I hardly think the Phantom was the first and only burglar in Connecticut. Why the mass hysteria over the practically non-existant threat of him when there's probably countless others around? Most burglaries don't make the papers  I'll never get over Kristy blowing off the BSC meeting to hang out with the Shillabers in MA Saves the Day. |
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Post by liss31d on Nov 2, 2006 11:28:59 GMT -5
Yeah they are a lot different from the later series. Kristy even wears knee socks and a skirt to school a couple of times in the first book. Then she suddenly got a sporty, casual image later. Very odd how in this book, Stacey and Claudia wear jeans and bulky sweaters to a dance (I don't know, just seems a bit random to wear that to dance) and yet they criticise Kristy for wearing a dress  And even more amusing, in the series they criticise her for wearing jeans all the time. I don't see what's wrong with that, jeans are stylish  |
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Post by supernatural babe on Nov 3, 2006 17:02:56 GMT -5
I think it's for Richard to be worried over Mary Anne's welfare when a criminal/copy cat is on the loose... But why tell him?
Speaking of safety, whenever there are new clients why don't the parents check them out...what with the f'ed up world we live in, anything can happen.
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jen
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Post by jen on Nov 6, 2006 1:14:32 GMT -5
Speaking of safety, whenever there are new clients why don't the parents check them out...what with the f'ed up world we live in, anything can happen. There are two instances that I can think of where a parent/adult checks out a new client. Doesn't Mr Pike check out the (nuts, I forget their name - the new family) in Mallory and the Ghost Cat? And doesn't Charlie accompany Kristy to the door on her first job at the Hoyts in Stacey and the Mystery Money? |
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Post by sotypical42483 on Nov 6, 2006 12:20:31 GMT -5
^Yup you're right. Kristy/Mal act all embarrassed but they both acknowledge that having someone come along to meet the family is routine when they get a new client. I'm pretty sure there's tons of examples of them NOT doing that as well, though.
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lisa
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Post by lisa on Nov 10, 2006 4:28:28 GMT -5
Like the Lowells?
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Post by supernatural babe on Nov 10, 2006 13:09:11 GMT -5
Thanks Jen. I've never read Mallory and the Ghost Cat.
As for the Hoyts. What was Kristy doing there? Babysitting Terry- Stacey's boyfriend. I haven't read this in ages. Or did he have a younger sister?
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 10, 2006 13:23:40 GMT -5
She was babysitting his younger brother, if I'm not mistaken.
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Post by liss31d on Nov 11, 2006 8:05:13 GMT -5
Yeah his younger brother Georgie.
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wanderingfrog
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Post by wanderingfrog on Nov 11, 2006 13:40:24 GMT -5
So I was rereading this one... How exactly is it less dangerous after the Phantom was caught? He was never in Stoneybrook. The copycat burglar is still around, and apparently they're not going to bother looking for him?? Real logical. I can't believe I have never thought about that. I am an idiot. *headdesk* |
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Post by liss31d on Jun 12, 2007 12:07:34 GMT -5
Hahaha that bloody 'red ribbon' code ;D This book really has the 'old book' flavour... Mary Anne's dad being OMG strict, Kristy wearing dresses, MA's hair in plaits, Claudia and Stacey sitting with their 'cool' crowd, Janine speaking scarily textbookish (to an absurd level common in the old books), Stacey not being able to eat anything...
Ooh also an outdated moment... when only Stacey has a video recorder and they're excited about watching a film on it.. ah how time goes by..
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blossom114
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Post by blossom114 on Jun 12, 2007 12:52:21 GMT -5
^ or when Dawn in #4 has an OMG Vcr in her house...that always cracked me up...wow we're going way back
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msstock87
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Post by msstock87 on Jun 12, 2007 14:45:32 GMT -5
I loved this book when I was a kid. I always was amused by all the burglar traps Mary Anne set up!
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Post by aln1982 on Jun 12, 2007 16:34:05 GMT -5
^ Loved MA's trap. I used to make similar ones (just to "trick" my parents). Of course, I was five but .... ;D
I don't really care for this book but haven't read it for a while and might like it better next time I do. There are some funny parts that I remember.
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And even more amusing, in the series they criticise her for wearing jeans all the time. I don't see what's wrong with that, jeans are stylish 
