Comments on: Hey! You down there! Grab this meme! http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/ the writing life with extra crunchy bits Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 Anonymous Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=435#comment-2185 I know. I just had to apologize to www.isoglossia.com for tagging him too. I'm not usually a meme-machine either... but hey, free post right? And you did nicely with it, so... I know. I just had to apologize to http://www.isoglossia.com for tagging him too. I’m not usually a meme-machine either… but hey, free post right? And you did nicely with it, so…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-2181 Anonymous Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=435#comment-2181 "I thought Patrick Venables might be able to find out." She lowered the tube and looked at me, smothering excitement and saying, "They're the first concrete peice of evidence that anything's going on." I picked up the packet of sandwiches and showed her the labels.<br/><br/>- Dick Francis, "Driving Force" “I thought Patrick Venables might be able to find out.” She lowered the tube and looked at me, smothering excitement and saying, “They’re the first concrete peice of evidence that anything’s going on.” I picked up the packet of sandwiches and showed her the labels.

- Dick Francis, “Driving Force”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-2170 Anonymous Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:19:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=435#comment-2170 "The road to the right leads west toward Naples."<br/><br/>A generous Orthodoxy by Brian Mc Laren<br/><br/>Huh? Well, I can see it as a starter to write a short story. “The road to the right leads west toward Naples.”

A generous Orthodoxy by Brian Mc Laren

Huh? Well, I can see it as a starter to write a short story.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Anonymous Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=435#comment-2168 Great idea. I'm going to use it for my Monday meme next week.<br/><br/>Meh-boo-hiss? We need a .wav file to go with that! Great idea. I’m going to use it for my Monday meme next week.

Meh-boo-hiss? We need a .wav file to go with that!

]]> By: Richard http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Richard Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=435#comment-2167 Mediaeval Arabs had a practical interest in lions which were by no means uncommon in the deserts and along the rivers. The great mediaeval essayist, Al-Harriri, writes of "THE lion" when it appears in his stories because it was simply the lion the traveller was dreading to meet anyway. But Arabic is short of words for flowers because gardening, for the obvious reason that water is scarce, has not been a popular interest.<br/><br/>Arabs, Mark Allen, Continuum , Lonodn 2006 Mediaeval Arabs had a practical interest in lions which were by no means uncommon in the deserts and along the rivers. The great mediaeval essayist, Al-Harriri, writes of “THE lion” when it appears in his stories because it was simply the lion the traveller was dreading to meet anyway. But Arabic is short of words for flowers because gardening, for the obvious reason that water is scarce, has not been a popular interest.

Arabs, Mark Allen, Continuum , Lonodn 2006

]]> By: krista http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 krista Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=435#comment-2165 soothe any possible blogging blahs- i'm tagging you with a cheap out meme. come see me for details. soothe any possible blogging blahs- i’m tagging you with a cheap out meme. come see me for details.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Anonymous Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:55:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=435#comment-2163 I propped myself up on an elbow and rubbed my eyes. Jenny was lying on her side, knees pulled to her chest. "The baby what?"<br/><br/>from Marley and Me by John Grogan. <br/><br/>Ok, (laughing) what's the point of this meme? I propped myself up on an elbow and rubbed my eyes. Jenny was lying on her side, knees pulled to her chest. “The baby what?”

from Marley and Me by John Grogan.

Ok, (laughing) what’s the point of this meme?

]]> By: Custancia http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/12/14/hey-you-down-there-grab-this-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 Custancia Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:10:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=435#comment-2162 I just tried it. My nearest book is a weighty tome " Law for Social Worker" -at least you can tell I work in my study! But all page 123 says is Part II Using the legal system... so no sentences at all. <br/><br/>Your reading material sounds much more interesting than mine! I just tried it. My nearest book is a weighty tome ” Law for Social Worker” -at least you can tell I work in my study! But all page 123 says is Part II Using the legal system… so no sentences at all.

Your reading material sounds much more interesting than mine!

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