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  • jayne lee wilson
    Banned
    • Jul 2011
    • 10711

    Tell me about your childhood...

    Okay, now I've got your attention...

    Joyce had "My Brother's Keeper", for the great Titchmarsh it was "Trowel and Error"...

    ...what would your autobiography be called? I'm only asking you to sum up your whole life in a few choice & witty words.... no pressure!

    Me? "More by Luck..." perhaps with an appendix of essays entitled, "Vexations"...
    (look, it's still at the editing stage OK?)

    If you've already published one, imagine volume 2...
    Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 01-06-12, 03:29.
  • Northender

    #2
    It would be called 'The Rain Goes Down The Rivers', because that's what it does in these parts.

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    • Beef Oven

      #3
      Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
      Okay, now I've got your attention...

      Joyce had "My Brother's Keeper", for the great Titchmarsh it was "Trowel and Error"...

      ...what would your autobiography be called? I'm only asking you to sum up your whole life in a few choice & witty words.... no pressure!

      Me? "More by Luck..." perhaps with an appendix of essays entitled, "Vexations"...
      (look, it's still at the editing stage OK?)

      If you've already published one, imagine volume 2...
      Mine would be 'Can I start again please?'

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      • teamsaint
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 25177

        #4
        Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post
        Mine would be 'Can I start again please?'
        Mine has been planned for some time........its an antidote to Alan Sugar style " I am brilliant" type stuff !

        "Great Career Moves I have made " is the working title. Simply, I will also ask people I Know to contribute a chapter if they too have poorly though out, ill advised, unlucky or just plain daft career move they wish to lay before the public.
        So PM me....I know a publisher or two........ !!!
        ( you could pen something over the BH weekend) !
        I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

        I am not a number, I am a free man.

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        • Panjandrum

          #5
          Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
          Mine has been planned for some time........its an antidote to Alan Sugar style " I am brilliant" type stuff !

          "Great Career Moves I have made " is the working title. Simply, I will also ask people I Know to contribute a chapter if they too have poorly though out, ill advised, unlucky or just plain daft career move they wish to lay before the public.
          So PM me....I know a publisher or two........ !!!
          ( you could pen something over the BH weekend) !
          I thought you'dhave gone for "Saints and Sinners" ts.

          Mine would have to be "Pan's People", or "Whining and Women".

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          • scottycelt

            #6
            Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post
            Mine would be 'Can I start again please?'
            Mine too, Beefy ... I once asked a group of people at work (so I hadn't been drinking!) what would they have changed in their lives if they were given a second chance.

            It was surprising how many said .. 'I wouldn't change a thing' ... lucky them!

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            • Beef Oven

              #7
              Originally posted by scottycelt View Post
              Mine too, Beefy ... I once asked a group of people at work (so I hadn't been drinking!) what would they have changed in their lives if they were given a second chance.

              It was surprising how many said .. 'I wouldn't change a thing' ... lucky them!
              People just don't realise how much they give away about themselves with the proverbial 'I wouldn't change a thing' response

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              • Pianorak
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 3124

                #8
                Plane Bastard should cover it, although More By Luck would also be apposite.
                My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)

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                • amateur51

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post
                  People just don't realise how much they give away about themselves with the proverbial 'I wouldn't change a thing' response
                  Meaning what exactly, Beefy?

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                  • Beef Oven

                    #10
                    Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                    Meaning what exactly, Beefy?
                    I don't know, I just said it. I feel silly now

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                    • aka Calum Da Jazbo
                      Late member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 9173

                      #11


                      "Not born in Leeds ...."
                      According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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                      • amateur51

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post
                        I don't know, I just said it. I feel silly now
                        that's two of us then

                        Can I filch that for my title, Beefy?

                        "I Feel Silly Now"

                        "It Seemed Like A Good Idea"

                        "Easily Pleased:



                        "Butter Side Up"
                        Last edited by Guest; 01-06-12, 10:29. Reason: additions

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                        • robk
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 167

                          #13
                          I might go for Struggle & serendipity

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                          • Lateralthinking1

                            #14
                            A Cog in Something Turning

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                            • Beef Oven

                              #15
                              Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                              that's two of us then

                              Can I filch that for my title, Beefy?

                              "I Feel Silly Now"

                              "It Seemed Like A Good Idea"

                              "Easily Pleased:



                              "Butter Side Up"


                              Yes, and I really like 'Easily Pleased'! Short, sharp, witty - I bet it'd go down well with publishers!!

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