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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008...12:57 pm

The Pillow Book of Peter Costello

If offered, I will not buy; if given, I will not accept; if lent, I will not read.

9 Comments

Pavlov's Cat
September 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

Life’s too short. You could be using that time to vacuum out the cutlery drawers.*

* See Thirdcat
Mindy
September 16th, 2008 at 1:46 pm

The husbang thinks it would be interesting to read it. I shall have to stare at him in a disbelieving manner until he stops such nonsense.
Zarquon
September 16th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

You do realise that you’ll now be getting that book for your birthday. For years.
Zoe
September 16th, 2008 at 6:56 pm

Oh noes!!!! Although I almost certainly will get a copy from my parents, who buy all these books and pass them on to me. They bought two copies of the Latham Diaries (one for me) so we could gossip about it as soon as possible.
Meself
September 16th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

I have to admit to having flipped through Tip’s minimus opus. (30 valuable seconds of my life that will never be recovered)

Pete’s “The Magic Faraway Tree” is a right royal (or preferably republican) page turner and a quite acceptable stand-by if you run out of Cottonelle
harry
September 17th, 2008 at 10:31 am

Yeah, the excerpts from the paper show no insights, nothing to indicate any honest introspection.

So, since it’s not going to differ from the official line, why would you read it?
Zoe
September 17th, 2008 at 12:41 pm

I bet he doesn’t even call anyone a cunt.
harry
September 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

“I bet he doesn’t even call anyone a cunt.”

You mean something like:

“Chapter 3: John Howard.

Yes, I did actually think he was a cunt ALL ALONG, but my chronic lack of cajones meant… “
Bernice
September 17th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

It’s actually boring. Really really boring. And quite poorly written which surprised me given his ghost writer.

I so hope that Brendie called the spill to drown out Pete’s moments in the tepid light of day….