tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post5866278166665698719..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: “Cooking with Pooh” and other intriguing book titlesScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-26762760753984328572011-10-16T14:48:05.123+01:002011-10-16T14:48:05.123+01:00Given the prevailing antipathy for “posh” people, ...Given the prevailing antipathy for “posh” people, I’d imagine anyone wanting to read “Lesser Known Aspects of Etruscan Pottery” in public nowadays would be safer hiding it inside a copy of Fiesta (or whatever it’s modern equivalent is). <br /><br />I don’t want to embarrass you, but I have an abiding memory of your father as one of the most charming Old School English gentlemen it has ever been my pleasure to meet.<br />Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 10:08 PMScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-49045706972507932522011-10-16T14:47:53.825+01:002011-10-16T14:47:53.825+01:00We used to have a family game to come up with the ...We used to have a family game to come up with the dullest book title of all time. I won once with "A short history of the cardboard box". My father never saw the point of the game, as all books fascinated him. <br /><br />He once found himself on a train opposite a respectable looking chap reading a book entitled "Lesser known Aspects of Etruscan Pottery" and attempted to engage him in conversation about a shared enthusiasm. He was disappointed to find that his fellow traveller was not the expert he supposed, a discovery explained when a magazine called Fiesta fell out of the book's covers as the chap got up to go to the loo. <br /><br />My father's reaction was to wonder why any one would find the magazine more interesting than the book. I suspect he would have been on the Amazon web page looking for at least four of your titles by now. Great post, Scott.<br />Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 08:35 PMEX-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-63481457939853082782011-10-16T14:47:35.756+01:002011-10-16T14:47:35.756+01:00Glorious.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 05:17 PMGlorious.<br />Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 05:17 PMSDGnoreply@blogger.com