tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post3803805850571375941..comments2024-02-14T00:17:25.637-08:00Comments on Nappy Valley Housewife: Reading Lolita on the London BusNAPPY VALLEY HOUSEWIFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13349899841604929969noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-50868169204694524542010-04-28T06:57:45.479-07:002010-04-28T06:57:45.479-07:00I've just come across you. I like your blog! T...I've just come across you. I like your blog! Think I'll follow you for a while if that's ok? And I'm sure old tweedy would have plenty to say about Orwell!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448831402553298056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-50128138823915212062010-04-28T03:53:34.502-07:002010-04-28T03:53:34.502-07:00I think that guy had a cheek - who did he think he...I think that guy had a cheek - who did he think he was speaking to you like that? Isn't it a free country? Aren't we allowed to read what we like, where we like, sitting next to whom we like? Hmmm, obviously not to some people.<br /><br />CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-19477388866489162552010-04-26T09:02:30.063-07:002010-04-26T09:02:30.063-07:00I used to love my bus ride to work because I could...I used to love my bus ride to work because I could get so much reading in. I once read 'Naked Lunch' by William Burroughs on the bus and I must admit there were some parts when I held the book so the person next to me couldn't read over my shoulder!<br /><br />Now I walk to work so the iPod has taken over<br /><br />I've tagged you in a meme over at my blog: http://wp.me/pPXos-j. Please check it out and have a go if you haven't already done this one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-2652483433503765662010-04-24T13:39:49.493-07:002010-04-24T13:39:49.493-07:00I'd have been just the same. Wouldn't have...I'd have been just the same. Wouldn't have said 'leave me in peace to read' but maybe he was up for a rhetorical debate? I suppose at least he was well read! Wonder what he'd have said if you were reading Lady Chatterly's Lover. <br />Impressed at your reading marathon. Sounds like my degree syllabus.<br />I can't read on buses or cars. It's such a precious waste of good reading time.alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338687691871813019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-23143119084528940192010-04-22T10:34:18.255-07:002010-04-22T10:34:18.255-07:00suester--sadly, I had no clever retort! What a bu...suester--sadly, I had no clever retort! What a bummer.Nappy Valley Housewifehttp://nappyvalleyhousewife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-4004418292338940742010-04-22T07:35:42.801-07:002010-04-22T07:35:42.801-07:00Very funny that he chose to sit with you and rant....Very funny that he chose to sit with you and rant. I too avoid confrontation at all costs. It surprised me that you did not have a quick comeback because that is where you and i are different. I usually think of something clever to say an hour later!suesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278413259961505566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-56142959957019276232010-04-21T02:30:23.486-07:002010-04-21T02:30:23.486-07:00Iota, that's pretty cool that you worked with ...Iota, that's pretty cool that you worked with Naboko's granddaughter. <br /> <br />You know what bothers me? That I'm such a whimp and let the guy go on and on, taking up my precious quiet reading time. I need to learn how to extricate myself from these conversations in a courteous way.<br /><br />Sparx, strangely, I can't read as a passenger in the car but it's okay on the bus.NAPPY VALLEY HOUSEWIFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349899841604929969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-61791478405762626502010-04-20T14:17:18.348-07:002010-04-20T14:17:18.348-07:00I love that seat on the bus too, but whenever I tr...I love that seat on the bus too, but whenever I try to read I feel nauseous. A-Z is a great idea too... particularly reading A-Z on public transport!Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951661070053702068.post-77029655499318794162010-04-20T12:57:24.547-07:002010-04-20T12:57:24.547-07:00This is true. I once worked in an office with Nabo...This is true. I once worked in an office with Nabokov's grand-daughter. In Brussels. She was Belgian - the family left Russia in the early 20th century. Her name was Anoushka. This is all true.<br /><br />So next time you see tweedy dribble-mouth, you can say "well, my blogging friend was a colleague of Nabokov's grand-daughter (albeit 19 years ago), and she says that she seemed like a very nice girl".<br /><br />Or you could just say "I'm getting off at the next stop". Up to you.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.com