Quiz time

[Shedhand]

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Jeez Noel. Were you a Monk? I don't remember anything between 1968 and 1980

[watson]

No ....Not a monk
Joined the army in 67............out in 87.
Most of the things I saw I remember....including Lonnie Mack.

I'm refurbishing brain cells at the moment...trying to come up with an entertaining question.
Geez .....I can't beleive that the world isn't a Lonnie Mack fan.......

Working on it

Regards,
Noel

[Bleedin Thumb]

If you don't mind Noel, while were waiting for your round I might just get in a small top up.

Name a famous 80's author's father. The author I'm taking about wrote a novel called Success and his dad is pretty well know as well.

Should make it hard to google.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Ok clue time. They're poms - both father and son are best selling authors.

It would be a bit amiss of me to make it too easy, so picture if you will a green man standing in the centre of a field in London surrounded by deceased babies.

[ozwinner]

Geez .....I can't beleive that the world isn't a Lonnie Mack fan.......

Or a fan......

Al

[Tex B]

It would be a bit amiss of me to make it too easy,

Kingsley & Martin Amis, perhaps?

[watson]

Geez BT,
I'm thinkin' and thinkin', but it really sounds like my Uncle Jack!
Regards,
Noel

[Bleedin Thumb]

Kingsley & Martin Amis, perhaps?

Good one Tex, I'm glad someone reads something other than woodwork mags around here.

Technically speaking its still Watson's round but it may be a dry old argument

So Tex if you have a question that will exercise the old brain - fire away.

BTW Watson what is the reference to my uncle Jack?

[watson]

Go for it Tex,,I'm still thinking.
For BT

My Uncle Jack was always a little green around the gills, and he scared us little kids to death....it really did sound as though someone was describing him!
Regards,
Noel

[Bleedin Thumb]

It sounded like a novels' title - I may have been thinking about the David Ireland novel - My Brother Jack.



EDIT as it seems that everyone is too polite to correct me regarding the above statement I will do so myself.

My Brother Jack was infact written by George Johnstone.

[Tex B]

OK. After his book was published, this famous author left the country for a holiday. After a month or so he sent a letter to his publisher.

The letter was: ?


The publisher's reply: !

Who was the author and what was the book?


Tex


PS, just tried googling it and came up with nothing, so maybe people will have to think on this one.

[Tex B]

19th century author. Does that help?

[watson]

Doesn't help yet!
But wouldn't he be just the sort of bloke you'd want as a dinner guest??
"he just never shuts up" "?"
Regards,
Noel

[watson]

Is it Oscar Wilde??

Noel

[Tex B]

French author.

You would have seen the movies and/or the broadway musical, but the books are actually much better.

Tex