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Mo Britain less Europe
03-11-2016, 11:00 PM
for anyone who knows anything at all about modern fiction at least.
Classic Jorge
03-11-2016, 11:13 PM
As I say, I didnt make it through the thing. And this was a rainy canalboat holiday.
Mo Britain less Europe
03-11-2016, 11:17 PM
incorrectly used as an insult imo. Pretentious is aspirational. It's only good when it doesn't achieve what it aspires to.
Classic Jorge
03-12-2016, 12:41 AM
It's only a short hop from pathos to pathetic.

Dont get me wrong, I'm all about the pathos.
Mo Britain less Europe
03-12-2016, 01:22 AM
Classic Jorge
03-12-2016, 01:30 AM
Mo Britain less Europe
03-12-2016, 01:32 AM
the fact they aren't yours or you don't share them makes them not one whit less valid. Without aspiration there is no progress.
Classic Jorge
03-12-2016, 01:50 AM
You're just aspiring for it not to be
Mo Britain less Europe
03-12-2016, 01:59 AM
probably very low. Beyond that........
Supermac1976
03-12-2016, 10:22 AM