Do you read?

[doodab]

Watching everyone mocking sas for reading a book on holiday reminds me of the thick kids at school picking on the ones who weren't stupid. I'm sure you're doing it cos it's sas and not because you're dim witted anti-intellectuals but I thought I would set up a poll to be sure.

[Mich the Tester]

Yes

[mudskipper]

... reminds me of the thick kids at school picking on the ones who weren't stupid.

Hehe - that's what I love about my son's school.

Last week:

"Where did you get that tennis racquet from?"

"I borrowed it - I was in the House Tennis competition"

"But you've never played tennis"

"I know, but no-one else wanted to miss maths."

[Jeebo72]

Watching everyone mocking sas for reading a book on holiday reminds me of the thick kids at school picking on the ones who weren't stupid. I'm sure you're doing it cos it's sas and not because you're dim witted anti-intellectuals but I thought I would set up a poll to be sure.

Only "intellectuals" read then? I'll need to look at those dumb "looking" blondes reading Jilly Cooper on the tube in a different light now.

[Bunk]

Only "intellectuals" read then? I'll need to look at those dumb "looking" blondes reading Jilly Cooper on the tube in a different light now.

I haven't seen anyone reading Jilly Cooper on the tube recently (possibly ever). It used to be Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, now it's A Song of Ice and Fire that everyone is reading.

[doodab]

Only "intellectuals" read then?

Oh dear. You obviously avoid it because you can't. I bet you're one of those people who throws tulip at pediatrists houses.

Did I say, or even imply, that only intellectuals read?

[Mich the Tester]

Oh dear. You obviously avoid it because you can't. I bet you're one of those people who throws tulip at pediatrists houses.

paediatricians?

Or is that short for pedantic electricians?

[sasguru]

podiatrists?

[Mich the Tester]

Every time I go on holiday I pick up some of the world's greatest literature and start reading.

[doodab]

paediatricians?

Or is that short for pedantic electricians?

It's an alternative word meaning the same thing. Although possibly an Americanism.

pediatrist - definition of pediatrist by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.