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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    So basically, you're saying that I'm not a genius. Bastard.


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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    and I did taking your kind contribution in. As pointed out in my post the EU likes referendums as well & McEwan is therefore wrong. I replied to you but as I suggested can any of you geniuses (Ass, NYUK Scoot etc) explain why so I wasn't disagreeing with you but rather the other bremainers..
    So basically, you're saying that I'm not a genius. Bastard.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    not much plot and all about sexual repression.
    Get enough of that at home.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Give the man a chance ....
    not much plot and all about sexual repression.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    Not enough pop-up teddy bears.
    Give the man a chance ....

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    In what way?
    Not enough pop-up teddy bears.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    bit too Harold Pinter for my liking.
    In what way?

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Ignorance is bliss, eh? Oh well, your loss. "Atonement" is one of the best novels ever, IMO.
    bit too Harold Pinter for my liking.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Never heard of him. He must be one of those Booker Prize type authors who write big door stopper novels that the cognoscenti rave about but normal people rarely bother reading.
    Ignorance is bliss, eh? Oh well, your loss. "Atonement" is one of the best novels ever, IMO.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    A novelist, playwright and screenwriter, whose work I have never read, and I've never seen any film or TV adaptations of his work. Nor have I any particular wish to.
    Never heard of him. He must be one of those Booker Prize type authors who write big door stopper novels that the cognoscenti rave about but normal people rarely bother reading.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by GB9 View Post
    so he realised he was an ass and is back pedalling...

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  • GB9
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    Translation error apparently.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I suggested to GB9 that, instead of brainfarting, he apply what little intelligence and analytic skills he has, to rebut McEwan's argument. I even said it's not difficult. But when he failed at even that small task and none of you Brexiteers leapt in to help, I gave you a rebuttal.

    Is that clear enough for you now? My mention of Switzerland was to demonstrate that McEwan is wrong.

    I supported remaining in the EU. I think Ian McEwan is talking bollox. These are not two mutually exclusive statements.
    and I did taking your kind contribution in. As pointed out in my post the EU likes referendums as well & McEwan is therefore wrong. I replied to you but as I suggested can any of you geniuses (Ass, NYUK Scoot etc) explain why so I wasn't disagreeing with you but rather the other bremainers.

    My reply to you was about my alleged "non sequitur" McEwan compared the Brexit vote to the rise of the Nazi party famous for trying to annex & rule Europe. I suggested that EU was probably the organisation with closer intentions rather than UKIP or even the UK. So it is logical and follows directly from McEwan's point.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    A novelist, playwright and screenwriter, whose work I have never read, and I've never seen any film or TV adaptations of his work. Nor have I any particular wish to.
    A shame. You're missing some cracking novels.

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Who is Ian McEwan again? Is he some footballer?
    A novelist, playwright and screenwriter, whose work I have never read, and I've never seen any film or TV adaptations of his work. Nor have I any particular wish to.

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