tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post5814003333828434586..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Getting History WrongRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27461455361343064072011-10-31T16:07:55.585-04:002011-10-31T16:07:55.585-04:00I will admit when the pics of that costume first c...I will admit when the pics of that costume first crossed my screen a week or so ago my first thought was that it was the sort of costume you would end up explaining all night. <br /><br />My second thought was to wonder if Disney was planning a reissue of Bed Knobs and Broomsticks. <br /><br />That was it. I really wonder if some folks stay up into the wee hours just looking for a reason to be offended. And y'know, I hope they do. Because if they turned their attention elsewhere they might screw up something important.<br /><br />BGMBGMillernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-40844379748738774762011-10-31T14:46:46.358-04:002011-10-31T14:46:46.358-04:00Perhaps it is the beret that confused them into th...Perhaps it is the beret that confused them into thinking "poor continental waif to KZ" rather than "plucky Brit off to farm." <br /> <br />Nah.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-7665525543760879022011-10-31T14:44:44.370-04:002011-10-31T14:44:44.370-04:00Not if you learned about Britain's child (and ...Not if you learned about Britain's child (and mother) evacuees by other means.Roberta X remotelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-77432354553279127552011-10-31T14:21:29.906-04:002011-10-31T14:21:29.906-04:00Wait! Does that mean I'm bad for never having...Wait! Does that mean I'm bad for never having read CS Lewis or seen any movies from books by him?!<br /><br />j/kDranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-20478805069187742052011-10-31T07:24:21.795-04:002011-10-31T07:24:21.795-04:00Oh my! Yes. Of course.
...Frikking cultura...Oh my! Yes. Of course.<br /><br /> ...Frikking culturally illiterate novi-nomenklatura....Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-59279117892092803542011-10-30T22:14:45.919-04:002011-10-30T22:14:45.919-04:00You would also, one thinks, have to have never cra...You would <i>also</i>, one thinks, have to have never cracked open <i>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</i>. Or seen the movie.Sabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13746486966764162127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-36998369744714552352011-10-30T20:38:43.034-04:002011-10-30T20:38:43.034-04:00Stupid should hurt more. Sheesh.
As an aside, do...Stupid should hurt more. Sheesh.<br /><br />As an aside, do you recall the statement by Queen Elizabeth, when asked if the royal families children would be evacuated? By my recollection is was along the lines of:<br /><br />The children will not be evacuated unless I leave England. I'm not leaving England unless the King leaves England and the King will leave under no circumstances.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.com