tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post997946000895823337..comments2024-03-19T05:28:00.356-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Classics CondensedLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90780767750275228732016-10-16T08:25:44.711-04:002016-10-16T08:25:44.711-04:00Blood on rose? Who could tell?Blood on rose? Who could tell?Paul McGoranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552941121216048408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-29933923689924302912016-10-07T19:33:43.600-04:002016-10-07T19:33:43.600-04:00I love these, well most of them anyway. Janice is ...I love these, well most of them anyway. Janice is so right that book blurbs should be written like this. I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned six-word stories. They're so fun! Here are four:<br /><br />Am I boring you? Well, anyway --<br /><br />Found love online, but email bounced.<br /><br />Flashshot too long? Try this instead.<br /><br />I wrote the first & last one; the last refers to the late lamented <i>Flashshot</i> which had word limits of 110 or 100 words at different times. The second one is by my friend Philip in Greece.<br /><br /><i>7:29 p.m.</i><br /><br />O.K., after I posted these three I read an anonymous review on Yelp of an airport cab driver & realized the first six words made a great story, or the beginnings of one:<br /><br />Awful awful man. Fucking hilarious though.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-80268100201597279972016-10-07T18:57:14.461-04:002016-10-07T18:57:14.461-04:00Oh, I love it! :)Oh, I love it! :)Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54609504782752562932016-10-07T13:14:42.591-04:002016-10-07T13:14:42.591-04:00Thanks for my laugh for the day.Thanks for my laugh for the day.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54997293968984816482016-10-07T13:14:15.992-04:002016-10-07T13:14:15.992-04:00Cliff Notes ala O'Neil De Noux
Put in librarie...<b>Cliff Notes ala O'Neil De Noux</b><br />Put in libraries now. <i>Save the trees.</i> Less paper.Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485529286607349616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-9065836598575362552016-10-07T12:49:30.933-04:002016-10-07T12:49:30.933-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90630141376418907282016-10-07T11:20:28.821-04:002016-10-07T11:20:28.821-04:00Oh, do love this post! Favourite: Laura. Well d...Oh, do love this post! Favourite: Laura. Well done, O'Neil.<br />And once again, you've shown brilliantly why I adore crime more than classic literature.Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-85294686411729220832016-10-07T11:17:54.348-04:002016-10-07T11:17:54.348-04:00JANE EYRE - Rude egomaniac, locks up 1st wife in a...JANE EYRE - Rude egomaniac, locks up 1st wife in attic, I marry him anyway.<br />CANNERY ROW - Bunch of drunks, a brothel, a marine biologist and some fancy poetry.<br />JUDE THE OBSCURE - Most depressing book ever written.<br />TRISTAM SHANDY - Longest dirty joke ever told.<br />THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD - Dr. Sheppard's nothing but a weak Amy Dunne.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-74168083763322211192016-10-07T10:46:15.629-04:002016-10-07T10:46:15.629-04:00How about movies?
JAWS -- Big shark. Big problem...How about movies?<br /><br />JAWS -- Big shark. Big problem. Small boat.<br /><br />REAR WINDOW -- Professor Stewart in the bedroom with a telescope.<br /><br />NORTH BY NORTHWEST -- Planes, trains, and Mt. Rushmore.<br /><br />IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE -- The bankers vs. the angels.<br /><br />COWBOYS AND ALIENS -- James Bond and Indiana Jones vs. E.T.<br /><br />THE SEARCHERS -- Who'd run from John Wayne? Natalie would.<br /><br />CASABLACA -- Sam plays, Rick broods, Ilsa catches a plane.<br /><br />PSYCHO -- Norman's not normal. Mommy's a mummy.<br /><br />John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-14965327908576417722016-10-07T10:39:21.037-04:002016-10-07T10:39:21.037-04:00Thanks for the laugh on a Friday morning. As an En...Thanks for the laugh on a Friday morning. As an English major in college, I wish I had these when I had to do my oral exams!Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-465069709763876222016-10-07T10:08:45.615-04:002016-10-07T10:08:45.615-04:00Well, that could be addictive.
THE HOT ROCK. Thi...Well, that could be addictive.<br /><br />THE HOT ROCK. Thieves steal emerald. Thieves chase emerald. Thieves chase emerald. Thieves chase emerald. Thieves chase emerald. Thieves chase emerald.<br /><br />THE DOORBELL RANG. She annoys FBI. FBI annoys her. Wolfe solves murder; blackmails FBI; doesn't answer doorbell.<br /><br />THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD. Rich guy dies. Character cheats, or author.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11576543740500084992016-10-07T09:41:02.074-04:002016-10-07T09:41:02.074-04:00Ha, Barb!
(That would've saved me a lot of wor...Ha, Barb!<br />(That would've saved me a lot of work too...) :-)Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-52187364138469086392016-10-07T09:17:12.182-04:002016-10-07T09:17:12.182-04:00These were fun. And I have one, about our own Art ...These were fun. And I have one, about our own Art Taylor's book:<br /><br />On the Road with Del & Louise. Girl meets bad boy. Boy tries to reform. Road trip!Barb Goffmanhttp://www.barbgoffman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56992059388232034972016-10-07T09:10:06.694-04:002016-10-07T09:10:06.694-04:00These were fun!These were fun!Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-78114708940568072992016-10-07T07:52:33.547-04:002016-10-07T07:52:33.547-04:00This could revolutionize book blurbs!This could revolutionize book blurbs!janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22511857303648230262016-10-07T03:34:07.703-04:002016-10-07T03:34:07.703-04:00Thank you, O'Neil, for saving me tons of time....Thank you, O'Neil, for saving me tons of time. I feel I've read those books in full and enjoyed them. And in a hell of a lot less time than going cover to cover would have been :) . And pretty funny too!Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com