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I think you are probably right Laura :jump:

 

I found the poem 'Mr Nobody'

 

I know a funny little man,

As quiet as a mouse,

Who does the mischief that is done

In everybody's house!

There's no one ever sees his face,

And yet we all agree

That every plate we break was cracked by

Mr Nobody.

 

'Tis he who always tears our books,

Who leaves the door ajar,

He pulls the buttons from our shirts,

And scatters pins afar;

That squeaking door will always squeak

For, prithee, don't you see,

We leave the oiling to be done by

Mr Nobody.

 

He puts damp wood upon the fire,

That kettles cannot boil;

His are the feet that bring in mud,

And all the carpets soil.

The papers always are mislaid,

Who had them last but he?

There's not one that tosses them about

But Mr Nobody.

 

The finger-marks upon the door

By none of us are made;

We never leave the blinds unclosed,

To let the curtains fade;

The ink we never spill; the boots

That lying round you see

Are not our boots; they all belong to Mr Nobody.

 

Anon

 

 

You see I told you he lives at my house :lol:

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I think you are probably right Laura :lol:

 

I found the poem 'Mr Nobody'

 

I know a funny little man,

As quiet as a mouse,

Who does the mischief that is done

In everybody's house!

There's no one ever sees his face,

And yet we all agree

That every plate we break was cracked by

Mr Nobody.

 

'Tis he who always tears our books,

Who leaves the door ajar,

He pulls the buttons from our shirts,

And scatters pins afar;

That squeaking door will always squeak

For, prithee, don't you see,

We leave the oiling to be done by

Mr Nobody.

 

He puts damp wood upon the fire,

That kettles cannot boil;

His are the feet that bring in mud,

And all the carpets soil.

The papers always are mislaid,

Who had them last but he?

There's not one that tosses them about

But Mr Nobody.

 

The finger-marks upon the door

By none of us are made;

We never leave the blinds unclosed,

To let the curtains fade;

The ink we never spill; the boots

That lying round you see

Are not our boots; they all belong to Mr Nobody.

 

Anon

 

LOL, that is cute, I like that ;)

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I love that poem. We definitely have one in our house. Shoes everywhere, things getting broken, the toilet light left on. I could go on for ages. Children! Katie has no sunlight into her bedroom because her older brother was swinging on the curtains and broke the rail when visiting for his sister. Of course Mr Nobody had done until I made them own up to it.

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I do have a few bookmarks but they are all being used in various books I haven't read in a while :D. Now I have resorted to using an index card, although I have been known to fold down the pages :D when I've started a book on the bus and have nothing to mark my pages with.

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but i do like having a proper bookmark for some reason.

 

So do I, but I keep leaving them around the house when I'm running around with the children (and with my book) and then they get lost, either that or my daughter takes them and loses them. She seems to think it is funny if Mummy loes her place in her book.

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I have accumulated a little pile which mostly consists of bookmarks received when I've bought a book. My current one is from an independent bookshop in Sydney - it has the name of the shop on the back and a pretty flower picture on the front :roll:

 

I have a couple of nice metal ones but I'm on the lookout for something 'special'. I don't have anything particular in mind though; I'll know it when I see it.

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In the book I read during lunch and trraveling from work, I have a really beautiful bookmark that was part of a Christmas present- in the book I'm reading at home I have a plain paper bookmark from The Strand

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