Bookmarks!

[Adam]

It must have been taken by Mr Nobody who lives in my house.

 

LOL, thats funny. I like that

[happyanddandy]

I think you are probably right Laura

 

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

[Adam]

I think you are probably right Laura

 

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

[angerball]

I love that poem - it's cute! Thanks for posting it; it certainly explains a lot of goings on in my house!

[Icecream]

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.

[Raven]

I have a pile of old cinema tickets I use as bookmarks.

[Stephanie2008]

I use anything that is around when I need to stop reading - post its, paper, tissues etc. But I tend to use paperclips because they don't fall out (as I often lose my page).

[Ruth]

I have a cloth bookmark, which is good, because it never remains creased for long. My husband uses anything - old train tickets, old lottery tickets; just whatever happens to be lying around.

[rach.at.the.disco]

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

[Kylie]

although I have been known to fold down the pages when I've started a book on the bus and have nothing to mark my pages with.

 

You're brave admitting to that around here...

[rach.at.the.disco]

You're brave admitting to that around here...

 

I know, maybe I should have left that bit out.... but I'm genrally really strict about it - especially when my sister borrows them and does the same thing I go wild .

[Mr.H]

My favourite bookmark is the one my niece gave me as a gift from Australia where she spent a year. It has my name on it an a kangaroo!

Might seem childish! But I love it!

[Wonders disciple]

I have been using old Waterstone's receipts lately. They do the job, but i do like having a proper bookmark for some reason.

[Icecream]

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.

[Nici]

I have loads of bookmarks but for some reason I can't find any of them and I am currently using a postcard.

[Kylie]

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

 

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.

[Guest ii]

I have a couple of bookmarks of handmade lace that I mostly use. What's the term in English? 'Bobbin'? I think that's it.

[kitty_kitty]

I use postcards from which i get from favourite places, i got a load from my hols in Wales and Cuba

[tillymint]

I like getting bookmarks from my hols, current one is an Ocean Village one.

[Suzanne123]

My sister just came back from Disneyland Paris and brought me a bookmark because she knows I love my books

its currently residing in page 73 of The Woman in Black

bu Susan Hill

[carm]

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

[scottishbookworm]

my bookmark is the design of a cat and it says "Keep your paws off my book!"

[Spooncat]

Ok, I confess I fold the pages down at the corner! I'm not proud of it but I cant seem to stop esp when I always without fail lose any bookmarks ever given to me!

[beef]

I now have a pirate book mark, it has a skull, single bone and a dagger and heart.

 

this: bookmark

[GWA]

Train tickets were surely designed to be bookmarks me thinks, or at least that's what they get recycled for in my house!

 

GWA.