Adam Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 It must have been taken by Mr Nobody who lives in my house. LOL, thats funny. I like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyanddandy Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angerball Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I love that poem - it's cute! Thanks for posting it; it certainly explains a lot of goings on in my house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icecream Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I have a pile of old cinema tickets I use as bookmarks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 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 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.H Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonders disciple Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I have been using old Waterstone's receipts lately. They do the job, but i do like having a proper bookmark for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icecream Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I have loads of bookmarks but for some reason I can't find any of them and I am currently using a postcard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty_kitty Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I use postcards from which i get from favourite places, i got a load from my hols in Wales and Cuba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillymint Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I like getting bookmarks from my hols, current one is an Ocean Village one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne123 Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carm Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 my bookmark is the design of a cat and it says "Keep your paws off my book!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooncat Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I now have a pirate book mark, it has a skull, single bone and a dagger and heart. this: bookmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWA Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Train tickets were surely designed to be bookmarks me thinks, or at least that's what they get recycled for in my house! GWA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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