Comments on: The Habit of Reading http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/ Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ticked off http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11362 ticked off Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:06:10 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11362 Why do I read? Why do women in general read? Because it's fun, because it's educational, because a life without books, in my opinion, isn't worth living. It has NOTHING to do with men. I can't fathom how you would ever arrive at such a ridiculous point without being extremely mysoginist. Why do I read? Why do women in general read? Because it’s fun, because it’s educational, because a life without books, in my opinion, isn’t worth living. It has NOTHING to do with men. I can’t fathom how you would ever arrive at such a ridiculous point without being extremely mysoginist.

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]]> By: werty http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11361 werty Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:08:26 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11361 'where a girl can still get her bodice ripped without the bodice ripper being locked up' So women read because their rape fantasies are not being fulfilled in real life? Because I'm fairly certain consensual bodice ripping is still legal. If expensive in terms of wear and tear on bodices. I recomend that next time you ask an actaul woman what her motivations are before coming up with a ridiculous, phallocentric explanation. ‘where a girl can still get her bodice ripped without the bodice ripper being locked up’
So women read because their rape fantasies are not being fulfilled in real life?
Because I’m fairly certain consensual bodice ripping is still legal. If expensive in terms of wear and tear on bodices.
I recomend that next time you ask an actaul woman what her motivations are before coming up with a ridiculous, phallocentric explanation.

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]]> By: raincoaster http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11360 raincoaster Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:29:09 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11360 Someone once told me that Leonard Cohen had slept with every woman who was sexually active in Canada in the Seventies, and every one of them thinks she's Suzanne. Jack, as for your question I am afraid I am clueless. Someone once told me that Leonard Cohen had slept with every woman who was sexually active in Canada in the Seventies, and every one of them thinks she’s Suzanne. Jack, as for your question I am afraid I am clueless.

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]]> By: idlex http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11359 idlex Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:09:47 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11359 <i>Is it true that the Marianne of the Leonard Cohen song is a street in a Canadian city?</i> (JR) I think you're probably thinking of the Suzanne who takes you down to that place by the river. Such a Suzanne is quite clearly a road. Is it true that the Marianne of the Leonard Cohen song is a street in a Canadian city? (JR)

I think you’re probably thinking of the Suzanne who takes you down to that place by the river.

Such a Suzanne is quite clearly a road.

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]]> By: Jack Ramsey http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11358 Jack Ramsey Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:37:33 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11358 Oh <i> that </i> AA Gill! Who was the fellow who did the saucy postcards? Is it true that the Marianne of the Leonard Cohen song is a street in a Canadian city? Oh that AA Gill!

Who was the fellow who did the saucy postcards?

Is it true that the Marianne of the Leonard Cohen song is a street in a Canadian city?

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]]> By: raincoaster http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11357 raincoaster Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:11:56 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11357 AA Gill is a god. Jack, I am <i>shocked.</i> He invented Sauce a la Marianne, with melted Mars bars and named after Marianne Faithfull. Boris, now that you have two birthdays, will there be some kind of ceremony? Maybe a bike parade? Can we at least get the day off work? ChrisB, I have to disagree with your point about privately educated kids taking school more seriously because it cost the parents a bundle. I spent most of my private school time sitting in the hall reading books or riding the horses. The English teacher thought they were excellent books, though, so she gave me an A. AA Gill is a god. Jack, I am shocked. He invented Sauce a la Marianne, with melted Mars bars and named after Marianne Faithfull.

Boris, now that you have two birthdays, will there be some kind of ceremony? Maybe a bike parade? Can we at least get the day off work?

ChrisB, I have to disagree with your point about privately educated kids taking school more seriously because it cost the parents a bundle. I spent most of my private school time sitting in the hall reading books or riding the horses. The English teacher thought they were excellent books, though, so she gave me an A.

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]]> By: Jack Ramsey http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11356 Jack Ramsey Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:00:50 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11356 Paul I don't watch TV because it goes too fast for me. Nothing holy about books - I just prefer them because they go more slowly and there does seem to be a much better choice than there is with TV. Chacun a son goat - poor goat! Who is AA Gill? Paul

I don’t watch TV because it goes too fast for me. Nothing holy about books – I just prefer them because they go more slowly and there does seem to be a much better choice than there is with TV. Chacun a son goat – poor goat!

Who is AA Gill?

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]]> By: Paul http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11355 Paul Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:21:51 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11355 Boris, Reading is a pasttime, maybe we could try inspire more boys/men to read, but shall we panic because men by and large watch much more sports than women do? Diversity of interests is key. Sure maybe showing young boys the wonders of reading is a worthwhile policy, but lets not panic about it. I read, but like many I struggle to read anything that isn't factual/reference based. I have a thirst for information, knowledge. If I want to be entertained I watch movies: Movies are just as good as books (if not better) I think it was AA Gill who said that book-types who disregard tv are just tv-illiterate. There are just as many trashy awful novels as there are tv shows, but if you have a brain you can weed through the tripe to the goodstuff. Do men watch more movies than women Boris? Do men buy more CDs than women Boris? Does culture and knowledge come only from books or from all types of media? It really gets my goat when people think books are oh-so-important. They are no more 'valuable' than any other leisure time activity. Boris,

Reading is a pasttime, maybe we could try inspire more boys/men to read, but shall we panic because men by and large watch much more sports than women do? Diversity of interests is key. Sure maybe showing young boys the wonders of reading is a worthwhile policy, but lets not panic about it.

I read, but like many I struggle to read anything that isn’t factual/reference based. I have a thirst for information, knowledge. If I want to be entertained I watch movies: Movies are just as good as books (if not better)

I think it was AA Gill who said that book-types who disregard tv are just tv-illiterate. There are just as many trashy awful novels as there are tv shows, but if you have a brain you can weed through the tripe to the goodstuff.

Do men watch more movies than women Boris? Do men buy more CDs than women Boris? Does culture and knowledge come only from books or from all types of media?

It really gets my goat when people think books are oh-so-important. They are no more ‘valuable’ than any other leisure time activity.

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]]> By: anoneumouse http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11354 anoneumouse Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:34:45 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11354 The Beano, Dandy and Rodox didn't do me any arm mate. Perhaps there should be an internal conservative party review into how they present electioneering literature. . The Beano, Dandy and Rodox didn’t do me any arm mate.

Perhaps there should be an internal conservative party review into how they present electioneering literature.
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]]> By: Zoe Bidgood http://www.boris-johnson.com/2006/06/15/the-habit-of-reading/comment-page-2/#comment-11353 Zoe Bidgood Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:20:38 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=274#comment-11353 "Women turn to fiction, I would guess, because it is the last reservation for men who are neither violent thugs nor politically correct weeds, where a girl can still get her bodice ripped without the bodice ripper being locked up" Boris, you are so right. “Women turn to fiction, I would guess, because it is the last reservation for men who are neither violent thugs nor politically correct weeds, where a girl can still get her bodice ripped without the bodice ripper being locked up”

Boris, you are so right.

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