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First Speaker

(4,858 posts) Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:22 PM Jul 2021

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Name some near-miss titles...

...such as:

Moby-Richard

The Adequate Gatsby

The Empire Farts Around

Lieutenant-Commander Kangaroo

Man and Batman

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Name some near-miss titles... (Original Post) First Speaker Jul 2021 OP

"The French Corporal's Woman." Harker Jul 2021 #1

"One of the Last of the Mohicans." Harker Jul 2021 #2

"The Penultimate Tycoon." Harker Jul 2021 #3

The War to End All Wars. marble falls Jul 2021 #4

"Crime And More Crime". Aristus Jul 2021 #5

The Wizard of Australia jpak Jul 2021 #6

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Wombats?" Harker Jul 2021 #7

The federal employee always rings twice mercuryblues Jul 2021 #8

"Catch-42." Harker Jul 2021 #9

"From Here to a Very Long Time from Now." Harker Jul 2021 #10

The State Next Door According to Garp Xavier Breath Jul 2021 #11

"Misplaced World"; "The Day the Earth Slowed Down a Bit." tblue37 Jul 2021 #12

For Whom the Bell Goes Ting a ling a ling. thucythucy Jul 2021 #13

One hundred minutes of solitude struggle4progress Jul 2021 #14

The Amityville Whore miyazaki Jul 2021 #15

Funny LakeArenal Jul 2021 #18

An irresistible topic Leith Jul 2021 #16

The Man Who Shot the Window Valance! femmedem Jul 2021 #19

Rosemary's Hamster femmedem Jul 2021 #17

When Mars Invites Us to Dinner LakeArenal Jul 2021 #20

The Holy Menu littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #21

50 Shades of Beige littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #22

Singing in the drizzle femmedem Jul 2021 #23

"Pyrite Finger" JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2021 #24

The Masque of the Red Contact Dermatitis NotASurfer Jul 2021 #25

"The Dough Also Rises." Harker Jul 2021 #26

Harker

(13,976 posts)

1. "The French Corporal's Woman."

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:26 PM

Jul 2021

"Modest Expectations."

Harker

(13,976 posts)

2. "One of the Last of the Mohicans."

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:30 PM

Jul 2021

"The Grapes of Annoyance."

I spent most of my working life in bookshops.

Thanks!

Harker

(13,976 posts)

3. "The Penultimate Tycoon."

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:34 PM

Jul 2021

"The Middle Aged Man and the Sea."

marble falls

(57,010 posts)

4. The War to End All Wars.

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:38 PM

Jul 2021

Aristus

(66,286 posts)

5. "Crime And More Crime".

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:40 PM

Jul 2021

n/t

jpak

(41,756 posts)

6. The Wizard of Australia

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:44 PM

Jul 2021

Harker

(13,976 posts)

7. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Wombats?"

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:55 PM

Jul 2021

"Pete Dunne's Potentially Useful Field Guide Companion."

mercuryblues

(14,522 posts)

8. The federal employee always rings twice

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 04:58 PM

Jul 2021

Harker

(13,976 posts)

9. "Catch-42."

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 05:13 PM

Jul 2021

"The Moon and Tuppence."

Harker

(13,976 posts)

10. "From Here to a Very Long Time from Now."

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 05:15 PM

Jul 2021

"Some Came Trotting."

Xavier Breath

(3,595 posts)

11. The State Next Door According to Garp

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 05:29 PM

Jul 2021

tblue37

(65,227 posts)

12. "Misplaced World"; "The Day the Earth Slowed Down a Bit."

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 05:33 PM

Jul 2021

thucythucy

(8,038 posts)

13. For Whom the Bell Goes Ting a ling a ling.

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 05:50 PM

Jul 2021

A Pre-funeral Get-together for my Dead Friend Finnegan.

All's Well That Winds Up Okay.

A Disagreement Between Planets.

struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)

14. One hundred minutes of solitude

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 06:05 PM

Jul 2021

The old man and the puddle

A Connecticut Yankee in Connecticut

The raisins of wrath

Gulliver's retirement

miyazaki

(2,239 posts)

15. The Amityville Whore

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 06:43 PM

Jul 2021

LakeArenal

(28,802 posts)

18. Funny

Reply to miyazaki (Reply #15)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:17 PM

Jul 2021

Leith

(7,808 posts)

16. An irresistible topic

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 06:53 PM

Jul 2021

Stepped out for a Bit with the Wind

A Man for Any Time Except Winter

A Little Late Afternoon Music

War of the Petunias

The Lord of the Bracelets

Princess Fiance

Quirky Max

The Man Who Shot the Window Valance

femmedem

(8,196 posts)

19. The Man Who Shot the Window Valance!

Reply to Leith (Reply #16)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:18 PM

Jul 2021

femmedem

(8,196 posts)

17. Rosemary's Hamster

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 06:56 PM

Jul 2021

Waving Goodbye to Private Ryan

LakeArenal

(28,802 posts)

20. When Mars Invites Us to Dinner

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:22 PM

Jul 2021

Downtown Alley

Here With the Breeze

The Young Man and the Sneeze

The Lizard of DOS

littlemissmartypants

(22,569 posts)

21. The Holy Menu

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:32 PM

Jul 2021

littlemissmartypants

(22,569 posts)

22. 50 Shades of Beige

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:35 PM

Jul 2021

femmedem

(8,196 posts)

23. Singing in the drizzle

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 06:29 AM

Jul 2021

Star Chores.
And that summer classic: Jowls

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,321 posts)

24. "Pyrite Finger"

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 10:34 AM

Jul 2021

No, Mr Bond, I expect you to be a bit ill.

NotASurfer

(2,146 posts)

25. The Masque of the Red Contact Dermatitis

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 03:46 PM

Jul 2021

The Labradoodle of the Baskervilles

The Emperor has no Socks

Fear and Loathing in Mayberry

Harker

(13,976 posts)

26. "The Dough Also Rises."

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 04:12 PM

Jul 2021

"A Many-Tentacled Thing."

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