tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018776340723375949.post6188248407466602458..comments2023-05-11T17:43:23.208+10:00Comments on Musings from an Outer-Spiral-Arm: I knew this would happen...Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17946630852168034040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018776340723375949.post-45810103999411645502009-08-11T08:31:36.714+10:002009-08-11T08:31:36.714+10:00Yeah - it's a strange one. I'm considering...Yeah - it's a strange one. I'm considering Sandy F's recommendation - the oriental approach where I praise another aspect of the card, then tell the truth about the book (gently) thus allowing the sender to save face. Either way, I really should have seen this coming.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17946630852168034040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018776340723375949.post-89558724875818963662009-08-11T07:05:42.646+10:002009-08-11T07:05:42.646+10:00Well, Tone, I understand the dilemma as being an e...Well, Tone, I understand the dilemma as being an extension (and confoundment) of that cheesy bomb that comes up in every second presentation to an audience of kids ... "How much of the book is real?". My cultured response is "Well, a fair bit is real, but I can't tell you which bits or I'd have to go to jail". I'd be tempted to praise the writer of the card but not do anything to wound her illusions of the veracity of the text - like a good psychologist and writer, you should let her make her own discoveries. After all, a line in a book like "This is all crap, by the way" tends to dampen the reader's experience.Scot of the Antipodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629244963205682651noreply@blogger.com