tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post7490008475711003710..comments2024-03-28T09:40:06.621-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-23293227957380960952009-12-30T14:04:47.381-05:002009-12-30T14:04:47.381-05:00What a great discussion! I just recently had to u...What a great discussion! I just recently had to use Santa Clause myself in order to get my kids to bed on Dec. 24th!<br />Arnie S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72110468406403109532009-12-05T13:53:31.565-05:002009-12-05T13:53:31.565-05:00I can still sing the song (dirge?) the flying monk...I can still sing the song (dirge?) the flying monkeys sang as they trudged.<br /><br />I hate real monkeys (fine thing for someone who lives in the tropics) and I think the fact that they don't have wings is one more proof that God isn't malevolent.<br /><br />TimTimothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-44114611855958275722009-12-05T11:10:58.088-05:002009-12-05T11:10:58.088-05:00Hi Dan,
The flying monkeys was Trauma #1 for me.
...Hi Dan,<br /><br />The flying monkeys was Trauma #1 for me.<br /><br />I still remember the first time I saw it, for years I put a pillow over my head when it came to that scene.<br /><br />SusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-76447436834060060572009-12-04T23:38:08.975-05:002009-12-04T23:38:08.975-05:00We were even scared in South Africa!We were even scared in South Africa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80771409044016697572009-12-04T16:55:13.741-05:002009-12-04T16:55:13.741-05:00You're right Elizabeth. Perhaps the most grues...You're right Elizabeth. Perhaps the most gruesome is is Der Struwwelpeter - very sinister and it pulls no punches. The kid who sucks his thumbs? He gets them cut off with a pair of scissors. I saw a stage show enactment with puppets and the bit where the thumbs are snipped off was traumatizing. Think of Beaker from The Muppets in a sketch scripted by Tess Gerritsen. Read or be read that story and no kid would ever dream of sucking their thumbs (and let's face it, on the list of child misdemeanours, thumbsucking is a minor felony...)Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664392799894772255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-23854442471090920492009-12-04T16:07:31.988-05:002009-12-04T16:07:31.988-05:00If you think about it, most fairy tales we were to...If you think about it, most fairy tales we were told, growing up, were very scary--maybe to warn us not to talk to strangers? (Wolves?) Not to wander off in the woods like Goldilocks or Hansel and Gretel? <br /><br />The Yorkshire Ripper sounds frightening--despite his unmasked insignificance. <br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com