The following truths...

[zoidberg]

Discuss.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

The love of a woman is infinitely better than messing about in boats.

 

[LittleSister]

The love of a woman is infinitely better than messing about in boats.

What else did you think he meant by 'messing about in boats', then?

 

[fredrussell]

I challenge anyone to read The Wind in the Willows and not have to put the book down at the end of the chapter 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn' and have to have a couple of minutes to let the hairs on the back of their neck stop standing up.

 

[Old Bumbulum]

What else did you think he meant by 'messing about in boats', then?

Well, as the main characters in the Wind in the Willows are exclusively male perhaps he meant something else entirely?

 

[Wansworth]

I know a place where all we seem to do is mess about in boats and drink tea......it’s hard to get away!

 

[Kukri]

The love of a woman is infinitely better than messing about in boats.

Confucius he meant to say:

Woman come in: boat go out

Boat come in: woman go out.

 

[chriss999]

Well, as the main characters in the Wind in the Willows are exclusively male perhaps he meant something else entirely?

Good point.
But don't forget the washer-woman and the prison guard's daughter. I was in love with the latter for quite a few years.

 

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Actually, I think there are lots of things that are half as much worth doing.

 

[Praxinoscope]

Good point.
But don't forget the washer-woman and the prison guard's daughter. I was in love with the latter for quite a few years.

But doesn’t Toad get into cross-dressing? He escapes as a washer-woman.
I suppose the next idiocy will be when someone suggests that Pooh and Piglet are going for a same sex marriage.

 

[JimC]

The love of a woman is infinitely better than messing about in boats.

That is not universally confirmed by experience.

 

[colind3782]

That is not universally confirmed by experience.

:encouragement:

 

[zoidberg]

The love of a woman is infinitely better than messing about in boats.

I'm undecided whether it's better to have the love of a good woman..... or a bad woman! Or both.....

 

[Stemar]

The best are like Mae West. "When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better."

 

[zoidberg]

Er,