Yes, he does...the man tells it how it is.....
"It is possibly worth mentioning that in Fat Charlie's world, women did not simply turn up. You needed to be introduced to them; you needed to pluck up the courage to talk to them; you needed to find a subject to talk about when you did, and then, once you had achieved those heights, there were further peaks to scale. You needed to dare to ask them if they were doing anything on Saturday night, and then when you did, mostly they had hair that needed washing that night, or diaries to update, or cockatiels to groom, or they simply needed to wait by the phone for some other man not to call."
Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys
I've never known a woman who had pet cockatiels.....
"It is possibly worth mentioning that in Fat Charlie's world, women did not simply turn up. You needed to be introduced to them; you needed to pluck up the courage to talk to them; you needed to find a subject to talk about when you did, and then, once you had achieved those heights, there were further peaks to scale. You needed to dare to ask them if they were doing anything on Saturday night, and then when you did, mostly they had hair that needed washing that night, or diaries to update, or cockatiels to groom, or they simply needed to wait by the phone for some other man not to call."
Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys
I've never known a woman who had pet cockatiels.....
2 Scallywags have walked the Plank |:
Read neverwhere and Sandman? Some more gems there..
Huge Gaiman fan myself...
@ Anansi: of COURSE I've read neverwhere and sandman...though I wish they sell hardcopy Sandman in Delhi (E-comics are a pain) :)
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