Eh?

'Admit it, you're only going to look at this because of the title.'

Unless, of course, you don't look at it at all.
LOL

'Admit it, you're only going to look at this because of the title's interaction with the short description.'

The short description was definitely a factor but I'm always interested to see what you come up with. This one speaks for itself. Is there going to be a follow up?

'Admit it, you're only going to look at this because of the comments'

It generally takes a comment or two from the Crackersville Group to get airborne.

Ok Ok I confess.
I only looked because of the title and comments.
I surrender!!!

Nice one Ewen; the plot is a bit complicated and I can't figure out who the murderer is, cos there are no birds or shower curtains and the lack of knives is frustrating! That halfwit 'Wild Doodling' hasn't even got a pen - has he got a weapon hidden in his trousers? Mind you, he's got long word that's a bit of a killer! The keyboard player obviously hasn't got it plugged in and can't play a note so, I reckon he is a prime suspect! Anyway, that's my opinion mate! ;) ;)

Chris

Admit it, you were fully expecting my comment to begin with 'admit it'. Award yourself a grapefruit for this one, Ewan. If anyone asks I'll say chuck did it.

My lips are sealed
Keep your eyes peeled.

Yep, I admit it! I enjoyed it too.

I'll admit one thing. I have been studying the work of the little known German movement of the 30's; the Neo-Nihilists. Led by Efes Niemann, of German Jewish origin, the group was formed in 1933 after Niemann and Kurt Antwort observed the burning of books on May 10 in the Opernplatz in Berlin. The only copies of Niemann's pre-neo-nihilist works 'Kvatsch', 'Mist' and 'Eier' were consumed in the blaze.

Niemann and Antwort produced the group's manifesto, 'Das Nichts, und was es bedeutet', in the form of a rice-paper pamphlet, in June 1933. On the 10th of June, Niemann and Antwort were arrested in front of the Reichstag, when they gave an unauthorised perfomance in front of several people, wherein each of the two poets ate half of the pamphlet.

Later works published included: Antwort's '10,000 x 0', a thirty two page work consisting of the word 'null' potato-printed in ink; the same poet's 'Nichts' consisting of a hand-written manuscript of blank paper and Niemann's Meisterstueck 'Absolut Nichts' which consisted of absolutely nothing at all.

Both poets moved to the United States in 1939, Antwort died of septicaemia caused by an ingrown toenail shortly afterward. Niemann married a Native American in New Mexico. He died aged 99 after fathering an illegitimate child, now writing his own poetry under the name Crackersville.

Admit it, sometimes, you are just too clever for your own good!

J x

The things poets get up to! I'd never have thought of dying of septicaemia, but that's just my prosaic temperament.

Btw, I don't speak German but I'm aware they still use noun case endings. Does 'eier' mean 'of eggs'? I've always assumed 'er' was the genitive ending (e.g. eierkopf - egghead - head of egg) but haven't found anyone to confirm it. Maybe I should just buy a German grammar book, but that would be too easy!

It's the plural of 'Ei', which, as you correctly deduce, means egg. I leave to your imagination the vernacular use of the plural.

I think he just called me a meta-nihilist!

Fantastic, very clever. How annoyingly clever.

I doff my hat to you DL, as pointed a skewering as I have ever received.

Doff away, I approve of annoyingly clever.

Bugger!!! I've got an ingrowing toe nail! :\

Crackers!

I never meta-nihilist I didn't like.