The Enid Blyton Society

Please can anyone tell me the book/story in which one of the children found a plant which he referred to as "a beastly alien" and destroyed it?

Doesn't ring any bells I'm afraid. Perhaps somebody else will know it.

Then why are you posting?

Farwa wrote:Then why are you posting?

Because he's being polite and not ignoring the thread!

Fraid nothing springs to my mind either. Are you sure it was a Blyton book?

Personally - how the plant is referred to as a 'beastly alien' doesn't seem quite Blytonish to me.

Farwa wrote:Then why are you posting?

It is rude to ignore people, Farwa. Almost as rude as your question. As nobody had replied, John was just being courteous in acknowledging the query.

Thank you Julie and Nigel. I was indeed being polite. The person asking is new to our forums and it would have been dreadful to ignore them simply because nobody knows the answer to their question.

Manners maketh man Farwa.

Yes,I too thought you were being polite John.Maybe it's simply a misunderstanding.

Moonraker wrote:

Farwa wrote:Then why are you posting?

It is rude to ignore people.

Agreed wholeheartedly!

Lucky Star wrote:Thank you Julie and Nigel. I was indeed being polite. The person asking is new to our forums and it would have been dreadful to ignore them simply because nobody knows the answer to their question.

Manners maketh man Farwa.

I see - I'm sorry if I seemed rude, but I thought that it was a bit unpleasant if half the people on this site make an entire page of answers which just say that that they don't know - and not even a question with it! But I guess it isn't, then.

Praise be to the other half of this site who ignored the original question whether they knew the answer or not - you have something worth its weight in gold,Farwa's approval....

Pete, I think you might have dropped this...

I bet John Murhill is really impressed with this forum.

More likely totally bemused!

I think Poppy and John are the only two who answered seriously.