The Enid Blyton Society

Moonraker wrote:My family often call me Dick.

lol, seriously! Or are you joking?

You've changed your avatar after decades.

LOL I don't know whether to believe Nigel or not! But in this case, I think it's true.
Don't take this too seriously Nigel, 'cause I like you a lot!!!!!!

I like Nigel's new avatar pic - although I'm surprised he took it off a modern book cover!!!

EB backstory would always be good since she never provides a whole lot in canon.

"Once there was a family who lived in the city and their parents decided for whatever reason they should move to the country. Oh look, fairies!" etc.

It's true, M14! I have reverted to a more authentic Moonraker's picture. I didn't register the laughing cow as me, either!

For those of you newer forum members who don't know of the local story, especially those of you from far-off lands,here it is.

Wasn't the story adapted into 'The Moon In The Millpond' (Brer Rabbit) and a Noddy story where Noddy tries to catch the moon in a fishing net? Without the contraband, obviously!!

Moonraker wrote:It's true, M14! I have reverted to a more authentic Moonraker's picture. I didn't register the laughing cow as me, either!

For those of you newer forum members who don't know of the local story, especially those of you from far-off lands,here it is.

Great avatar, Nigel! It perfectly suits you!

Rob Houghton wrote:Wasn't the story adapted into 'The Moon In The Millpond' (Brer Rabbit) and a Noddy story where Noddy tries to catch the moon in a fishing net? Without the contraband, obviously!!

Didn't Bimbo and Topsy do that too?. Try to catch the moon in a pail of water? And Hammy Hamster in tales of the riverbank?

Am I the only one who thought Moonraker's username referred to the Bond film?

I'm pretty sure Brer Rabbit tried to trick at least one of the other animals into catching the moon from the lake as well!

EDIT: I didn't originally see your post, Rob, where you referred to this as well!

IceMaiden wrote: Am I the only one who thought Moonraker's username referred to the Bond film?

Sadly, no.

The Bond movie was so-named because one of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels was called "Moonraker". Now I haven't read the original novel, just seen the film. But my understanding is that the plot of the novel has almost no connection to the plot of the film, apart from the fact that the villain is named "Sir Hugo Drax".

The previous Bond film to Moonraker was "The Spy Who Loved Me" (which also had almost no resemblance to the novel that it was based on). The next Bond film after "The Spy Who Loved Me" was going to be "For Your Eyes Only", but then "Star Wars" was released, and film audiences became fascinated with science fiction, so the Bond movie folks decided instead to make Moonraker as the next film, making sure to give it a real outer-space related script.

But when Ian Fleming titled the original 1955 novel "Moonraker", he was definitely alluding to the same folk tale that we are talking about here!

At least there is a moon in your avatar, Nigel!!

IceMaiden wrote:
Am I the only one who thought Moonraker's username referred to the Bond film?

Not at all. Way back when I first joined here I thought the same until I learned the truth. Which goes to show that you always learn something new through associating with Enid Blyton's world.

I immediately presumed 'Moonraker' was from the James Bond film also, way back when I first joined. You are not alone!

Not being either a James Bond fan or a native of Wiltshire, I had no idea what it meant either way!