If Enid Blyton went into a beauty contest or was an actor

[zaidi]

I think Enid is really too beautiful. If we see her properly.I think if she went to a beauty contest like Miss world.
She would win it. And i think many people don't have the grace of life and beauty.Like she has.
I think all of the Blyton members would think she's beautiful.
And if she was an actor. Then she will be the guitar of many hearts.

[Moonraker]

And if she was an actor. Then she will be the guitar of many hearts.

Have you been on the magic mushrooms, Zaidi?

[70s-child]

And if she was an actor. Then she will be the guitar of many hearts.

Have you been on the magic mushrooms, Zaidi?

That was priceless!

[Tony Summerfield]

I told Imogen about this post when she phoned me this morning and she said that it was the funniest thing she had heard this week!

[zaidi]

I told Imogen about this post when she phoned me this morning and she said that it was the funniest thing she had heard this week!

The first thing is that tony, it's an honour for me that you posted on the topic. You do it quite less.
And the happiest thing i've heard of is. That you told it to imogen. Really i'm toooooo much happy.
Did you tell who posted it too? Anyways but enid is really beautiful.

[Ming]

I told Imogen about this post when she phoned me this morning and she said that it was the funniest thing she had heard this week!

I think the tone of this post was lost on her, Tony!

Rubbish, Zaidi - Enid might have had her head in the clouds in terms of imagination but she was surely far too down to earth to even consider something like Miss World!

Have you read The Six Bad Boys, Zaidi? Enid very clearly expresses disdain towards Bob's mother "prettyfying" (sp?) herself at a beauty salon!

[pete9012S]

I think Enid is really too beautiful. If we see her properly.I think if she went to a beauty contest like Miss world.
She would win it. And i think many people don't have the grace of life and beauty.Like she has.
I think all of the Blyton members would think she's beautiful.
And if she was an actor. Then she will be the guitar of many hearts.

You know-if we had a section on this forum entitled 'post of the month' I feel quite sure this post would win it easily hands down without contest!
So well done to you Zaidi,you definitely bring a unique and refreshing perspective to these forums!

[zaidi]

Thanks Petes, and ming you always scold me, i feel like a little sister being scolded.
I think in anyways Enid is a beauty, rather than seeing Angelina Jolie, i would much better like to see Enid Blyton.

[Moonraker]

Thanks Petes, and ming you always scold me, i feel like a little sister being scolded.
I think in anyways Enid is a beauty, rather than seeing Angelina Jolie, i would much better like to see Enid Blyton.

Yes, she does, doesn't she! All credit to you Zaidi that you don't take offence! I've never seen Enid as a latter day sex symbol, Angelina take heed, so thanks for putting that image in our minds!

[Wayne Pyer]

I've just re-read this forum from the start and honestly, you don't HAVE to be mad to belong here but...........




I've been giggling like a naughty schoolboy.

[Ming]

ming you always scold me, i feel like a little sister being scolded.

But Zaidi, I thought you saw me as an older sister? Surely with that honour comes responsibility of taking you to hand as well! I assure you, I've reared many children in my lifetime - one more won't be any trouble at all!

[Moonraker]

ming you always scold me, i feel like a little sister being scolded.

But Zaidi, I thought you saw me as an older sister? Surely with that honour comes responsibility of taking you to hand as well! I assure you, I've reared many children in my lifetime - one more won't be any trouble at all!

So what is our relationship, Ming?

[Ming]

No words can ever describe it, old thing.

[MJE]

I've just re-read this forum from the start and honestly, you don't HAVE to be mad to belong here but........... :lol:

     But it helps? Is that what you were going to say?
     I don't know about that; but this is one of those threads that occasionally comes up whose point I just somehow fail to see.
     It does occur to me, though, that the confusion that has arisen might have been because of some ambiguity over whether the beauty of Enid Blyton that was mentioned was physical beauty of appearance, or inner beauty of character. I have no opinion about either, because I just don't know enough to have an opinion.
     I have no idea what Enid Blyton's opinion was of going to great lengths to prettify oneself. I would be wary of drawing conclusions about her real-life opinion about it just because she had characters in a novel express an opinion of it. Authors do not always give their characters - even their most favourable characters - opinions that reflect the author's own opinion. One of the skills of being a good writer is precisely the ability to give characters opinions that differ from one's own - and to do so very convincingly.

Regards, Michael.

[MJE]

     Hmmm... just reading it over again - it does seem to be more about physical beauty. Not sure why I thought that was ambiguous.
     I don't know. I guess she looked okay. I don't have much of a sense of physical beauty about anyone, actually. When I meet people or just see them going past, I really don't even think about whether they are beautiful or pretty or handsome or anything. I have heard people say that there is even a hierarchy, where beautiful is above attractive, and that is above pretty, and so on. It sure beats me: someone just looks how they look.

Regards, Michael.