Enid Blyton Day 2013?

[Moonraker]

Julie, don't be a wet blanket.....

[Chrissie777]

Nigel, please fill me in: what means being a wet blanket?

[Moonraker]

A damp squid is a similar term. A dull or depressing person who spoils other people's enjoyment.

[Chrissie777]

I sometimes tend to do that I guess .

[Fiona1986]

I think you mean squib?

[Katharine]

I would thnk most squids are normally wet rather than damp aren't they? Unless of course they are on top of a pizza.

[Moonraker]

I think you mean squib?

I think I did!

[Francis]

If we got paid by the number of mistakes we make we would be 'squids in'!

[Fiona1986]

Good one, Francis!

[Julie2owlsdene]

A dull or depressing person who spoils other people's enjoyment.

Are you refering to me, Moonraker!!

I always thought the word was 'damp squid' too!

[Fiona1986]

More deja vu, I'm sure we've talked about this before (possibly in relation to squibs in Harry Potter). It's a damp squib as a squib is a type of explosive. A damp one won't go off. Though a damp squib is now usually used to describe something that doesn't live up to expectations. It's not really another way to say wet blanket.

[Moonraker]

And it certainly doesn't describe Julie. She always lives up to expectations!

[Sally]

Hi all - just to add my thoughts. Like everyone, I hope there will be an EB day next year - a particularly good reason (apart from us all meeting up and celebrating our love of EB's work) is that it will be 70 years since the first Find-Outers book, Burnt Cottage, which must justify a focus on this work which we all obviously love. If Tony isn't able to arrange it, though, another thought would be a meeting at Old Thatch indeed (and lunch at the pub) and possibly a planned walk round Bourne End following the Peterswood trail. Any thoughts on that?

[Julie2owlsdene]

I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed for an E.B. Day, but if that's not possible, then a meet up at Old Thatch will be great, seeing as you say, Sally, it will be 70 years since we were first introduced to Peterswood.

[Pippa-Stef]

Maybe picnic at Bourne End instead of Dinton in that case then!