Comments on: The Reptile That Ate Time http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/ One Image, Six Writers, Daily Words. The site about Interpretation, Inspiration and Improvisation. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicolas Papaconstantinou http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/#comment-23119 Nicolas Papaconstantinou Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:26:22 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/#comment-23119 I think I hate Jonjo, but mainly because I recognise a lot of him. Also, yeah, some of the more confrontational of his ideas are ones I toy with from time to time. I loved that Peter Pan stuff as it occurred to me, so I'm glad it paid off! I think I hate Jonjo, but mainly because I recognise a lot of him. Also, yeah, some of the more confrontational of his ideas are ones I toy with from time to time.

I loved that Peter Pan stuff as it occurred to me, so I’m glad it paid off!

]]> By: Rivka Jacobs http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/#comment-21766 Rivka Jacobs Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:34:44 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/#comment-21766 Brilliant, Nick. Thoroughly enjoyable, with wry humor and sharp observations about men and women. But held together with Jonjo's point-of-view, 3rd-person narration. We feel for Jonjo, yes even girl readers feel for Jonjo. Good reference to Peter Pan and Captain Hook! Excellent insight into meaning of the crocodile in the Pan story, then linking this to the imagery of the passage of time from one year to the next during New Year's Eve. I think you meant for Jonjo's assertion that this is not the best imagery for New Year's Eve, to be taken in the opposite sense by your readers; perhaps the idea of a crocodile ticking like a clock, deforming men and obsessing them is the exact analogy for New Year's Eve. Also I liked very much Jonjo's observation that all men are autistic and all women bipolar. Hah! Of course it's a grand generalization, but I recognize too much truth in the idea for me to feel comfortable. Brilliant, Nick. Thoroughly enjoyable, with wry humor and sharp observations about men and women. But held together with Jonjo’s point-of-view, 3rd-person narration. We feel for Jonjo, yes even girl readers feel for Jonjo.

Good reference to Peter Pan and Captain Hook! Excellent insight into meaning of the crocodile in the Pan story, then linking this to the imagery of the passage of time from one year to the next during New Year’s Eve. I think you meant for Jonjo’s assertion that this is not the best imagery for New Year’s Eve, to be taken in the opposite sense by your readers; perhaps the idea of a crocodile ticking like a clock, deforming men and obsessing them is the exact analogy for New Year’s Eve.

Also I liked very much Jonjo’s observation that all men are autistic and all women bipolar. Hah! Of course it’s a grand generalization, but I recognize too much truth in the idea for me to feel comfortable.

]]> By: Nicolas Papaconstantinou http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/#comment-21698 Nicolas Papaconstantinou Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:26:56 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/#comment-21698 But... but that wasn't what I was getting at <i>at all</i>! Well, okay, maybe a bit! But… but that wasn’t what I was getting at at all!

Well, okay, maybe a bit!

]]> By: Cyn http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/#comment-21686 Cyn Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:48:29 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/31/the-reptile-that-ate-time/#comment-21686 This is just awesome. Boys are so dumb and you've captured that perfectly. Lovely. This is just awesome. Boys are so dumb and you’ve captured that perfectly. Lovely.

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