#102 Mary Anne and the Little Princess

[cynicalboo]

This book enrages me.

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[adamant_turtle]

Anyway, Kristy smells kids and pulls out a crumpled flier to give to the moving guys to pass on.

Not only would the crumpled flier be unprofessional, but if you're 13 freakin' years old, it would make you seem pretty childish! You'd think she'd try to avoid that...

MA in a flash of inspiration decides it must be on the bookshelf, between the Oxford English Dictionary.

I can't figure out if that means the Spiers have the COMPLETE OED - like, the volume that fills a whole freakin' library room - or just some condensed version. It's a little weird if they did have it, but then again, it might just more firmly highlight how pedantic ol' Richard is...

Victoria buys lots of stuff with her credit card. What 8 year old HAS a credit card? This is NOT legal, princess or no princess.Well, let's not forget that Karen was able to charge stuff to her father's cabin on the Disney cruise

[ext_211744]

But that was Karen. Disappearing for a long time to get her nails done earned her a laugh and a photo op rather than a scolding. Karen can do no wrong. Karen doing wrong would be like Santa being kidnapped by Martians and having to conquer them.

[marika_kailaya]

...you know you're REALLY not human at all if you actually make it through the REST of this book on one beer.

(excellent snark. =D)

[linderooni]

I like this snark, especially for the "Selfridges possibly being more awesome than Harrods." I've never been, but friends who have always seem more impressed by Harrods, when I've always wanted to hear about Selfridges. Alas, no one goes there...

[cynicalboo]

I love Selfridges! Harrods is all kinds of awesome, but I think I prefer Selfridges. It has the best kitchen department and I want to live in it and play with all the shiny things, only occasionally breaking to run upstairs and play with Tiffany jewellery.

[linderooni]

Okay, I'm sold! *looks for spare change to book her trip to London* :)

[glitterberrys]

Yeah, I always get annoyed by how ridiculous teasing is in the BSC 'verse. no entire class of eight year olds is going to shun someone for talking funny.

Though Stoneybrook is the least ethnic place in the world, so who the hell knows.

[radiationvibes]

You were for sure not the only ones who thought English accents were supercool.

[flight__]

All her British friends have doll names like Annabell. Good god.

I remember being weirded out that by the fact that all English girls, according to this book, had fancy pretty names. Even the nanny is named Ursula. Which is what struck me as really weird -- wasn't it her job to occupy this kid's time? Or at least find a child who was actually Victoria's age to be her friend?

Victoria refers to her father as ‘Sir.’ What the hell is that about? ... LP calls her mother ma’am.

I don't understand, why wouldn't she call them sir and ma'am? I don't remember the context she says it in (was it 'Hello sir' or something?), but, I call my mother ma'am. Not when she's like, walking in the room, but if she asks me to do something, the answer is always 'yes ma'am'. But then again, I'm from the (American) south, and we call everyone sir or ma'am, if they're older than us.

[cynicalboo]

I've never heard of it being done here. In fact, I can't name a single British person I know who calls there parents 'sir' or 'ma'am.' Maybe in school when talking to teachers, but that would be it.

[joykilldrama]

I'm also from the south and I really understand the whole 'sir' and 'ma'am' thing. Also calling people 'Miss FIRSTNAME'

[flight__]

omg yes. There are literally people I have known for twenty years that I could never fathom calling anything but Miss or Mr FIRSTNAME.