Re: Messing about in boats - Re: Best memory/experience with boats

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Posted by Alan Hakim on April 20, 2006 at 12:13:39 from 213.166.17.21 user awhakim.

In Reply to: Re: Messing about in boats - Re: Best memory/experience with boats posted by Prue Eckett on April 19, 2006 at 21:36:28:

Surely not, Prue? "Messing about" is always used in a completely positive sense. It's a very well-known quotation, even if some of the people who use it don't remember where it comes from.
BTW, I have just bought an enchanting new edition of The Wind in the Willows from the Folio Society. It has been a joy to read the book again - just the same sentiment as is often expressed here about AR's books.

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