tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post1876584543199054479..comments2024-03-04T12:32:12.434-08:00Comments on Gwen Gardner, Author: Friday Funnies: Fantasies and D'oh Moments!Gwen Gardnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-75077575876388118242012-08-31T06:54:38.294-07:002012-08-31T06:54:38.294-07:00Leaving chopstick in the rice is bad luck?
Oh dea...Leaving chopstick in the rice is bad luck?<br /><br />Oh dear, that explains a lot, haha! XDSjusjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992791197321317099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-44802535620569666232012-08-29T16:16:50.193-07:002012-08-29T16:16:50.193-07:00Corona, that is hilarious! I think that Asian coun...Corona, that is hilarious! I think that Asian countries are especially different from the western world. Did you know that leaving chopsticks sticking out of the rice is bad luck? And the number four in Japanese is the same word for death? That's why they never do anything in fours. Three or five plates at the table - not four!Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-22340426436429221192012-08-29T16:12:21.109-07:002012-08-29T16:12:21.109-07:00Rachel, I came back to say that "Fanny" ...Rachel, I came back to say that "Fanny" is a reference to vagina in the U.K. Here is the U.S. it just means rear-end. Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-45244290121533347372012-08-29T16:11:20.754-07:002012-08-29T16:11:20.754-07:00Jamie, I was researching British slang that teenag...Jamie, I was researching British slang that teenagers might use on one of those "Ask" sites. The general concensus was that "Fanny" is extremely rude - another word for vagina. Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-44466956712493830282012-08-29T16:09:23.308-07:002012-08-29T16:09:23.308-07:00Rachel, you must have missed that post. Apparently...Rachel, you must have missed that post. Apparently "Fanny" is an extremely rude word in Great Britain. I asked Claire Hennessey for confirmation, lol!Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-59983398699202644562012-08-29T16:08:09.282-07:002012-08-29T16:08:09.282-07:00Donna, LOL! Should have been an eight-track, huh? ...Donna, LOL! Should have been an eight-track, huh? And "0" for the operator. How funny. Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-76692444385861814312012-08-29T06:25:05.905-07:002012-08-29T06:25:05.905-07:00Not writer related, but I had to draw a woman in a...Not writer related, but I had to draw a woman in a kimono once. Turned out that they way she wore her kimono was all wrong, I'd drawn it right over left. Which meant she was dead..instead of left over right.<br /><br />Easy way to solve it: Flipping/mirroring the illustration!Sjusjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992791197321317099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-39074337171011015682012-08-26T17:00:47.510-07:002012-08-26T17:00:47.510-07:00Hahaha. I hope my character names aren't offen...Hahaha. I hope my character names aren't offensive in other countries! How'd you find that one out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-54434700856066215242012-08-26T00:24:15.155-07:002012-08-26T00:24:15.155-07:00Okay, now I want to know what name would have been...Okay, now I want to know what name would have been offensive in another country! (And Elise Fallson's comment made me smile ;-) Wooden steak, hehe!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181241692016438730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-62272170172940692902012-08-25T19:17:35.265-07:002012-08-25T19:17:35.265-07:00Well, no "do'h" moments with my fant...Well, no "do'h" moments with my fantasy so far; but with the women's fiction I had my teenagers popping a CD in the car stereo in 1976. Also had her dialing 911 and hanging up in the same year. "duh".<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-84964147276956641632012-08-25T14:49:30.908-07:002012-08-25T14:49:30.908-07:00Kendra, awwww. I was lucky, my lack of timeline wa...Kendra, awwww. I was lucky, my lack of timeline was pointed out to me:)Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-73853930443346170162012-08-25T14:47:57.349-07:002012-08-25T14:47:57.349-07:00Tara, come on! Now I gotta know:)Tara, come on! Now I gotta know:)Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-21752008766115342692012-08-25T14:42:18.100-07:002012-08-25T14:42:18.100-07:00Elise, D'oh! Yeah, I've found myself doing...Elise, D'oh! Yeah, I've found myself doing stuff like that - brake instead of break - but I really do know the difference:)Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-27827977244865949812012-08-25T14:40:24.366-07:002012-08-25T14:40:24.366-07:00Jeanne, LOL! That's funny.Jeanne, LOL! That's funny.Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-25456330579691159632012-08-25T13:02:31.804-07:002012-08-25T13:02:31.804-07:00I think my biggest d'oh! is that the timeline ...I think my biggest d'oh! is that the timeline from my first book and the sequel to that didn't match up at one point. It was awful. I was almost in tears when I realized that one...Kendra503https://www.blogger.com/profile/17126561543158857748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-29857899710219817472012-08-25T11:16:45.498-07:002012-08-25T11:16:45.498-07:00those are great!
plenty of dohs!
but i try to forg...those are great!<br />plenty of dohs!<br />but i try to forget them so i cant tell you =)<br />Tara Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587802105993889515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-69895206493179108052012-08-25T04:37:28.343-07:002012-08-25T04:37:28.343-07:00I've got a d'oh moment for ya... typing wo...I've got a d'oh moment for ya... typing wooden steak instead of wooden stake. The worst of it, my editor caught it. What can I say, I was hungry when I wrote that segment...*facepalm*Elise Fallsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734537117333738468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-61787026671235557272012-08-24T13:06:13.575-07:002012-08-24T13:06:13.575-07:00I actually thought my first book was perfect. Can ...I actually thought my first book was perfect. Can you believe that? Insanity! Now, I'm glad it's locked away where no one will see it. The real d'oh moment was that I let anyone look at it without revising at all. Yeesh.J E Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372746219262163566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-27610606615475169122012-08-24T12:41:08.678-07:002012-08-24T12:41:08.678-07:00Joshua, yes it is! That's why we read - and wr...Joshua, yes it is! That's why we read - and write - fiction:)Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-52820147495358109092012-08-24T12:38:24.984-07:002012-08-24T12:38:24.984-07:00Angela, sometimes your brain goes faster than your...Angela, sometimes your brain goes faster than your fingers can type, lol!Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-74807872529731446262012-08-24T12:36:26.279-07:002012-08-24T12:36:26.279-07:00Laura, LOL! I want to know how there can be that m...Laura, LOL! I want to know how there can be that many mistakes after so many edits?! Sheesh! If I go to print and find a typo, I'm just going to scream, lol!Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-68737483683520189662012-08-24T11:42:50.216-07:002012-08-24T11:42:50.216-07:00Technically speaking, isn't EVERY work of fict...Technically speaking, isn't EVERY work of fiction fantasy? In the other sense of the word, that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-19474170939625625612012-08-24T10:39:36.720-07:002012-08-24T10:39:36.720-07:00I spent most of my time going through something a ...I spent most of my time going through something a CP sent back to me going D'oh through most of it. I mean, stuff like completely missing a set of words that could make a sentence mean what I MEANT it to mean lol! You know, things that make you shake your head and wonder where it was at when you were writing lol!!Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-89389588469991357062012-08-24T09:22:27.702-07:002012-08-24T09:22:27.702-07:00My ms is so far from its first draft, it's har...My ms is so far from its first draft, it's hardly recognizable. And every time I read through it again after a critique or an edit, I STILL find silly little mistakes. Really? There's STILL a typo after 93,604 edits? GAH!Laura Hughes, MittensMorgulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934132671168843593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260356366721241015.post-60890163689027728002012-08-24T07:54:01.420-07:002012-08-24T07:54:01.420-07:00Rachna, my first drafts are definitely a "D&#...Rachna, my first drafts are definitely a "D'oh!" - what was I thinking? But yeah, something we all have to figure out on our own. Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.com