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"No, Please, Daddy, Not There" was a sentence my sisters and I uttered regularly on long car trips when my father would insist on stopping at the grimiest, grungiest gas stations so we could pee.

Posted by PopTart | April 25, 2008 12:29 PM
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Posted by --MC | April 25, 2008 12:37 PM
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I've read 8 of these and haven't been able to join any cults.

Tellingly, the whole Harry Potter thing was not mentioned.

Posted by Zander | April 25, 2008 1:14 PM
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Oh man ... Findus Crispy Pancakes. I haven't thought about those babies in years. They're kind of like Hot Pockets, but oozier, and the "pocket" tastes better. Terrible. And wonderful.

Now I want a Findus Crispy Pancake and some Hobnobs and a cup of PG Tips.

Posted by Kalakalot | April 25, 2008 1:20 PM
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Mmmm, Hobnobs . . .

Posted by Levislade | April 25, 2008 2:24 PM
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"and etc" is redundant.

Posted by et et cetera | April 25, 2008 2:40 PM
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ugh findus crispy pancake is GROSS.

Posted by kanzleramt | April 25, 2008 3:10 PM
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@4 ...and some fish fingers with potato waffles and salad cream. I know its weird to put salad cream on fried food, but if you mix it with tomato sauce its great.

Posted by blank12357 | April 25, 2008 4:15 PM
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Well, each of the books you listed started some sort of a weird philosophy/religion, so that makes sense that you'd call them 'cult' novels. Or does Scientology not count? Objectivism? People base their lives on these books in ways they don't for, say, The Roaches Have No King.

Posted by Horace Walpole | April 25, 2008 4:47 PM
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Oh man, The Celestine Prophecy should have been at the top of that list. Maybe that specific brand of crap never caught on in Brittan? And where's Kafka and Burrows?

Posted by Dougsf | April 25, 2008 4:52 PM
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Cult means good in Britain.

Not "cult" like in the video store, here.

Glad to be of help.

Posted by Matt Davis | April 25, 2008 4:54 PM
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God. The motherfucking Catcher in the goddamned Rye.

Posted by Greg | April 26, 2008 12:07 PM

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