The trouble with audiobooks

[nolly]

The girl rode, pulling a pair of skulls very easily...

The girl rowed, pulling a pair of sculls very easily...


Especially since "pulling" sounded more like "holding" as I listened -- the text above is from an online copy of the book. (Dickens, Our Mutual Friend)

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[penguinicity.livejournal.com]

heh.

Coming soon to a theater near you. Clive Barker directs Our Mutual Friend - a nightmare on horseback that will have you jumping out of your seat. Inspired by the audiotape of the book by Charles Dickens.

[ashi.livejournal.com]

So, was it the second one? Are you still unsure? :)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

It was the second -- I realized quickly that what I'd heard (the former) didn't quite make sense in context, and it must be the latter. It was already established that they were in a boat, see...

[farmount.livejournal.com]

The one that got me (and several of my friends) was when we were listening to an audio version of The Lord of the Rings and Galadriel is giving out gifts. She says to Gimli:

"They say that the skill of the dwarves is in their hands, and not in their tongues."

Which immediately set off a round of laughter as we imagined a dwarf licking his eyebrows in a brothel...