Comments on: Father Brown http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/ think|ink Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:58:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dan http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 Dan Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:24:18 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/#comment-1545 Actually, the meetings are so secret that even I don't know when they are on. ;) Actually, the meetings are so secret that even I don’t know when they are on. ;)

]]> By: John http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 John Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:23:48 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/#comment-1543 Father Brown is fantastic! When I was about ten the head teacher of maths at my Dad's school gave him the FB Omnibus. We read it repeatedly. I loved the way Father Brown always applied a deep understanding of human nature to cut through the superficial appearance of things and crack the puzzle. You can count me in on 'The League' - if one can choose to join. I would have thought members would be called into the fray from exotic locations by mysterious carrier pigeon messages - but then that might not be practical. Father Brown is fantastic! When I was about ten the head teacher of maths at my Dad’s school gave him the FB Omnibus. We read it repeatedly. I loved the way Father Brown always applied a deep understanding of human nature to cut through the superficial appearance of things and crack the puzzle.
You can count me in on ‘The League’ – if one can choose to join. I would have thought members would be called into the fray from exotic locations by mysterious carrier pigeon messages – but then that might not be practical.

]]> By: Dan http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Dan Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:50:19 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/#comment-1541 Beautiful. Beautiful.

]]> By: Con Campbell http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Con Campbell Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:33:43 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/2008/10/07/father-brown/#comment-1540 I like this one, from The Curse of the Golden Cross: ‘I’m exactly in the position of the man who said, “I can believe the impossible, but not the improbable.”’ ‘That’s what you call a paradox, isn’t it?’ asked [Tarrant]. ‘It’s what I call common sense, properly understood,’ replied Father Brown. ‘It really is more natural to believe a preternatural story, that deals with things we don’t understand, than a natural story that contradicts things we do understand.’ I like this one, from The Curse of the Golden Cross:

‘I’m exactly in the position of the man who said, “I can believe the impossible, but not the improbable.”’
‘That’s what you call a paradox, isn’t it?’ asked [Tarrant].
‘It’s what I call common sense, properly understood,’ replied Father Brown. ‘It really is more natural to believe a preternatural story, that deals with things we don’t understand, than a natural story that contradicts things we do understand.’

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