Worst. blurbs. ever.

[fourteenlines]

I first saw this at eflore, where much fun was had by all:

Worst Blurbs Ever meme: you pick some books you love and write the most obfuscatory, point-missing blurbs you possibly can - and then everyone tries to guess what they are!This is actually a mix of books, plays and TV shows. And you might notice a certain...theme. I swear the first two came

Comments

[cofax7]

1. Gaudy Night.

... I can't guess the others. Unless #3 is that Goldie Hawn movie?

Oh, wait. #4 is Firefly. If by "leaving" you mean "is smuggled out in a box".

[fourteenlines]

Ha - you win! Um, #3 has nothing to do with Goldie Hawn, though.

At first I was going to leave "in a boat" off of #1 because hello, obvious, but then #2 occurred to me, and the rest is history.

[babylil]

Is it bad that "that Goldie Hawn movie" was my first thought for #3 as well?

[nickless]

aka Overboard. Totally my first thought, too. *g*

[chickwithmonkey]

This meme is one of the most infuriating things I've seen in a very long time. I've been staring at your blurbs feeling like I should be able to figure something out, but I can't. You're awesome.

[tarzanic]

Is #3 Pushing Daisies? If by fell you mean, pushed. ;)

[fourteenlines]

No! Totally good guess, though. *g*

[vonniek]

Err. Is #5 Peter Pan?

[fourteenlines]

Haha! No! #5 is probably the biggest stretch, in the sense that you'll probably groan when you figure it out (and I think you could figure it out.)

[fourteenlines]

P.S. Can you get it if I make this tiny change #5?

"A young woman attends school with Pirates, but she's rarely up a creek without a paddle."

[vonniek]

Veronica Mars? "Go Pirates!" right?

[rubberneck]

#3...African Queen?

[fourteenlines]

Wow - I had not realized that there were so many other possible responses to this!

But no, that's not the one I was thinking of.