Madness at Maxy's

 If, like most people, you have friends who only tolerate your presence in order to play your computer games, it's important to buy the right ones - as this classic advert tells us.

Now, think about this. There's no way Maxy had enough money in his pockets to buy the entire range of Atarisoft games. Is he a surprisingly accomplished shoplifter, or do his unfortunate parents not keep a close eye on their wallets? Either way, Maxy's desperate attempt to buy the feigned respect and appreciation of his peers has started him on the road to a life of crime. I worry for his future.

I'm all right, though - I've still got Arcade Smash Hits for the Sega Master System, and I was just playing it yesterday. I could get a girl like that any time I like! Until she gets it for her dad's computer and dumps me, anyway.

Found it at last!

The book with a talking dog called Bob and the hole in the ozone layer was almost certainly "Hole in the Head", by Nicholas Fisk! Now after all that exhaustive internet research, I just need to find a copy...

I may have been posting quite a lot about old books just lately, but I DO have several other fascinating things going on, it's just that I don't want to write about them until they happen, so I can only really think to blog about the books. I've just re-read Annerton Pit by Peter Dickinson, and it's even better than I remembered!