The Lone Liberal
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:21 PM
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Which one of you sons or daughters of the old sod will confess tonight |
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and agree with me that you think James Joyce was nothing but an old sot that wrote nothing but shite?
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:23 PM
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I think he was a *young* sot who wrote nothing but shite.
Actually I have a real soft spot for *Ulysses.* It's the *Ulysses* geeks who scare me. Worse than Star Trek geeks and a lot less well-adjusted.
Yee ha,
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:26 PM
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How did that go?
As Tyson was riding into Jerusalem, He fell and hurt his Alex Kafoozelem? (sic)
"Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake" -- and I have read both -- are shite.
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:29 PM
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3. The best thing about Ulysses |
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is the pub crawl that they do nowadays.
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:30 PM
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Molly's soliloquoy had it moments also.
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:33 PM
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9. And I do so hate those unmentionable pink neon signs |
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quoting his work that are scattered all over Dublin.
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:34 PM
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That's a temporary art installation; it's a big fucking deal in the art world, apparently. They'll go away eventually.
C ya,
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:39 PM
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:30 PM
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4. And to the list of shite Irish writers.... |
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...I would add Samuel Beckett.
"Waiting for Godot" is :boring:
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:31 PM
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7. "Waiting for Godot?" You go much to far |
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Edited on Mon Mar-01-04 10:34 PM by The Lone Liberal
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:33 PM
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10. Ever sat through a production of it? |
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:32 PM
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8. Hey! Leave Beckett alone! |
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*Endgame* can actually be very entertaining if you do it right. Ditto with *Waiting for Godot.* Later on he went quite mad, but let's not throw the baby out with the soiled nappy.
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Mon Mar-01-04 10:30 PM
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5. Sure and I'd have to agree with you |
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I've never been able to get through anything of his...I haven't tried for a long time, maybe I should give him another chance.
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