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bri
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 Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:06 pm Post subject: Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger |
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Howard Zinn died too. 
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http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d
CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers," said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four years. "There will never be another voice like his." Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything. |
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MichaelC
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:33 am Post subject: |
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| Forced to read his books in college, I found them quite boring and devoid of any lasting value. |
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Rumpl4skn
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| MichaelC wrote: | | Forced to read his books in college, I found them quite boring and devoid of any lasting value. |
That's weird - Catcher in the Rye got two great reviews on Amazon, from 2 users, M.D. Chapman and S. Sirhan. They claim they "couldn't put it down."
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Peter
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Rumpl4skn wrote: | | MichaelC wrote: | | Forced to read his books in college, I found them quite boring and devoid of any lasting value. |
That's weird - Catcher in the Rye got two great reviews on Amazon, from 2 users, M.D. Chapman and S. Sirhan. They claim they "couldn't put it down."
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I believe that they had the same reaction to:
"Happiness is a warm gun...." by MK Ultra
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Rumpl4skn
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah. I always wondered if anyone told John Lennon it would be really cool to say "shoot me" over and over in the intro to Come Together. |
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Peter
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: Wave goodbye |
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Very hip-nautical.
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