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Started by Placid Dingo, December 05, 2010, 06:40:56 AM

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hooplala

#75
December 13, 2010, 06:52:59 PM
Wow, I am honored that my book got on there... but somehow feel that it might have been nepotism as well.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

BadBeast

#76
December 13, 2010, 07:18:53 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 13, 2010, 06:52:59 PM
Wow, I am honored that my book got on there... but somehow feel that it might have been nepotism as well.
This is a serious list, made by serious people, for serious reasons. If your book made the list, you can seriously assume it was due to nepotism, not merit merit, not nepotism.
"We need a plane for Bombing, Strafing, Assault and Battery, Interception, Ground Support, and Reconaissance,
NOT JUST A "FAIR WEATHER FIGHTER"!

"I kinda like him. It's like he sees inside my soul" ~ Nigel


Whoever puts their hand on me to govern me, is a usurper, and a tyrant, and I declare them my enemy!

"And when the clouds obscure the moon, and normal service is resumed. It wont. Mean. A. Thing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpkCJDYxH-4

hooplala

#77
December 13, 2010, 07:27:45 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on December 13, 2010, 07:18:53 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 13, 2010, 06:52:59 PM
Wow, I am honored that my book got on there... but somehow feel that it might have been nepotism as well.
This is a serious list, made by serious people, for serious reasons. If your book made the list, you can seriously assume it was due to nepotism, not merit merit, not nepotism.


I stand corrected.  It is a solid book full of many truths and at least one Beef Stroganoff recipe.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

The Good Reverend Roger

#78
December 13, 2010, 07:29:09 PM
I still can't believe that Placid Dingo took To Kill a Mockingbird off the list, or that Phox suggested it.

You are all fucking illiterate heathens that should be shoved out an airlock.  God, how I hate you all.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

hooplala

#79
December 13, 2010, 07:40:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2010, 07:29:09 PM
I still can't believe that Placid Dingo took To Kill a Mockingbird off the list, or that Phox suggested it.

You are all fucking illiterate heathens that should be shoved out an airlock.  God, how I hate you all.

Does it have any beef stroganoff recipes?
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

BadBeast

#80
December 13, 2010, 07:46:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2010, 07:29:09 PM
I still can't believe that Placid Dingo took To Kill a Mockingbird off the list, or that Phox suggested it.

You are all fucking illiterate heathens that should be shoved out an airlock.  God, how I hate you all.
(Being an illiterate heathen) I've never read it, but I definitely will do now. If only to see why it's omission has made you hate everyone, when all we have for you, is sweet, sweet love.
"We need a plane for Bombing, Strafing, Assault and Battery, Interception, Ground Support, and Reconaissance,
NOT JUST A "FAIR WEATHER FIGHTER"!

"I kinda like him. It's like he sees inside my soul" ~ Nigel


Whoever puts their hand on me to govern me, is a usurper, and a tyrant, and I declare them my enemy!

"And when the clouds obscure the moon, and normal service is resumed. It wont. Mean. A. Thing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpkCJDYxH-4

Requia ☣

#81
December 13, 2010, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2010, 07:29:09 PM
I still can't believe that Placid Dingo took To Kill a Mockingbird off the list, or that Phox suggested it.

You are all fucking illiterate heathens that should be shoved out an airlock.  God, how I hate you all.

They did what  :crankey:
Inflatable dolls are not recognized flotation devices.

Jasper

#82
December 13, 2010, 08:16:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2010, 07:29:09 PM
I still can't believe that Placid Dingo took To Kill a Mockingbird off the list, or that Phox suggested it.

You are all fucking illiterate heathens that should be shoved out an airlock.  God, how I hate you all.

Wasn't my idea, but my whole angle was not mentioning books everyone already knows are important.  I axed lots of books I really admire on those grounds, so I can sort of see the merit in it.
 

Faust

#83
December 13, 2010, 08:35:10 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2010, 07:29:09 PM
I still can't believe that Placid Dingo took To Kill a Mockingbird off the list, or that Phox suggested it.

You are all fucking illiterate heathens that should be shoved out an airlock.  God, how I hate you all.
Keeping the zombie book and axing that doesn't make sense
Sleepless nights at the chateau

The Good Reverend Roger

#84
December 13, 2010, 08:36:33 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on December 13, 2010, 08:16:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2010, 07:29:09 PM
I still can't believe that Placid Dingo took To Kill a Mockingbird off the list, or that Phox suggested it.

You are all fucking illiterate heathens that should be shoved out an airlock.  God, how I hate you all.

Wasn't my idea, but my whole angle was not mentioning books everyone already knows are important.  I axed lots of books I really admire on those grounds, so I can sort of see the merit in it.
 

Bad Beast hasn't read it.

It's only one of the top ten most powerful messages about injustice in America's history.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jasper

#85
December 13, 2010, 08:42:07 PM
I'm agreeing, then.  I thought everyone read it.

And I concur with Faust.  The world has enough apocalypse fictions.  Wish fulfillment.  Not terribly noteworthy.

The Good Reverend Roger

#86
December 13, 2010, 08:48:46 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on December 13, 2010, 08:42:07 PM
I'm agreeing, then.  I thought everyone read it.

British people have to read Thomas Hardy and James Joyce.  They don't have time for actual books.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jasper

#87
December 13, 2010, 08:50:00 PM
People actually read Ulysses? 

I mean, other than lit majors?

The Good Reverend Roger

#88
December 13, 2010, 08:53:35 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on December 13, 2010, 08:50:00 PM
People actually read Ulysses? 

I mean, other than lit majors?

Only in Britain and Canada, with one (1) notable exception on the East Coast, and he was killed by Suu in a bizarre accident involving a toilet plunger and an apple coring tool.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

hooplala

#89
December 13, 2010, 08:53:38 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on December 13, 2010, 08:50:00 PM
People actually read Ulysses? 

I mean, other than lit majors?

I have, twice.  Never been to any college.

It's a fun book once you get past the first two chapters, which are very dry and very boring.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman
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