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People think "queue" is just "q" followed by 4 silent letters.
But those letters are not silent.
They're just waiting their turn.
But those letters are not silent.
They're just waiting their turn.
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"Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach
"The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Gary Zukav
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach
"The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Gary Zukav
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JLS is a beautiful book ♥JimC wrote:"Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach
"The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Gary Zukav
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Don't have a copy, but I read it in the 70's when I was a nipper.Trinity wrote:JLS is a beautiful book ♥JimC wrote:"Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach
"The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Gary Zukav
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Read the first two.JimC wrote:"Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach
"The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Gary Zukav
Still have the second, somewhere.
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I long for a copy of the Codex Seraphinianus. I've come across a few copies in rare book sales, but they've always been much too expensive for me.
Nice, however, to see that several sites now offer the thing as a downloadable pdf.
Nice, however, to see that several sites now offer the thing as a downloadable pdf.
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Kotzwinkle is teh OSSUM!!1! The Fan Man is a must-read - as is The Midnight Examiner, Doctor Rat, The Bear Went Over The Mountain and pretty much anything else by him!tattuchu wrote:For some reason this reminded me of Dr Rat, which I read as a kid. Any book that has the dialogue, "My b-b-balls are f-f-freezing, Dr Rat," in it is a winner as far as I'm concernedBella Fortuna wrote:Wow, that's an old one... I read that back in high school, I think... haven't thought about it again till this! James Kirkwood... huh, and I see it was made into a film about a decade ago; I'd no idea!Mysturji wrote:Which reminds me - I have a book called "P.S. Your Cat is Dead".PsychoSerenity wrote:I've got a very rare first edition of an exceedingly strange book called "Percy Gets Probed".
A very weird read. I exchanged it for one I had finished reading while on holiday.
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The Beginning Was The End: Man Came Into Being Through Cannibalism -- Intelligence Can Be Eaten
by Oscar Kiss Maerth
This is the book that the new wave band DEVO based their 'philosophy' of de-evolution upon. If you watch the video for the song "What We Do" from their last CD, there is a woman in the video reading the book.
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When I worked for BBC Publications in the late 1970s, I was once asked to clear out a cluttered stockroom. One book I came across I decided to keep for myself: I can't remember the exact title, because it's currently in my house in the UK, but it was a guide to the pronunciation of English place names published in the 1930s. I still enjoy thumbing through it, because you would not believe how far the accepted pronunciation has deviated from the spelling in the names of so many English villages.
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That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
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The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
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Bloody internet. I didn't intend to post the same bollocks twice.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
personal blog: the view from fanling [stories about Hong Kong and any other shite I can think up]
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
personal blog: the view from fanling [stories about Hong Kong and any other shite I can think up]
Re: Wacky/unusual books you own
You think it's bad in England? Go to Spain...lofuji wrote:When I worked for BBC Publications in the late 1970s, I was once asked to clear out a cluttered stockroom. One book I came across I decided to keep for myself: I can't remember the exact title, because it's currently in my house in the UK, but it was a guide to the pronunciation of English place names published in the 1930s. I still enjoy thumbing through it, because you would not believe how far the accepted pronunciation has deviated from the spelling in the names of so many English villages.
Srsly, insular cultures are always "insider cultures" full of little markers like the names of districts and restaurants.
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