Hammer and Pickle 6:03 Fri Dec 23
Ulysses
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Never got through the first few pages which seemed to be all about kidneys for breakfast. Suddenly, after decades, feel the urge to attempt again.
Nailed-on midlife crisis, roight?
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camel-with-3-humps
2:06 Sat Dec 24
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Talking of books, I was with a bunch of lads the other day and not one read the Bravo Two Zero.
W T F ?
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Saul Bollox
1:40 Sat Dec 24
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A university graduate went fora job on a buiding site. One of the interview question was what is the difference between a Joist and a Girder
Simple he says Joist wrote Ullyses and Girder wrote Faust
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gph
1:10 Sat Dec 24
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Apparently, some of the early editions contain misprints more serious than ‘Steeeeeeeeeephen’ for ‘Steeeeeeeeeeeephen’, and ‘Pprrpffrrppfff’ for ‘Pprrpffrrppffff’ (or is it the other way around?)
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stomper
12:57 Sat Dec 24
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Like the Curates egg, its good in parts.
The best thing about it is the use made of it by Anthony Burgess in "Earthly Powers", possibly the greatest novel of the 20th century
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Hermit Road
10:44 Fri Dec 23
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I thought it was drivel, and him the most overrated author of the last century.
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neilalex
10:32 Fri Dec 23
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I would have thought that stream of unconsciousness was more your thing Pickle?
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
9:28 Fri Dec 23
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I've read it. It gets worse as it goes on. I would say the best bit is the first line, the next best bit is the stuff about kidneys for breakfast and the rest is a bit shit. Especially Molly's reverie at the end, in which which Joyce contrives to make an orgasm boring.
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Sven Roeder
6:41 Fri Dec 23
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* tumbleweed blows past*
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Hammer and Pickle
6:38 Fri Dec 23
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So I need to watch the Simpsons to understand Joyce, right?
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Far Cough
6:37 Fri Dec 23
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As I understand, you need to know about the Odyssey to make sense of it?
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RBshorty
6:33 Fri Dec 23
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Don't bother Hammer. Over rated pap. Save yourself a GOOD many hours. And give it a swerve. Unless guilt ridden paddy's is your thing.?
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Hammer and Pickle
6:32 Fri Dec 23
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Joyce-Splatt is very P.G. Wodehouse, I'll give you that.
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SPLATT!
6:32 Fri Dec 23
ILLEGAL SPLATT
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An illegal SPLATT has been performed here.
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Sven Roeder
6:29 Fri Dec 23
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by James SPLATT
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