No one else ever wrote like Melville

I bet you were tickled pink when that book came out.

He had a whale of a time reading it! B., this is not a slur on you. I just can't resist a pun!

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Originally posted by Ronnie P.:
I bet you were tickled pink when that book came out.

You bet! I had signed up for a copy in advance of the publication dste! I waited at Ye Olde Booke Store for 8 hours to get my copy!

Well I'm glad you weren't too disappointed that the book was about whales.

Were you disappointed with the contents of yur first grade reader?

I'm a little disappointed at that put down earthmommma but I appreciate you trying.

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No one else ever wrote like Melville
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Thank God for small favors.

i'd rather scoop out my eye with a spork while drinking Iced Starbucks coffee than read anything he wrote again. read billy budd. read moby. that's hours of my life i'll never get back.

Now Nagel, don,t hold back tell us how you REALLY feel about him.

ROFL.. well.. i'm sorry... some people like him, obviously... but i don't.. to each their own, i suppose..

Ronnie, I was carrying on with the wordplay. you asked Beternu if he was disappointed the book was about whales. This of course referred to the title of the book( I thought it did!). You never had to read "Fun with ---- and Jane"? One good put down deserves another. LOL! It's the context, Ronnie! Just a little bit of naughty wordplay fun! Go back to the top! I had to edit- filter let a title word through! Wonders never cease!

Melville's study of obsession ranks with the best of the Greek plays. All written before Freud even owned a couch.