Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Mind you, I'm intrigued to find out what the ice weasels do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lees Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Mind you, I'm intrigued to find out what the ice weasels do.... 185028[/snapback] I imagine they gnaw on your goolies ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santaponsasaint Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 (edited) Galloway street used to be where the milk marketing board is now near st,james church got a book on galloway st very good book Edited August 9, 2005 by santaponsasaint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 (edited) The Flashman books, is that the ones with McAusland? I've got those but haven't got round to reading them yet. 185001[/snapback] Same authour, George MacDonald Fraser. Both sets well worth reading. Edited August 9, 2005 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AC Doyle Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Prefer poetry or short stories rather than windbag sprawling novels: 1. Black Swan - Christopher Hope 2. The Burn - James Kelman, proper Scottish writer unlike HPDS 3. The Works of Lord Byron - Lord Byron 4. The Aristos - John Fowles 5. Confessions of a Haunted House - Timothy Lea Someone mentioned "The Dice Man" - one of the few novels I have bothered to read right through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmunn Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 "Love is a snowmobile speeding across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come." ... Jeezo, Mr. feckin' Happy! 185027[/snapback] It was a quote from Nietzsche .... Made me laugh it was so miserable.... Just like the old guy I met one morning ... It was a beautiful sunny day in Inverbervie (a rare event!) and I said to him "What a beautiful morning" He just scowled and said "We will pay for it later"... Just summed up that miserable calvenistic spirit that resides deep down in all Scots! ... The odd thing was ... he was right it rained later on... I hope it made him happy. Cheers Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lees Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 (edited) It was a quote from Nietzsche .... Made me laugh it was so miserable.... 185232[/snapback] You sure ? I don't think there were any snowmobiles around in Nietzsche's time. I was curious about it too and Googled it. Several different returns attributed it to Matt Groening (American cartoonist, created The Simpsons). Edited August 10, 2005 by Bill Lees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmunn Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 You sure ? I don't think there were any snowmobiles were around in Nietzsche time. I was curious about it too and Googled it. Several different returns attributed it to Matt Groening (American cartoonist, created The Simpsons). 185251[/snapback] Bill, Well that makes more sense.. the references I'd seen were to Nietzsche , but perhaps they were ironic.... maybe like the original art work on my walls "in the style of" van Gogh ... etc... Cheers Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Quoting from The Simpsons is much better than from Neetzchi. Much less pretentious, don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Quoting from The Simpsons is much better than from Neetzchi. Much less pretentious, don't you think? 185257[/snapback] DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom McB Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 (edited) Classic- Old Fred Nietzsche the Fascist was more likely to have raced across the tundra in a troika. What's astounding is that if you google for the quotation you find lots of false attributions. Howard were you being subtle by mentioning the Simpsons- or jist lucky. Subtle methinks. If It sounds like the simpsons- it probably is Clicky Edited August 10, 2005 by Tom McB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allym1877 Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Classic- Old Fred Nietzsche the Fascist was more likely to have raced across the tundra in a troika.185271[/snapback] Actually, contrary to popular opinion, Freidrich Nietzsche wasn't a fascist. His theories were distorted and his works selectively published after his death by his sister to promote her own fascist agenda. Nietzsche fell out with his long time friend Wagner due to Wagner's anti-semitic and nationalist views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rothesay Saint Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Actually, contrary to popular opinion, Freidrich Nietzsche wasn't a fascist. His theories were distorted and his works selectively published after his death by his sister to promote her own fascist agenda. Nietzsche fell out with his long time friend Wagner due to Wagner's anti-semitic and nationalist views. 185338[/snapback] ...and there was nothing he couldn't tell you about the raising of the wrist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Just saw a program on Motörhead and was interested to see that Lemmy likes to relax by reading P.G. Wodehouse. Always a pleasure to read his works. On the subject of bicycles which we left a couple of pages ago "The Third Policeman" by Flann O'Brien would be an interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted August 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 That's just fúckin' ludicrous that one, Bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 HHiBSS, Which one? Lemmy/Wodehouse or the O'Brien book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted August 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 The Third Policeman. I read it about this time last year and it baffled the fúck out of me. Was it absurdist comedy, a surreal satire, just plain daft or merely a pile of unmitigated dog jobby? Couldnae make my mind up. So I went to the pub instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 (edited) The Third Policeman. I read it about this time last year and it baffled the fúck out of me. Was it absurdist comedy, a surreal satire, just plain daft or merely a pile of unmitigated dog jobby? Couldnae make my mind up. So I went to the pub instead. 188254[/snapback] Was it absurdist comedy (yes), a surreal satire (yes), just plain daft or merely a pile of unmitigated dog jobby (very possibly - it wasn't considered good enough for publication until O'Brien died)? Couldnae make my mind up. So I went to the pub instead (Where you'd have been most likely to bump into the author). Edited August 24, 2005 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 IMHO: A brilliant book. Very clever and funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted August 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 So I went to the pub instead (Where you'd have been most likely to bump into the author). 188270[/snapback] If he wisnae deid. Don't tell me you're at it now as well!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 (edited) So I went to the pub instead (Where you'd have been most likely to bump into the author).   If he wisnae deid. Don't tell me you're at it now as well!!! 188300[/snapback] I was speaking about the metaphysical pub. As de Selby says all pubs are conected to each other thru' the metaphysical pub and it is possible to enter one pub at a specific time and leave a completely different one at another time. I know this to be true. Edited August 24, 2005 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 it is possible to enter one pub at a specific time and leave a completely different one at another time. I know this to be true. 188305[/snapback] It is especially true if you are going quickly on a bicycle - or indeed - ARE already part-bicycle, due to the atom-transference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lees Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 I think I've been in that Metaphysical Pub. They do a very nice pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 They do a very nice pie. 188311[/snapback] And they only cost 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679 (etc) each... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted August 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 It is especially true if you are going quickly on a bicycle - or indeed - ARE already part-bicycle, due to the atom-transference. 188307[/snapback] Shut it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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