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September 2, 2011 at 9:08 pm #733447
DBPMemberOprah digs books, but books don’t know that.
Meanwhile, books dig goats.
Problem: Goats don’t dig books back.
Goats dig Oprah.
http://www.youtube.com/user/arjen92#p/u/7/K-CFEPBWI78
September 2, 2011 at 11:26 pm #733448
kootchmanMemberOnly if the books must come from a PO Box in Southern California… in a brown paper wrapper …. with no return address. As to reading get rich schemes… the employee handbook from the City of Seattle is too droll.
September 2, 2011 at 11:50 pm #733449
rwParticipantI’ve enjoyed the humor and irreverence expressed in this thread. But all joking aside, I would love to have a literary group that combines reading and discussing some interesting books, irreverence, humor … and a healthy quotient of beer and pub grub. Heck, imagine how enjoyable it would have been to toss back a few brews or shots with Dylan Thomas or Kerouac or Hemingway. Book discussion groups are great, but they shouldn’t be dominated by female energy (though female participation is always welcome). So I was disappointed when I read the other book group thread and found that it was for women only, just as I was a bit let down when I found that this thread was all in jest (although I thoroughly enjoyed the jest).
September 2, 2011 at 11:54 pm #733450
datamuseParticipantTo be honest, rw, I was a little surprised at the women-only stipulation, simply because I’ve never encountered a book group that had ANY men in it. (Aside from an online one that I participate in sometimes.)
If I found one I’d be more likely to join it, really.
September 3, 2011 at 5:19 am #733451
JoBParticipanthubby and i attended a book group in the junction for a while that was mixed.
unfortunately, i felt the guy energy dominated the discussion which is why i prefer women only groups…
dw…
in my jaded past i did manage a drink or two with poets..
and a novelist or two of note.
i even did the Haight Ashbury tour once upon my lifetime:)
My only regret is that i was not older.. or uglier..
It turns out that too often uncommon writers are no more than common men when a young woman enters the room:(
wine women and song has more appeal if you are not the woman.
September 3, 2011 at 8:03 am #733452
kootchmanMemberJoB… is right. There is too much energy for the wiser women who live amongst us… no cleavage? Are you nuts? Dylan Thomas would roll in his grave and Hemingway shoot you on the spot..womanizers and drunkards of the first order.you dishonor their memory sir…we are not supposed to “go gently into that good night”… hooter hawking is one of the last stands before going grudgingly into the box and you don;t need reading glasses (for the most part) . ……
September 3, 2011 at 9:45 am #733453
kootchmanMemberI say…be it resolved, that we form a mens book club, where upon such a forming shall include the funds for a serving wench with a decided limp anda liberal penchant which she may not comment upon whilst serving libations or witnessing card cheating. JoB?
September 3, 2011 at 1:01 pm #733454
JoBParticipantkootch…
you go for it…
the writers i encountered in my mis-spent youth will be cheering you on ..
good luck finding the perfect wench…
September 4, 2011 at 5:34 pm #733455
DBPMemberI don’t want girls making me sammiches, distracting me with “cleavage,” or telling me what to do.
Why are girls even snooping on this thread? This is a guy’s-only thread.
Girls: Scram!
September 5, 2011 at 1:04 am #733456
datamuseParticipantMua ha ha, I got girl cooties on your thread!
September 5, 2011 at 4:50 am #733457
miwsParticipantI’m tellin’!!
September 12, 2011 at 7:33 pm #733458
DBPMemberI Knew an Eccentric
I once knew an eccentric electrician.
We had a lot in common.
He wrote poetry and I did.
We both liked pasta.
His poems were complex.
Reading them was like riding a funnel-shaped wind inward.
Finally, I said, “Don’t show me any more of them
and don’t keep talking about unknown galaxies
and how small we are.
I already know that,” I said.
“And fragile,” he added.
–Helen Conkling
{sent to me by WSB member mirabile}
September 13, 2011 at 4:35 am #733459
miwsParticipantSeptember 13, 2011 at 2:29 pm #733460
2 Much WhineParticipantHey, I just read that poem from Dee-Pee (courtesy of mirabile). I think that counts as a piece of literature. Time for beer! This book gang thing is really taking off. Time for the secret handshake. . . . . ===@
September 13, 2011 at 3:21 pm #733461
redblackParticipantthe first rule about the men’s book club is you do not talk about the men’s book club.
and if this is your first night at the men’s book club, you have to
bring sandwiches.
we could start the fake reading with chuck palahniuk…
September 13, 2011 at 4:27 pm #733462
2 Much WhineParticipantSounds intriguing. I might just pick up “Survivor” and see what it’s all about. But, if we can’t talk about the book club gang thingie how will we know when to meet and who gets the French dip sandwich and who gets the Reuben?
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It is funny, I originally posted as a joke (ok, more of an attempt at sarcastic humor) but it might be sorta fun to attempt a not-too-serious-book-club-gang-beer-drinking-sandwich-eating-thingie.
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What would happen if someone proposed to meet at a certain place (Feedback Lounge, Talarico’s or Pizzeria 22 come to mind) on Saturday, October 22nd (Huskies play Stanford and Sounders play Chivas that day)? That would be enough time for some of us to pick up and read “Survivor” by Chuck Palahniuk at a leisurely pace. . . . . if someone was so inclined.
September 13, 2011 at 7:41 pm #733463
DBPMemberhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GStNxVTZ8_8
What would happen if someone proposed to meet at a certain place . . . . ?
–OK, but just make sure the girls don’t get wind of it, because if they do, all kinds of ’em are gonna be showing up there “accidentally on purpose.”
September 14, 2011 at 5:01 am #733464
JoBParticipantNot if there’s a game playing
September 14, 2011 at 5:24 am #733465
kootchmanMemberJob… do you want to be one of the boys? … redblack got me to thinking … saw one on C-Span. why I suggest it… my involvement in safe water. As we tear down the Elwha dam to restore on of the worlds premier salmon rivers… hopefully. Water use and water management..essential for all… some basic questions we will have to answer.. to or for ….
September 14, 2011 at 6:38 am #733466
JanSParticipantnot exactly book club material, , methinks, Kman – lol…
September 14, 2011 at 1:25 pm #733467
redblackParticipant[ring ring]
“umm, kootch? yeah, the meeting has been canceled. nope. no meeting. no, we’ll let you know. okay? okay. thanks. bye.”
[click]
September 14, 2011 at 2:54 pm #733468
kootchmanMembermaybe two levels of book club then redblack?
September 15, 2011 at 1:20 pm #733469
redblackParticipantyou kind of missed the spirit of the OP, kootch. the idea is to pretend to read books while drinking beer and playing pool or whatever. we don’t need to actually read the things.
anyone who’s seen or read fight club will understand my post and why i suggested we fake read chuck palahniuk.
September 15, 2011 at 1:51 pm #733470
anonymeParticipantDBP: I’ve observed that goats actually find books to be quite tasty.
September 15, 2011 at 6:38 pm #733471
DBPMemberHmm… Spidey sense tingling . . . telling me that girls are still spying on this thread.
By the way, has anyone dropped in on the “Women’s Book Club” thread lately? Not that I’m interested or anything.
See, girls like to read books where the WHOLE STORY is used up with characters either BEING IN LOVE or worse, TALKING ABOUT being in love.
Of course males are optional in this scenario, and even the ones that do shuffle in are totally fake-ass. How do I know they’re fake? –Because these guys seem to enjoy yapping as much as the girls!!
WRONG!!!
I’m like: Psshhhh! Whatever! –Look, ladies . . . you’re either in love or you’re not, ok? So just make up your minds and get on with it already so we can get to the bar fight, the car-chase, and the satisfying explosion at the end.
Bed scene? –Oh all right. Just don’t drag it out to no ten minutes, because you KNOW that would never even happen.
(Guys are all about the REALISM, see. Not all this fakey emotional CRAP.)
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