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Lucy Snow
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 218 Location: US
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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No underlinings? No folding down the corners of the pages to mark your place? No coffee stains?
What planet are you from? |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 277 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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It's strange and wrong I'll admit, but to me dogearing a good book would be like breaking a lover's finger during sex.
Hmmmm..... |
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Lucy Snow
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 218 Location: US
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting comparison. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:31 pm Post subject: You always hurt the one you love |
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Dear R,
Ah, but loving is sharing.
Regards,
John |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 277 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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That's exactly what my therapist said before putting me onto twice-daily sessions and taking away all my cutlery. |
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Lucy Snow
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 218 Location: US
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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At least he left you your books.
The quote you use in your signature--where's it from? |
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Shonai Ben
Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 617
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with R.Dog-earring a good book is totally unacceptable.You must use a book-mark.BTW,what does sex have to do with reading a book?Totally different in my "book"! |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 277 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Shonai Ben - you're right, they're very different. One can be an intense, emotional esperience in which you come close to somebody in a way that's otherwise impossible, a rewarding trip that's much anticipated and can leave a strange kind of ennui afterwards... and the other one's sex!
Lucy - the quote is from a Kevin Spacey film called Swimming With Sharks (it may be caled The Buddy Factor outside the UK). It's basically a showcase for Kevin Spacey's abilities at insulting people, and it's none the worse for it.
John - that's true, but you share WITH what you love, you don't share what you love.
Before this goes any further I should probably state that I do have a social life and I leave the house sometimes (often with a book, admittedly) |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:45 pm Post subject: s e x |
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s e x What's that ? More to the point why can't I write D i c k e n s ? But sex is okay ? |
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Shonai Ben
Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 617
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Sex is OK in my book anytime.I prefer not to just read about it though.
Is there any such thing as bad sex?Nope,don't think so. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:50 pm Post subject: A stand-up guy |
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Dear scot47,
" sex is OK "
Just OK? Hmm, you HAVE been here too long. But seriously, it's the D i c k in D i c k e n s that causes the problem. But then D i c k s have caused problems for untold centuries. And don't tell anyone else, but I actually think a good book is BETTER that sex ( yup, I've been here too long, too ).
Regards,
John |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 277 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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Really? You've never had bad sex? I don't mean bad in a 'bad movie' kidnd of way, where you rent it and it's fun because it's so awful (obviously it's the film you rent, not the sex(?)). I mean it in a so-bad-it's-bad-way. I'm trying to think of a film that's as bad-bad as bad-bad sex but I can't at the moment. |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 277 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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A good book is definitely better than sex. Usually though, unless it's REALLY good sex, there's time for both. |
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Shonai Ben
Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 617
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Bad sex,bad films.Whoa.I am getting confused here.Anyway,what I meant was that I would take sex,even bad sex,before I would sit down and read a book. |
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R
Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 277 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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But surely that must depend on how bad the sex was? Have you really never had the kind of sex that's slightly less engaging than cutting your toenails? |
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