Wow I might be smarter then I thougt

**basom** · 07-13-2004, 10:09 AM

woo hoo plus two!

engrish is cool guys, see how much fun me and ice are having?

**iceman** · 07-13-2004, 10:12 AM

Seriously, how can you not like English? It's fun-damental!

**Spicoli** · 07-13-2004, 10:19 AM

Now, Latin is another matter all together

(insert Airplane retort)

**Max Gosey** · 07-13-2004, 10:35 AM

All of us speaking: "Latin is another matter."

(The movie is legendary.)

Engrish is coo. I meant literature. Literature sucks balls. My point of view is that it is completely unnecessary to analyze seven different times what someone is saying plainly and simply. I don't like that authors try to complicate and convolute their works just for the sake of doing it.

Words are fun. I like verbiage. But books... well books written specifically to achieve acclaim as a "literary master" suck nut. Books written about cool stuff are a whole different ball game.

LOTR, The Count of Monte Cristo, and even Huckleberry Finn were pretty cool. Into Thin Air was amazing because it was just a good story (a good account of a bad story, I mean.) But Moby DICK and a Tale of Two Cities and all that other "examination of human nature" nonsense seems just like bullshit to me.

Writing for a purpose is ok (and bullshit themes don't count, in my opinion), but a lot of authors seem to be writing just because they like to "hear themselves talk."

Discuss.

**acostiga** · 07-13-2004, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by Max Gosey
All of us speaking: "Latin is another matter." (The movie is legendary.)

Engrish is coo. I meant literature. Literature sucks balls. My point of view is that it is completely unnecessary to analyze seven different times what someone is saying plainly and simply. I don't like that authors try to complicate and convolute their works just for the sake of doing it.

Words are fun. I like verbiage. But books... well books written specifically to achieve acclaim as a "literary master" suck nut. Books written about cool stuff are a whole different ball game.

LOTR, The Count of Monte Cristo, and even Huckleberry Finn were pretty cool. Into Thin Air was amazing because it was just a good story (a good account of a bad story, I mean.) But Moby DICK and a Tale of Two Cities and all that other "examination of human nature" nonsense seems just like bullshit to me.

Writing for a purpose is ok (and bullshit themes don't count, in my opinion), but a lot of authors seem to be writing just because they like to "hear themselves talk."

Discuss.

wow. the idea of somebody writing just because they like to 'hear themselves talk' seems familiar...

**horizon** · 07-13-2004, 10:47 AM

Originally posted by Max Gosey

Engrish is coo. I meant literature. Literature sucks balls.

I'm not surprised the first chapter of your novel was crap.

**InspectorGadget** · 07-13-2004, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by basom
i used floasam and jetsam ...

Sorry Basom, the red pen issues demerits for both spelling and capitalization.

**basom** · 07-13-2004, 11:18 AM

Originally posted by basom
Flotsam and jetsam.

is spelled correctly. caps earn demerits. luckily i went to a school that fostered my interests instead of killing me for gramar and spellun, we had no red pens. i learned there are lots of dyslexic people who can still enjoy english without the wrath of the grammer police.

aslo typing fast at work with no proofreading makes me loose any chance of correct spelling and punctuation.

**Spicoli** · 07-13-2004, 11:23 AM

Flotsam & Jetsam?

Mr. Ridiculous

Red lights flashing in my living room
Friends and family playing with the zoom
I have seen this all before
Monkeys rolling through the swinging door
Buying, selling candy to the whores
I don't really like this anymore

Mr. Ridiculous

Indigestion stings the throat
She gave a glowjob to a goat
Aids is no reason to gloat
Why carry oil on a boat?

Mr. Ridiculous

(lead)

Eat the rich and use a little sauce
Look to the north you'll find the moss
The tiger really thinks he's boss
Don't make the loud people angry

Mr. Ridiculous

**Crinkle** · 07-13-2004, 12:05 PM

Originally posted by acostiga
wow. the idea of somebody writing just because they like to 'hear themselves talk' seems familiar...

yeah the hell with Pre-med Maxxy, become a lawyer. They love to hear themselves talk.

**InspectorGadget** · 07-13-2004, 12:15 PM

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Originally posted by basom
Flotsam and jetsam.
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Originally posted by basom
is spelled correctly.

I'm just tuggin' your chain . . . . you spelled it correctly the second time.

Maybe it's envy on my part, it's like a morgue at work. Time for another "what should I do about a new job" thread.

**basom** · 07-13-2004, 12:19 PM

Originally posted by InspectorGadget
quote:

Maybe it's envy on my part, it's like a morgue at work. Time for another "what should I do about a new job" thread.

or maybe you are envious cause i scored for flotsam and jetsam and you got jack shit?

winkle

**InspectorGadget** · 07-13-2004, 12:33 PM

Originally posted by basom
or maybe you are envious cause i scored for flotsam and jetsam and you got jack shit?

Twinkie

The truth does hurt
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**CantDog** · 07-13-2004, 12:41 PM

Originally posted by Max Gosey
All of us speaking: "Latin is another matter." (The movie is legendary.)

Engrish is coo. I meant literature. Literature sucks balls. My point of view is that it is completely unnecessary to analyze seven different times what someone is saying plainly and simply. I don't like that authors try to complicate and convolute their works just for the sake of doing it.

You missed the point max, the books were written to mean something beyond the typed text. Open your eyes and look at a book of poetry.

And with the exception of James Joyce and T.S. Eliot, most of the authors aren't intentionally convoluting their works.

The whole point of reading literature is to take things away from it. Go to a bookstore, and you'll see two sections--fiction, and literature. Into Thin Air is fiction. North of Boston is literature. Try reading more in the latter section, you'll enjoy it.

**Jumper Bones** · 07-13-2004, 02:56 PM

Okay,

I know it isn't the best of colleges, and I'm not sure if they have pre-med stuff for undergrads (I think they do)...you may want to consider Montana State U, man. They're kind of slutty with AP credits. I got a 3 on both the English and the US History exams, and they gave me 14 credits, getting me out of 4 separate college classes that I'd otherwise had to have taken. And the skiing is even better than this stuff here in Seattle, although Montana doesn't get nearly as much snow.

Think about it man. You can always do well enough in undergrad somewhere to get into a decent med school. Why not get the most bang for yer buck, and have fun too?

Besides, if you have in-state residency, you can get a complete undergrad bachelor's degree for less than 15 grand. Maybe even 10. Tuition's gone up since I left, but I'm not sure how much.

**bad_roo** · 07-13-2004, 03:12 PM

Originally posted by CantDog
Into Thin Air is fiction.

Krakauer may disagree.

**iceman** · 07-13-2004, 03:32 PM

heh. "Into Thin Air" is non-fiction, Cant.

"Into the Wild", now that's fiction.

**meatdrink9** · 07-13-2004, 03:48 PM

"Into the Nun" is porn.

**meatdrink9** · 07-13-2004, 03:49 PM

Oh, and I remove 4 points from Basom since Flotsam & jetsam were the names of the evil eels in Disney's: "The Little Mermaid".

**phUnk** · 07-13-2004, 03:50 PM

meatdrink9 does exist!

**basom** · 07-13-2004, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by meatdrink9
Oh, and I remove 4 points from Basom since Flotsam & jetsam were the names of the evil eels in Disney's: "The Little Mermaid".

dude. that should be an extra 4 points.

Ariel is hot, mang!

**meatdrink9** · 07-13-2004, 03:58 PM

Don't worry, I just just checked the score sheet and you still have 17 points (largely in part to that avatar).

**basom** · 07-13-2004, 03:59 PM

doesthat mean you don;t agree about the hotness of Ariel?

**CantDog** · 07-13-2004, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by iceman
heh. "Into Thin Air" is non-fiction, Cant.

"Into the Wild", now that's fiction.

Damn! My attempt to sound smrt has been floundered. And even worse, I read the damn book.

Damn again, CaddyDaddy lays claim to first use of floundered.

bosom, the priest in the flick certainly though she was hot.

**meatdrink9** · 07-13-2004, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by basom
doesthat mean you don;t agree about the hotness of Ariel?

Ariel is smoking hot, but the eels aren't really that sexy. I felt your attempt to stretch the eels into some sort of pseudo reference of Ariel's untold naughty body and boner damning seashells to be done for your own gain on not entirely forthcoming and accurate. I will now be voting for the other candidate (until, he makes an even worser mistake). Shame on you young man.

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