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Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita

Peder said:
Still,
Yes, even I can see the resemblance! But I sure hope I never look as stern as the other guy does. He could even scare them into eating their veggies as welll as their oatmeal! :)
:D
Peder
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You are our kinder, gentler Peter Ackroyd. ;) I have never read anything by him, have you?

I guess I'll go google him, just for the halibut. (Food related thread here.) :D

Flash!

Ackroyd/Nabokov link:

googlink


[…] it may be that Nabokov is fascinated by his own work, and so continues to harass and worry it in order to extract some key or secret code which will justify it all; or, more probably, it may be that his talent has long since atrophied and he is condemned to the constant reworking of his original material, to press some scent out of the already heavily pressed flower […]. When a novel strives too hard to become literature, it falls into literariness. Nabokov’s words are hollow and external, and he lays them on with a trowel. All that is left is solemn persona playing with himself and that—of course—leads to blindness. [28-29]
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Peder said:
Still,
Yes, even I can see the resemblance! But I sure hope I never look as stern as the other guy does. He could even scare them into eating their veggies as welll as their oatmeal! :)
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:D :D :D

I thought that, the other guy looks tough, like an army major or something, you look more kind, like a minister of religion, or a shrink (ahem... sorry, psychiatrist), or something. (No offence :) )
 
StillILearn said:
You are our kinder, gentler Peter Ackroyd. ;) I have never read anything by him, have you?

I guess I'll go google him, just for the halibut. (Food related thread here.) :D
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Still,
No, never have.
But now I realize it was The Strange Death of Roger Ackroyd that was bangin round in my head! (Agatha Christie mystery) How's that for an off topic response that may derail the thread forever? Who knows, we might even end up talking about Blind Asassain? :eek: Oh no, not that again! :D
Peder
 
Peder said:
Still,
No, never have.
But now I realize it was The Strange Death of Roger Ackroyd that was bangin round in my head! (Agatha Christie mystery) How's that for an off topic response that may derail the thread forever? Who knows, we might even end up talking about Blind Asassain? :eek: Oh no, not that again! :D
Peder
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Peder, you have been cracking me up lately! :D :D :D
 
StillILearn said:
Looks as if TBA was the victim of attrition. :rolleyes:
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Still,
That really is a whole nother topic that would be way off topic here, so I'll resist. (For one of the really rare occasions in my life). :( :( :(
No fair, I know, since I started it. But someone has to say no. :rolleyes:
Peder
 
Peder said:
Steffee,
I just lost it when your smilies came to life and started laughing. Really cute! :)
Peder
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I steal them from another vBulletin forum at prisontalk.com (where I'm doing research for a forensic psychology assignment). They have a much wider choice :D
 
Peder said:
Still,
That really is a whole nother topic that would be way off topic here, so I'll resist. (For one of the really rare occasions in my life). :( :( :(
No fair, I know, since I started it. But someone has to say no. :rolleyes:
Peder
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Works for me! :)
 
steffee said:
I steal them from another vBulletin forum at prisontalk.com (where I'm doing research for a forensic psychology assignment). They have a much wider choice :D
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Steffee,
Is that prison talk among the corrections professionals, or among the inmates. I''m half afraid to look! :eek:
Peder
 
Peder said:
Steffee,
Is that prison talk among the corrections professionals, or among the inmates. I''m half afraid to look! :eek:
Peder
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It's a bit of everything, ex-prisoners, COs (which I assume are the equivalent to prison officers in the UK) and mostly the families of prisoners/inmates.
 
steffee said:
It's a bit of everything, ex-prisoners, COs (which I assume are the equivalent to prison officers in the UK) and mostly the families of prisoners/inmates.
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Steffee,
Egad, sounds like a truly useful purpose that the Internet might actually be serving.
Peder
 
steffee said:
It's a bit of everything, ex-prisoners, COs (which I assume are the equivalent to prison officers in the UK) and mostly the families of prisoners/inmates.
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Ah, steffee, I am not totally unfamiliar with the insides of both the minimum and the maximum security sides of the Nevada State Correctional Centers in nearby Carson City. Interesting additions to one's education, no? :rolleyes:
 
Curses! Now its my turn for not getting a picture or something! All I get are the x's in little boxes for the smilies that Steffee posted. :( Phooey! Hmmm...prison talk eh? Someone needs to help in that area.
Forensic psychology sounds very interesting though. Is that the direction you are taking?

Ackroyd looks like a tough cookie, not our gentle Peder a bit. :)
Glad you put the photo up again Peder.

I'll keep either my little old wolfie, or the tiger though. Matches my personality.....;)

Please observe the delicacy with which I totally ignore the subject of TBA...I am being good, and will remain so. :D
 
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