Comments on: No Phonies Allowed http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Diane Firstman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94634 Diane Firstman Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:25:42 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94634 [12] Alex, be honest: “I became impatient at times and skimmed over passages” is code for “I got distracted by Oui and spent hours masturbating daily,” isn’t it? Or maybe I’m projecting. ================= OK ... that's an image I didn't need ... :-) [12]

Alex, be honest: “I became impatient at times and skimmed over passages” is code for “I got distracted by Oui and spent hours masturbating daily,” isn’t it? Or maybe I’m projecting.

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OK … that’s an image I didn’t need … :-)

]]> By: a.O http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94633 a.O Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:46:33 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94633 Alex, be honest: "I became impatient at times and skimmed over passages" is code for "I got distracted by Oui and spent hours masturbating daily," isn't it? Or maybe I'm projecting. I immediately identified with this book in the 10th grade. Phonies are ubiquitous at all stages of live, but I had only just begun to see it. Alex, be honest: “I became impatient at times and skimmed over passages” is code for “I got distracted by Oui and spent hours masturbating daily,” isn’t it? Or maybe I’m projecting.

I immediately identified with this book in the 10th grade. Phonies are ubiquitous at all stages of live, but I had only just begun to see it.

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94632 RIYank Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:31:05 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94632 [10] Nice drawing, Larry. [10] Nice drawing, Larry.

]]> By: lroibal http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94631 lroibal Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:01:33 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94631 (8) Count me amongst the phonies. (8) Count me amongst the phonies.

]]> By: Just Fair http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94630 Just Fair Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:56:52 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94630 I've reread The Catcher in the Rye a couple of times in the last several years. Each time I find myself thinking how much of an impact did it have on me when I first read it 20 years ago. A good amount I suppose since I do enjoy it each time. I’ve reread The Catcher in the Rye a couple of times in the last several years. Each time I find myself thinking how much of an impact did it have on me when I first read it 20 years ago. A good amount I suppose since I do enjoy it each time.

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94629 RIYank Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:32:20 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94629 Nicely wrought paragraph in <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d" rel="nofollow">The Onion</a>:<blockquote> CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers," said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four years. "There will never be another voice like his." Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything.</blockquote> Nicely wrought paragraph in The Onion:

CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn’t do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. “He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers,” said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don’t have to look at them for four years. “There will never be another voice like his.” Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it’s just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything.

]]> By: ms october http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94628 ms october Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:28:32 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94628 even though i wasn't a rebellious, brooding type teenager i really liked the catcher in the rye which i read as a teenager. maybe the theme of exposing phonies spoke to me, i am not sure. but i do remember that it was one of the few books i read at that time that i actually enjoyed. i was a voracious reader as a kid, and i read a pretty good amount as an adult, but i remember having little interest in most of the books we had to read for school when i was in middle and high school. catcher in the rye was an exception so it will always have a special place for me. even though i wasn’t a rebellious, brooding type teenager i really liked the catcher in the rye which i read as a teenager.
maybe the theme of exposing phonies spoke to me, i am not sure.
but i do remember that it was one of the few books i read at that time that i actually enjoyed. i was a voracious reader as a kid, and i read a pretty good amount as an adult, but i remember having little interest in most of the books we had to read for school when i was in middle and high school. catcher in the rye was an exception so it will always have a special place for me.

]]> By: Start Spreading the News http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94627 Start Spreading the News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:40:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94627 Yanks are picked to finish third, behind Tampa and Boston by Baseball Prospectus: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/dc/ Yanks are picked to finish third, behind Tampa and Boston by Baseball Prospectus:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/dc/

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94626 Alex Belth Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:53:33 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94626 Doh! Good catch. Doh! Good catch.

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94625 RIYank Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:39:45 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94625 I didn't read <i>Catcher in the Rye</i> until I was an adult, but I read the Nine Stories as an eighth grader. I thought about them for a long time. But I hadn't thought about them at all for ages, until yesterday. I didn’t read Catcher in the Rye until I was an adult, but I read the Nine Stories as an eighth grader. I thought about them for a long time. But I hadn’t thought about them at all for ages, until yesterday.

]]> By: vockins http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94624 vockins Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:32:55 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94624 [2] They should have named it Qui. That's an incredible name for a porno mag. [2] They should have named it Qui. That’s an incredible name for a porno mag.

]]> By: rbj http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94623 rbj Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:29:22 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94623 <b>Q</b>ui? Maybe <b>O</b>ui? Catcher was alright, but I never got the feeling that it was the greatest book ever. There were some Harlan Ellison books out there that I also read in high school (on my own, rather than for class) that made me go "wow". Qui? Maybe Oui?

Catcher was alright, but I never got the feeling that it was the greatest book ever.

There were some Harlan Ellison books out there that I also read in high school (on my own, rather than for class) that made me go “wow”.

]]> By: Dimelo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/01/29/no-phonies-allowed/#comment-94622 Dimelo Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:23:34 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=28487#comment-94622 Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye still has quite an influence on me, first book I read that I said to myself "that's a fucking book". To Kill a Mockingbird had a similar appeal, but the catcher in the rye popped my cherry when it comes to having a long lasting memory. Peace, J.D! Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye still has quite an influence on me, first book I read that I said to myself “that’s a fucking book”. To Kill a Mockingbird had a similar appeal, but the catcher in the rye popped my cherry when it comes to having a long lasting memory.

Peace, J.D!

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