I knew it! Those English blokes who walk around all high and mighty with their fancy-lad accents and finger sandwiches are frauds. The whole lot of 'em. (I'm looking at you
Scaramouch) When they're pontificating about James Joyce's contributions to the world of literature while wagging their fish and chips stained fingers at us slovenly American for being ill read ... they're lying. According to
this article from Reuters, two out of three Britons lie about reading books they haven't. (Oddly, the number one book they lie about reading... George Orwell's
1984) So the next time some Englishman is staring down at me from his upturned nose, I'll take comfort in knowing I've read
Green Eggs and Ham cover to cover ... twice.
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When someone says they read Finnegans' Wake I just assume they are a pathological liar.
Scara *said* he read the collected works of Jane Austen back in school..bet he made that up, too.
Personally, I think Green Eggs and Ham is worth more than two readings. And I have read the collected works of Jane Austen, but wouldn't touch Joyce or Proust with a ten foot pole.
Speaking of the English, today is the 239th anniversary of the Boston Massacre. Punch a Brit in commemoration.
I think it is unfair to say Americans read less that their Brit cousins. I mean, look at all the excellent activities to be had in the good old U.S. of A - NASCAR, cook-outs, cow-pie throwing, cat fish groping, beer chugging etc. Why in the world would you want to waste time reading James Joyce?
Yeah Juls, somebody needs to introduce the Brits to beer drinking and sports. Scara, get on that.
I've read 1984.
Hows it end?
in 1985.
I believe he read it--he's an American now...
Cool. I assume the good guys win after spider man shows his stuff. Fcuk reading.
I can safely say I read all the Cliff Notes needed to pass my courses...
1984 is a great book, but a better album.
E- very funny response.
E's actually kind of right. 1984's a good book, but you can't beat V for Vendetta :)
That maybe but neither of them have Jump, Panama, Hot for Teacher, or Drop Dead Legs.
Panama will melt your face. Orwell has nothing on Eddie and the gang.
Any one else wondering what the hell "catfish-groping" is?
Sounds kinky.
I think, though it might be related to 'noodling' - "Noodling is a southern US practice of fishing for catfish using only bare hands.", Wikipedia.
Now excuse me while I go back to drinking and watching the monster truck rally...