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Post by joebill on Dec 29, 2019 14:48:56 GMT
Anybody having spurned Ayn Rand is not especially well read, and MACHIAVELLI is also quite educational in demonstrating how powerful people often gain power.
I was pleased to see old Ben Franklin on the list, since he is a good demonstration of how some of the worst old reprobates can teach us the most about things unrelated to morality.
I caught a CTA bus down Michigan ave. in Chicago in 1965, observed a young lady about my age carrying a copy of "the jungle book", and thought maybe I had an opening.
I asked her if she like Kippling. Her face froze briefly before she retorted …"I've never Kippled, so I dunno"...and smiling sweetly, she got off the bus at the next stop. Being young and stupid, I stayed on....Joe
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Post by Jolly on Dec 29, 2019 15:37:27 GMT
To Kipple is to recite Kipling from memory or to engage in a friendly contest to see who can recite the most Kipling from memory.
So, I'm guessing she had never kippled...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 20:17:49 GMT
Okay, I'm here to tell you that The Frogs by Aristophanes is a big, boring dud. But maybe it's the translation I found... It definitely did not float my boat. Its humor is rather similar to that of the Bard, but I think Shakespeare improved on it a hundredfold.
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Post by Jolly on Jan 4, 2020 21:04:36 GMT
Yeah, but you sound smarter already...
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