tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post110723638259485153..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Code voracityJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1123749214824477482005-08-11T14:03:00.000+05:302005-08-11T14:03:00.000+05:30Is it too late to post a comment ?Best one I ever ...Is it too late to post a comment ?<BR/><BR/>Best one I ever heard was a beefy engineer type who described himself to me as a "voluptuous reader". Seriously. Can never see him now without the phrase coming to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1107411947190481652005-02-03T11:55:00.000+05:302005-02-03T11:55:00.000+05:30Most celebs lead a life built on the principle "Pe...Most celebs lead a life built on the principle "Perception is Reality".<br /><br />Sometime back I was totally put off by movies, both Hollywood and Bollywood. But, most of my acquaintances were into them. So, to be in the crowd, I'd read the movie reviews and then talk some crap and nobody would realize that I hadn't seen the movie.<br /><br />I reckon most celebs follow the same principle. Because they want to be seen in a certain manner, they will say whatever it takes to maintain that perception.illusionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643062560564280315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1107340322001586372005-02-02T16:02:00.000+05:302005-02-02T16:02:00.000+05:30Oh no I shouldn’t. Not at all. Too few pleasures i...Oh no I shouldn’t. Not at all. Too few pleasures in life for one to start relinquishing them. <br />About Da Vinci Code, I loved the book when I was reading it, no question about that at all. The snobbery is purely retrospective.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1107339282931022362005-02-02T15:44:00.000+05:302005-02-02T15:44:00.000+05:30Well...no harm reading it. It's not a bad book at ...Well...no harm reading it. It's not a bad book at all. Quite good as far as thrillers go. Long as you don't consider it a classic and don't REALLY think it's better than whatever is your favourite book right now. Even if it's Catch 22. <br />And, heck, Jabby, shouldn't you stop reading these celeb-speak segments and bellyaching?Black Muddy Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955846722038215253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1107325429934690652005-02-02T11:53:00.000+05:302005-02-02T11:53:00.000+05:30Yep,
Have heard of vexatious reader, avaricious r...Yep,<br /><br />Have heard of vexatious reader, avaricious reader,wishful reader, possibly viscous reader.<br /><br />Again, remember that most celebs get hold one of one obscure book and pretend that that's their life-changer, secure that nobody else will ever hear about it again.<br /><br />Would gladly strangle such folks--societal mores et al:(<br /><br />anand sivashankarAnandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950338953048746347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1107304751685105912005-02-02T06:09:00.000+05:302005-02-02T06:09:00.000+05:30I'm on the brink here, Jai. You don't even know w...I'm on the brink here, Jai. You don't even know what pain is.<br /><br />If one more, just ONE more, human being says to me, "Oh, you study art history. How wonderful. You should read this great art history book, Da Vinci Code," I will commit suicide. Viciously.<br /><br />I might even throw in one or two murders, just for fun.<br /><br />elck<br />(vernacularbody.typepad.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1107286581999112092005-02-02T01:06:00.000+05:302005-02-02T01:06:00.000+05:30Well, I havent read it yet and dont intend to.Does...Well, I havent read it yet and dont intend to.Does that count as non-voracious, non-vicarious or simply vicious?Trinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926968425894533744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1107275391224409162005-02-01T21:59:00.000+05:302005-02-01T21:59:00.000+05:30My Economics professor pulled up a book I was read...My Economics professor pulled up a book I was reading under the desk in his class last week and, maybe to prove he was really quite cool and everything, recommended that I read <I>Da Vinci's Code</I>. Which is still less funny than his throw-away remark about Pratima Bedi being the wife of Kiran Bedi.Interlocutorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521367541178810269noreply@blogger.com