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   alt.books.george-orwell      Discussing 1984, sadly coming true...      4,149 messages   

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   Martha Bridegam to All   
   Re: Happy 100th Bloomsday   
   17 Jun 04 01:07:53   
   
   From: mabjo@pacbell.net   
      
   "*OB-B*E!!!---!!!!!!!!!" wrote:   
      
   > "Bobby Farouk"  wrote in message   
   > news:10d1oe44upbb65b@corp.supernews.com...   
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   > > "ROB-B*E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"  wrote   
   > > in message news:2jbsltFvnmtaU1@uni-berlin.de...   
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   > > > "selene1022"  wrote in message   
   > > > news:cfdb308.0406160945.f36e05b@posting.google.com...   
   > > > > Wish I could be in Dublin....   
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   > > > > JV   
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   > > > Toppohthemarnintoyer.   
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   > > Isn't it grand to live in a world where Bloomsday is celebrated?   
   >   
   > Yes.   
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   > >   
   > > NPR did a nice, long piece on Ulysses this afternoon.  Some may argue tax   
   > > bucks should not fund a leftist media, but it felt good to have my taxes   
   > > help a radio program honor Leopold Bloom.   
   > >   
   > > There is a poster in my bedroom commemorating the release of the correct   
   > > text edition (what year was that?).  Whenever I am sprawled in one of my   
   > > black moods and contemplating the worse, I can look at that and realize   
   > the   
   > > thing I'll miss most when I die will be the loss of good books to read.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Yeah I know what you mean: no man can work in the dark.   
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   Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.   
   Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.   
      
   -- Groucho Marx, c/o M   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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