Which one of you sons or daughters of the old sod will confess tonight

[The Lone Liberal]

and agree with me that you think James Joyce was nothing but an old sot that wrote nothing but shite?

[Plaid Adder]

1. I disagree

I think he was a *young* sot who wrote nothing but shite.

Actually I have a real soft spot for *Ulysses.* It's the *Ulysses* geeks who scare me. Worse than Star Trek geeks and a lot less well-adjusted.

Yee ha,

The Plaid Adder

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. I liked "Dubliners".

How did that go?

As Tyson was riding into Jerusalem,
He fell and hurt his Alex Kafoozelem? (sic)

"Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake" -- and I have read both -- are shite.

[The Lone Liberal]

3. The best thing about Ulysses

is the pub crawl that they do nowadays.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. True.

Molly's soliloquoy had it moments also.

[The Lone Liberal]

9. And I do so hate those unmentionable pink neon signs

quoting his work that are scattered all over Dublin.

[Plaid Adder]

11. ROTFL

That's a temporary art installation; it's a big fucking deal in the art world, apparently. They'll go away eventually.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Pepto Bismol pink?

Grabbing a bucket.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. And to the list of shite Irish writers....

...I would add Samuel Beckett.

"Waiting for Godot" is :boring:

[The Lone Liberal]

7. "Waiting for Godot?" You go much to far

LOL

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Ever sat through a production of it?

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

[Plaid Adder]

8. Hey! Leave Beckett alone!

*Endgame* can actually be very entertaining if you do it right. Ditto with *Waiting for Godot.* Later on he went quite mad, but let's not throw the baby out with the soiled nappy.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[dflprincess]

5. Sure and I'd have to agree with you

I've never been able to get through anything of his...I haven't tried for a long time, maybe I should give him another chance.