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deathcap's avatar

It's a shame that TS Eliot's parents did not name him Stearns Thomas Eliot. Then his name would have been ST Eliot. Toilets backwards.

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Mark Alexander's avatar

Nabokov didn't say exactly that, but he did point out how close "toilets" was to "tseliot" spelled backwards. Needless to say, Nabokov was not a fan.

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RSgva's avatar

Good, finally two simple justifications for why I never liked T.S. Eliot.

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Susan Daniels's avatar

How long did it take to come up with that? Quite smart.

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deathcap's avatar

I wish I could claim credit. I got it from Matt Groening years ago.

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MeriBear's avatar

Who, sadly, has become a raging disappointment for all the laughter he elicited from me in my younger years.

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Jimmy Gleeson's avatar

Did Groening also succumb to the fear and panic narrative? If you want to try to read something unreadable, the Stephen King book "Holly" goes full Covid.

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deathcap's avatar

Stephen King is someone whose work I usually appreciate but whose public statements I usually ignore. I haven't read any of his new material in probably 20 years. Not intentionally, my interests just wandered elsewhere.

I have no idea what Matt Groening's opinions are on anything and I don't think I'm going to look.

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Susan Daniels's avatar

Nevertheless, it is still funny.

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