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   lshim671 said, about 1 year ago

   Rat summarizes The Odyssey: Man goes on trip. Comes home.
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   Benjamin Scott said, about 1 year ago

   HAHAHA,,,pearls always makes me laugh :)
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   seyleigh said, about 1 year ago

   This reminds me of Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea”. He spends a long time catching a stupid fish, then he loses the fish. Boring!
   At least the Odyssey had some adventure in it.
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   templo SUD said, about 1 year ago

   Also like Stevenson’s “Treasure Island.” Boy has a pirate in his inn, finds treasure map, meets up with more pirates, finds treasure.
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   agedengineer said, about 1 year ago

   Reminds me of the Fox Trot bit about Cliff Notes Cliff Notes, for instance: Hamlet. “Danish Prince. Dies.”
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   SherlockWatson said, about 1 year ago

   And now, the Quick Notes Digest version of Alice in Wonderland:
   A girl takes some drugs, then sobers up. The End.
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   Alohacat said, about 1 year ago

   @SherlockWatson

   Yeah, that works for me
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   John de Vries-Kraft said, about 1 year ago

   gosh, that coulda put Goat’s ear outta whack, will Rat take advantage again and try to get a couple of ringers?
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   lakita_lover said, about 1 year ago

   Reminds me of my sister’s summary of Don Quixote: A guy goes crazy, he regains his sanity, and then he dies.
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    Richard S. Russell said, about 1 year ago

    “A classic is something that everybody wants to have read, and nobody wants to read.” —Mark Twain (1835-1910), nom de plume of Samuel L. Clemens, American writer and humorist
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    Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 1 year ago

    We had to read Great Expectations in high school. One kept expecting something to happen, rather than it being a social commentary disguised as fiction with a several weird characters…
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    Wiselad said, about 1 year ago

    kid goes orphan, meets super rich bald guy, guy decides to adopt her…………………………so that is why rat things Annie is boring
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    thatnicecollegeguy said, about 1 year ago

    Pastis wrote a hilarious bit on his blog a while back about the work of a Russian playwright whose name escapes me. Pastis read one play, and it ended with the protagonist shooting himself in the head. Pastis read another play by this guy, and it ended with the protagonist shooting himself in the head. Now, Pastis was going to start a third play by the guy, but he had a hunch about the ending and decided against it. Then, he looked up to see how the playwright eventually died.

    Tubercluosis. BOOOOOOOOO-RIIIING!
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    GuiltyBystander said, about 1 year ago

    Sounds like a Russian author. Those guys dragged their black clouds around with them like that character in Li’l Abner, Joe Btfsplk.

    Q: What do they call writers of happy stories in Russia?
    A: “Foreigners”
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    rf_eq said, about 1 year ago

    rat’s on another of his litanies
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