tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post7878986535172524922..comments2024-02-11T05:17:12.629-05:00Comments on L'ennui mélodieux: Ban, Right Guard, Old Spice, pick one so you don't stink up the jointRandal Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-25349397776164991202009-10-02T03:43:50.754-04:002009-10-02T03:43:50.754-04:00The problem with the phone book is that despite th...The problem with the phone book is that despite the enormous cast, the plot is actually quite lackluster...Dr. Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153875976834518896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-56878951896652089742009-10-01T10:23:43.051-04:002009-10-01T10:23:43.051-04:00liberality, I feel so geeky!
kvatch, the Collecte...liberality, I feel so geeky!<br /><br />kvatch, the Collected Works of Irving Kristol? At least the Bible can be violently entertaining.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-58305808221848349062009-09-30T20:18:18.922-04:002009-09-30T20:18:18.922-04:00Better stick with the Bible?
But a better candida...<i>Better stick with the Bible?</i><br /><br />But a better candidate for burning? I don't believe I can think of one.Kvatchhttp://ragebot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-68292389711702509162009-09-30T18:31:21.862-04:002009-09-30T18:31:21.862-04:00you library nerd you!!!-I luv ya don't ya know...you library nerd you!!!-I luv ya don't ya know that!?!Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-59102444774232415962009-09-30T15:29:18.720-04:002009-09-30T15:29:18.720-04:00I like a dirty story, but yikes, cut my skull open...I like a dirty story, but yikes, cut my skull open and pass the hydrochloric acid!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-63600123193885703692009-09-30T12:35:09.830-04:002009-09-30T12:35:09.830-04:00LOL @ 'Going Rouge'! A book about her pret...LOL @ 'Going Rouge'! A book about her pretty pink parts...except in her case, perhaps not so pretty.Eden Bradley-Eve Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705754924725420546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-65893456915968014502009-09-30T08:50:58.298-04:002009-09-30T08:50:58.298-04:00SWA, um, valid points but sex can warp, permanentl...SWA, um, valid points but sex can <em>warp</em>, permanently, a young, impressionable mind. Everyone needs to know how to drop a target at 100 yards and riddle a smarmy, patchouli-smelling hippie with a hail of bullets.<br /><br />christopher, sure would be hilarious when they found out they couldn't access internet porn any longer.<br /><br />tom, I'm sorry, but I can't waste Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-84849734121695259652009-09-30T00:43:00.510-04:002009-09-30T00:43:00.510-04:00Winnie the Pooh?
I just read the list of the 100 ...Winnie the Pooh?<br /><br />I just read the list of the 100 banned classics and was horrified with myself for having read almost all of them. Yes, I'm very old so I just didn't know any better. I'll try to behave myself during my golden years and promise to only read the instructions on laxative bottles.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-1389423833067723312009-09-29T20:41:38.258-04:002009-09-29T20:41:38.258-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-40719205889662905752009-09-29T20:41:32.262-04:002009-09-29T20:41:32.262-04:00I for one think that maybe if we had banned more b...I for one think that maybe if we had banned more books we would not have to put up with high falutin and foolish ideas like the World is round, the Planets circle the Sun, and maybe even we'd get rid of the dumb notion there are more elements than Earth, Air, Water and Fire.<br /><br />Anyway, letting folks read anything they want is a surefire recipe for trouble. Look what reading Karl'MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-69130872553600878152009-09-29T20:20:49.803-04:002009-09-29T20:20:49.803-04:00Surfed to the American Library Association from th...Surfed to the American Library Association from the link you provided and then scanned over the commonly banned book list. Lo and behold I saw the good name of South Carolina dragged through the mud yet again banning "The Great Gatsby" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" among several others I know were not listed.<br /><br />There are two points that need to be brought up here. FirstCommander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-66162040762968039952009-09-29T19:25:18.763-04:002009-09-29T19:25:18.763-04:00I say we just beat the living shit out of anyone t...I say we just beat the living shit out of anyone that wants to ban any book. <br /><br />One mention of banning a book and we draw straws to see who gets to thump the sumbitch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698117410778232102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-35212168268165819332009-09-29T17:07:07.619-04:002009-09-29T17:07:07.619-04:00Your last sentence -- "Don't read at all&...Your last sentence -- "Don't read at all" -- sums it up. Real men don't read books, they burn 'em. If we want to be a manly country and stay Number One, we all need to stop reading. Period.<br /><br />And as a special bonus: if nobody ever reads anything, think how many more viewers Fox News will get. It's a win-win.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-29810128465630345932009-09-29T16:35:55.673-04:002009-09-29T16:35:55.673-04:00It's always the religious and social conservat...It's always the religious and social conservatives who want to dictate their values to everyone else.<br /><br />They need to relocate to some shit hole like Iraq or Afghanistan where one size fits all.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788931352232874850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-33571100053394664282009-09-29T16:31:18.123-04:002009-09-29T16:31:18.123-04:00I've always found it curious and questionable ...I've always found it curious and questionable that virtually all book-banning energy is directed at tomes about sexual carryings on of various kinds. Yet no boundaries seem to exist for cruelty, violence, mass extermination, etc.<br /><br />Of course, it's all about protecting youth — and the sensibilities of eternal adolescents. Better young Thad should learn early on about utilizing S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-63496384660491486282009-09-29T14:24:49.246-04:002009-09-29T14:24:49.246-04:00nunly, you know, you're pretty violent for a J...nunly, you know, you're pretty violent for a Jesushead. You would've made a good crusader. ;-)<br /><br />Zombies!<br /><br />sunshine, sorry, our banned books display is in the open. I had no idea you were so kinky!<br /><br />tomcat, I saw, but did you really have to drop my name in a post about THAT yokel? That hurts, man.<br /><br />mauigirl, we're quite the adolescent culture, noRandal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-63388701104938282702009-09-29T14:21:23.301-04:002009-09-29T14:21:23.301-04:00As you know, lots of classic books have been banne...As you know, lots of classic books have been banned over the years, so "Going Rogue" should be OK, but I will be disappointed if it's not in the fiction section.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-31064419548693677062009-09-29T14:05:47.765-04:002009-09-29T14:05:47.765-04:00Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue"...Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue" was mispronounced on one of the a.m. network shows as "Going rouge". I was, as you can imagine, horrified. There is nothing rouge about that winker.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-26404910869233854452009-09-29T13:52:48.717-04:002009-09-29T13:52:48.717-04:00The City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco has an ...The City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco has an entire section of Banned Books - it's fascinating to see that many books we've come to think of as classics were once banned.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-23134869834886667272009-09-29T13:40:14.588-04:002009-09-29T13:40:14.588-04:00Ugh! The mention of Glen Beck brings bile to the ...Ugh! The mention of Glen Beck brings bile to the throat.<br /><br />Randal, I picked on you in my "Delay" post today. Hope you enjoy.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-30941598163448692022009-09-29T12:43:33.254-04:002009-09-29T12:43:33.254-04:00"Honeymoon Perversion"!?!
Now we're ..."Honeymoon Perversion"!?!<br />Now we're talkin!<br />I think I may have to pay a visit to your library!<br />Meet you in the banned book isle! <br /><br />((Hugs))<br />LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226811839348899360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-91533371971617513172009-09-29T12:14:09.640-04:002009-09-29T12:14:09.640-04:00Randal- I'd shoot my granddaughter if I ever c...Randal- I'd shoot my granddaughter if I ever caught her reading that Disney drivel. I brought her to the book store yesterday and bought her two books from the <a href="http://www.alagaesia.com/books.htm" rel="nofollow">Inheritance series</a> by Christopher Paolini. She'll get the third one when she finishes those. She couldn't wait to start reading when we got home...love that kid!Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835150057881066641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-60094377621815199662009-09-29T10:58:04.572-04:002009-09-29T10:58:04.572-04:00übermilf, the second I walk through those doors ea...übermilf, the second I walk through those doors each morning, my loins gird themselves for a day of tingly goodness.<br /><br />It should be banned, I think I'm going to lead the charge myself. Fuck you, Graves.<br /><br />nunly, are they that simultaneously popular and horrendous? Don't kids read Balzac anymore? Shesh.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-61806975395929295462009-09-29T10:40:36.130-04:002009-09-29T10:40:36.130-04:00If there's gonna be any book banning, I think ...If there's gonna be any book banning, I think they should start <a href="http://disneybooks.disney.go.com/characters/allhannahmontanabooks1.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <br /><br />Ok...I'll just ban them from my granddaughter. The rest of the tweeny boppers can have them.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835150057881066641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-65677307266423687452009-09-29T10:39:41.065-04:002009-09-29T10:39:41.065-04:00Do those books have dirty words and say things tha...Do those books have dirty words and say things that make people tingly in their naughty bits? Then they should be banned.<br /><br />Also, books containing ideas I disagree with.<br /><br />And books with Crock Pot recipes in them.<br /><br />Now that I'm thinking about it, this blog should be banned.Ubermilfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685628102770311287noreply@blogger.com