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| Author: | hound [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | When a columnist falls off a dinosaur..does anybody hear |
He was all the rage before his rage consumed him, before his ornery back left him crankier, before his Howard Hughes aloofness turned him positively Garbo.<p>Selena Roberts in the NY Times Red Sox whine-fest.. |
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| Author: | jjmoney62 [ Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When a columnist falls off a dinosaur..does anybody hear |
THEY were the hallowed host body of Boston's demons, and yet the Yankees were humiliated and vanquished by a Red Sox crew that takes the field as a cross between Tom Hanks in "Cast Away" and the goofs of "Gilligan's Island." |
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| Author: | hound [ Sat Oct 23, 2004 7:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When a columnist falls off a dinosaur..does anybody hear |
Yeah, I read that one, too - but Garbo and Hughes put you firmly in the Forties. At least Gilligan is 60's. Anybody out there have the same reaction as me? As far as I can tell, virtually everything that happens in life has already prefigured either in Shakespeare or in one of the great John Mortimer 'Rumpole' stories; in this case, 'Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation' wherein Rumpole defends the sleazy editor of The Daily Beacon in a libel action... |
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| Author: | EditThis [ Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When a columnist falls off a dinosaur..does anybody hear |
Long live Rumpole!<p>-- Ms. E.T., aka She Who Must |
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