Classic

In an endeavor to make up for not reading as a child I'm attempting to read some classics. This weeks attempt is Moby Dick, while it has a bit of that classic-style-long-windedness about it, it is still much better then my last challenge of Uncle Tom's Cabin which was way too melodramatic for my liking. "Oh everything is suffering or angelic, blah, blah, everything is either heavenly or hellish, etc, etc." Okay it helped start the Civil War but good points can still be brought up with good writing. Maybe I'm just being cynical but I didn't feel bad at all when the little blond ringlet haired nymph of a perfect blue eyed loves baby Jesus child died - Ha, ha take that whitey! ANYWAYS...

Moby Dick; much like with the movie the Seventh Seal I am surprised at the slapstick elements. Favorite quote of the book so far: "Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk christian." Damn right Herby. Also I really liked 'the Pythagorean maxim' which apparently means "this is to abstain from beans because they cause flatulence." Classic.

Speaking of toilet humor and Dick I'd like to take this time to step away from the classics into a way I discovered to good ol' fashion school room humor. This came to be after a trip to Blockbuster with Davey Sohl and others. This was when that fine movie staring Kristen Dunst came out called Dick, the game we discovered was to take the title of that movie and combine it with other movies. Such as mixing it with a Tom Hanks comedy classic where a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight and suddenly you get:



Big Dick. Infantile I know but it causes some good belly laughs down at the old video store, especially when you start combining the names. Suddenly the childhood classic about a story that goes on a bit becomes The Never Ending Dick. The possibilities are endless; In fact feel free to leave some of your favorites in the comments.