Re: CNN Poll

Mark Kuhar (mkuhar@mail.ohio.net)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 18:49:27 -0500

When I voted, F&Z was running a close second to Atlas Shrugged. But what's
the deal about the book of etiquette?  I don't remember caring much about
etiquette when I was in college. In fact, I did all I could to violate most
of your basic rules. Also interesting is that they included F&Z rather than
Catcher. Maybe someone was thinking after all.


>D. wrote:
>
>> Hey B'fishers--
>>                 Saw this on CNN's web page just now and I thought it
>>would interest the
>> list.  Go to: http://www.cnn.com/books
>>
>>    There is a poll asking what books should every college student read.  I
>> think the 5 choices are pretty unfair overall--what do you think?
>
>Yeah, really. What crackhead thought up those choices? I think what
>they're trying to say
>is something as trite as: Your basic college freshman is a socially
>retarded lost sheep
>with no manners yet has a megalomaniacal bent on controlling the world.
>So, Franny & Zooey
>gets the position as the spiritual lynchpin. Some things never change. ;-)
>
>Cheers backatcha, D.
>
>Malcs