cigarettes and pants

Rollo Rumford (rollo.rumford@cwcom.net)
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:08:58 +0100

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this is so unworthwhile and irrelevant, i just had to bring it up!!

1. Apart from some females and all children in the stories, EVERYONE
smokes. A hell of a lot. I only noticed it because Salinger always seems
to describe HOW the ciggy was lit, what type of lighter is used, and who
owns it.
2. So many of Salinger's characters, too, have ill- fitting 'pants' (we
call them trousers in england) around the 'seat'. The 'pants' tend to be
too big there. Or at least if Salinger has blessed a character with
decent fitting clothes, he still puts in a reference to the seat of
their 'pants' somehow.     No point here at all. But I swear if i were a
writer all my characters would wear fitted clothes and hats. I wouldnt
go cheap on them and make them look silly as salinger does.

    now that ive reduced the discussion to this, ill let you get on with
it.

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this is so unworthwhile and irrelevant, i just had to bring it up!!

1. Apart from some females and all children in the stories, EVERYONE smokes. A hell of a lot. I only noticed it because Salinger always seems to describe HOW the ciggy was lit, what type of lighter is used, and who owns it.
2. So many of Salinger's characters, too, have ill- fitting 'pants' (we call them trousers in england) around the 'seat'. The 'pants' tend to be too big there. Or at least if Salinger has blessed a character with decent fitting clothes, he still puts in a reference to the seat of their 'pants' somehow.     No point here at all. But I swear if i were a writer all my characters would wear fitted clothes and hats. I wouldnt go cheap on them and make them look silly as salinger does.

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