Re: Salinger straps on a strat?
Mark Kuhar (mkuhar@mail.ohio.net)
Sat, 15 Nov 1997 08:52:32 -0500
Don't leave this story hanging mate. I must know how it turns out.
--Laughing Man
>Hmm...very strange Salinger experience last night..... I was
>doing my usual stalking around town looking for dropped change
>when I noticed an advert in the window of a pub with a thatched
>roof for "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE -- NEXT MONDAY 18TH 8PM".
>
>Now, I presume most people on this list aren't too familiar with
>Limerick, Ireland, the town of my abode, but let me just say that
>literature isn't the number one entertainment here. No, that
>honour goes to the a wonderful sport involving men charging at
>each other with maximum momentum attempting to determine which of
>them has the tougher hide (they also use an oval ball which can't
>possibly be expected to bounce properly). That would be rugby to
>those who still don't know what's what.
>
>Anyway, this particular pub would be the type of place that the
>above-mentioned men would quite enjoy sojourning to to imbibe a
>larger-than-average quantity of alcohol and compare hide-markings
>and so on. So, it was quite a surprise for me to see that "THE
>CATCHER IN THE RYE" himself, herself or itself is performing there.
>My friend, Ger (another Salinger buff like myself - i.e. he doesn't
>know the first thing about him) agreed to accompany me on Monday
>next in a display of No Fear, to this pit of depravity and violence.
>Together the two of us imagined an oasis of talent, truth and
>beauty to be unearthed amongst the swine slurping their sloshing
>swill. We would stand there in rapture, oblivious to all hell erupting
>about our sorry heads as our hero(ine) performed a miracle of sorts
>for our singular pleasure. Ah yes, roll over the weekend and proceed
>Monday night to my heart. . .
>
> And it's only 2 quid in and you get free chicken wings before
>10pm. Excellent deal! I'll return with the details.
>
>PS if JDS turns up, anyone have any questions they'd like me to ask
>him, or abuse they want flung at him, or even his autograph? No?
>--
>Brian
>fentonb@mathds1.ul.ie
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