Re: Salinger this, buddy!

Stephen Peters (speters@columbus.rr.com)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:07:02 -0500 

> THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand
this format, some or all of this message may not be legible.

--MS_Mac_OE_3025177623_10389363_MIME_Part
Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit

As a relatively new member, I'd like to add my two pfennigs to this topic.
The off-topic tangents can get frustrating when they turn into a bunch of
one-liners that outnumber legitimate posts about Salinger, which is
ostensibly the reason we're here in the first place. Mind you, I have found
some of the literary-related off-topic posts to be particularly worthwhile,
since in the two or so weeks I've been here I've been turned on to author
Sherman Alexie and a great book for bibliophiles called "A Gentle Madness."
But since I've already tried pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie and even pumpkin ice
cream and found them all to be enjoyable in their own unique way, I lost
interest in the pumpkin talk some time ago. In fact, I kind of wish that
those involved could resolve their differences so that we can all band
together and confront the true enemy--the dreaded eggplant.

Stephen

----------
From: Dan Pfleging <PhishHed@prodigy.net>
To: Bananafish <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Subject: Salinger this, buddy!
Date: Wed, Nov 10, 1999, 2:39 PM


    I was just wondering, why do certain people get pissed off when we don't
talk about salinger?  Ok, granted, this is a Salinger newsgroup.  Maybe I'm
missing something, as I've only read The Catcher thus far, but if we go off
on tangents for a month about pumpkin soup, what's the difference?
Pretending that all we care to talk about is Salinger is a little phony,
don't you think, Holden ;) ?  Goddamn right.
                            Dan


--MS_Mac_OE_3025177623_10389363_MIME_Part
Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable
Re: Salinger this, buddy! As a relatively new member, I'd like to add my two pfennigs to this topic. = The off-topic tangents can get frustrating when they turn into a bunch of on= e-liners that outnumber legitimate posts about Salinger, which is ostensibly= the reason we're here in the first place. Mind you, I have found some of th= e literary-related off-topic posts to be particularly worthwhile, since in t= he two or so weeks I've been here I've been turned on to author Sherman Alex= ie and a great book for bibliophiles called "A Gentle Madness." Bu= t since I've already tried pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie and even pumpkin ice cr= eam and found them all to be enjoyable in their own unique way, I lost inter= est in the pumpkin talk some time ago. In fact, I kind of wish that those in= volved could resolve their differences so that we can all band together and = confront the true enemy--the dreaded eggplant.

Stephen

----------
From: Dan Pfleging <PhishHed@prodigy.net>
To: Bananafish <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Subject: Salinger this, buddy!
Date: Wed, Nov 10, 1999, 2:39 PM


    I was just wondering, wh= y do certain people get pissed off when we don't talk about salinger?  = Ok, granted, this is a Salinger newsgroup.  Maybe I'm missing something= , as I've only read The Catcher thus far, but if we go off on tangents for a= month about pumpkin soup, what's the difference?  Pretending that all = we care to talk about is Salinger is a little phony, don't you think, Holden= ;) ?  Goddamn right.
            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;  Dan


--MS_Mac_OE_3025177623_10389363_MIME_Part--