Re: Life imitating art

There's more of a showboating feel than a Kafkaesque feel to the whole
thing, though.

Someone I know was standing in line at the New Jersey Department of
Motor Vehicles some weeks back, and the man ahead of her presented a
piece of paper to the clerk behind the counter, saying, "Here you go, my
one year's up. I want to get my driver's license back."

The woman behind the counter said, "You were supposed to turn this paper
in at the BEGINNING of your one year. So it's just going to start now."

The man just dropped his head and walked away.

Now....that's Kafka :)

Jim

Omlor@aol.com wrote:

> For all the Kafka fans out there...
>
> "Hunger Artist" is no longer only a story.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3083066.stm
>
>
> He plans to go four days longer than the man in Kafka's cage -- Mr.
> Blaine perhaps not quite sharing the same sensitivity for biblical
> numbers or the limits of people's attention.
>
> Soon, the story's opening sentence may no longer work. :)
>
> Happy weekend,
>
> --John

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