Slytherin Posted December 4, 2012 Posted December 4, 2012 Nope ! I am still the king - this is the "where is it from"-thread Panda !!
Andy78 Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 No takers?? Anyone in need of another clue??
podga Posted December 12, 2012 Posted December 12, 2012 Nobody wants to admit to having read it, Andy. And certainly nobody will admit to having "borrowed" it from his sister's beach bag to read and not having returned it when she was looking for it. 1
Andy78 Posted December 12, 2012 Posted December 12, 2012 (edited) Go ahead Podga. I'll give it to you. **has already sent letter to Podga's sister and has alerted her to the location of her property** Edited December 12, 2012 by andy021278 1
podga Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 What is it with the tattle tales on this site? First Naper Vic threatening to tell the SO that I have a secret stash of desserts I don't share, now Andy writing my sister! Anyway, the book is "The World is Full of Married Men" by Jackie Collins. This was the one that actually launched her career, if I'm not mistaken. This time around, I'll go with a poem Body, remember not only how much you were loved, not only the beds you lay on, but also those desires that glowed openly in eyes that looked at you, trembled for you in the voices— only some chance obstacle frustrated them. Now that it’s all finally in the past, it seems almost as if you gave yourself to those desires too—how they glowed, remember, in eyes that looked at you, remember, body, how they trembled for you in those voices.
Andy78 Posted December 14, 2012 Posted December 14, 2012 What is it with the tattle tales on this site? We only do it for your own good Podga. If you continue to be the bad boy of the site, we have to take actions to protect us well behaved and innocent members You are correct on both counts Podga. The line was from The World is Full of Married Men, and it was the book that launched Jackie Collins' career. The evil Podga resorts to poetry. That rules me out. My knowledge of poetry is limited to a smattering of Shakespeare's sonnets.
podga Posted December 17, 2012 Posted December 17, 2012 Nobody will even hazard a guess? Here's a hint: The poet appears in E.M. Forster's Alexandria Quartet. And one of his poems was read at Jackie Kennedy Onassis' funeral by her longtime companion (though not the one above).
Andy78 Posted December 19, 2012 Posted December 19, 2012 So I'm guessing it's by some Greek dude I've never heard of?
podga Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 Well, yes, but he is recognized as one of the finest European poets of the 20th century. So I'm not feeling too evil about this.
Andy78 Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 The small green one is back . Where hast thou been hiding? Yes, come on Podga. Please tell.
Palantir Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Hmm. Rather erotic in tone. Yeppers!Time to tell.
comicfan Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 Greek? Hmm. I must have the wrong author. I thought this was Cavafy, but I thought he was Egyptian. Oh well.
podga Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 comicfan is absolutely correct: C.P. Cavafy. Greek, but born and lived most of his life in Alexandria. His poems are in Greek. The poem is "Body Remember". And larwain you're right - Cavafy wrote a number of very beautiful sensual poems, with strong homosexual undertones. *hands over the baton*
Palantir Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) "hands over the baton" - lol - was that a quote from Cavafy or an inintended double entendre? Edited January 26, 2013 by Iarwain
Aussie Rob Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 I think I get the idea of this, so I will have a go. This one may be too easy, but here goes. "There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil."
podga Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 "hands over the baton" - lol - was that a quote from Cavafy or an inintended double entendre? Just as my mind was clawing its way up out of the gutter, too. Shame on you, larwain! I think I get the idea of this, so I will have a go. This one may be too easy, but here goes. "There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil." Welcome to the game, Rob, we can always use more evil players! Actually, the person to last guess is the one to post the next question, but I'm sure comicfan will know this one, as well (and if he doesn't, I'm always eager to show off )
Palantir Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Just as my mind was clawing its way up out of the gutter, too. Shame on you, larwain! Oops! My humble apologies Podga. Lol - the juxtaposition of ideas in your post tickled my fancy so much I couldn't help commenting. Now - back to the serious business of 'Where Is It From'.
podga Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 But where is Sir Peanuts Fan? Still, I can't pass up on my cue. Aussie Rob's passage is, if traumatized memory serves correctly, from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". I'm still looking to Wayne for the next passage though.
Aussie Rob Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 But where is Sir Peanuts Fan? Still, I can't pass up on my cue. Aussie Rob's passage is, if traumatized memory serves correctly, from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". I'm still looking to Wayne for the next passage though. Correct Podga. The best comment on Atlas Shrugged I have seen was the review by Dorothy Parker; “It is not a novel that should be thrown aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” Awaiting Comicfan to start off, I know the rules now
Yettie One Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Erm............. What the devil is going on in here? I'm all confused!!!!
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