This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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Dear Mr. VaginaTesticlesIt seems that your problem is not caused by lack of literary experience but more by you feeling insecure with yourself. Instead of slagging other people off for being highbrow, just learn to be comfortable with your lowbrow tastes. Not all books that we mentioned are highbrow, so if, for example you had a life-changing experience while reading a book called "Me and my Poo", feel free to share it with us. If the question isn't funny enough for you, maybe some of the answers will be. If you've got a lot to learn, then learn a lot. It may be a long road but it's a very scenic path.
I feel secure enough in myself to admit that when reading Chickenlady's reply, I did not know the meaning of the word 'erudite'. So what did I do? Did I start whingeing about her being too highbrow or pretentious? Did I fuck! I looked up the meaning of the word (the Firefox plugin Dict is good for this) and added it to my vocabulary.
Have a nice day.
PS. Although we have highbrow tastes, we can be lowbrow with the best of them when the time comes.
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mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 17 May 2008, 13:54,
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