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Re: Looking for feedback.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:48:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> > What do you suggest? How do I inform him that I regret ever having opened the
> > book? He wants to let me borrow the sequel, too; how do I dodge that bullet?
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> > If only he worked in another department. Then I could just say "If I had a time
> > machine, I'd go back and break the author's typewriter before he ever sat down
> > to craft this drek." For that matter, I doubt he even used a typewriter...
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> > Thanks for listening and for any feedback.
> Be honest, but nice--'I didn't enjoy the book.'
"Honest but nice?" What kind of liberal tree-hugging drivel is this? What I
really want is to make him *think* I'm being nice while humiliating him in the
eyes of his literate peers.
Okay, maybe not.
> If he attempts to lend you another, or try to involve you in a debate about why,
> just say, "It's not my cup of tea." and leave it at that.
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> 'No thanks' always works for me when fellow employees bring stuff to me--like
> food from 'the old country'--'No thanks'. Polite but gets the point across. I
> end any resultant conversation by restating, 'I'm just not interested. Let's
> leave it at that.'
Can I at least alert him to the, shall we say, rampant homoerotic imagery in the
book? I ask because I'm quite sure he hasn't identified it, and it would really
enhance his awareness of the text.
A character can only caress so many long, gleaming, oiled gunbarrels while big,
sweaty men embrace one another before a certain theme emerges.
I don't mind homoerotic imagery when it's written well (as in Burroughs or
Sedaris or even John Woo, for example) but when it's written poorly as in this
case... Well, it just doesn't work.
Thanks for the liberal tree-hugging input, though!
Dave!
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| (...) Be honest, but nice--'I didn't enjoy the book.' If he attempts to lend you another, or try to involve you in a debate about why, just say, "It's not my cup of tea." and leave it at that. 'No thanks' always works for me when fellow employees (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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