nklr: loud pipes - freedom?

[roncriswell@sbcglobal.net]

Wasn't Benji (Benjy) a movie about a dog? Can't we go back to talking about something heavy like Southpark, Harleys with loud pipes instead of Billy Shakespeare and Billy Faulkner. Criswell Sent from my iPhone On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:49 PM, Kenneth Mitchell wrote:

> Tonight when I sat down to read the day s posts, I never expected to > find I d started a discussion of literary history and influence. H > owever, as a professor of English, I feel compelled to weigh in on t > his textual controversy. > In Macbeth, we have a man s statement of the futile, random, unsatis > fying and insubstantial nature of life. In The Sound and the Fury, > Faulkner certainly echoes Shakespeare s concerns, but his literal an > d more ironic point relates to the story told by the idiot, Benjy. > My use of the phrase was not to highlight the nature of life, but to > comment on loud, crazy tales told by irrational people, so I was > quoting Faulkner s use of Shakespeare s words. > KLR content: I always ride my bike to work. > Ken > > --- On Fri, 11/13/09, Mike Frey wrote: > > From: Mike Frey > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: NKLR: loud pipes - freedom? > To: "List KLR" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Friday, November 13, 2009, 10:10 AM > > Must be this part: > > Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player > > That struts and frets his hour upon the stage > > And then is heard no more: it is a tale > > Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, > > Signifying nothing. > > (and we're really off on a tangent now!) > > Jud wrote: > > > > Actually, it WAS Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5 (originally > > intended to apply to unmuffled Harleys). The Faulkner title is a > > reference. > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > , Kenneth Mitchell > > wrote: > > > > > > Well, that's half right. It was a William, but not a Brit. He was > > from Oxford, Mississippi. > > > > > > William Faulkner, hard to read but well worth the effort. > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 11/11/09, DAVID CRITCHLEY wrote: > > > > > > From: DAVID CRITCHLEY > > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: NKLR: loud pipes - freedom? > > > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > > > Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 11:00 PM > > > > > > Was that Southerner called Shakespeare? > > > DC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >

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