tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post5865119521016900740..comments2024-01-25T13:40:59.343-05:00Comments on Ecstatic Doggerel: "Writing That Sounds Like Writing." Huh?M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-78905532929934696582012-03-16T12:02:11.484-04:002012-03-16T12:02:11.484-04:00Capybara and a calf.:) Maybe because it's just...Capybara and a calf.:) Maybe because it's just writing, gotta restart because he needs something.Clairehttp://www.classicbooks.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-19027545705950499802012-02-17T09:29:57.059-05:002012-02-17T09:29:57.059-05:00Karla: I gotta go back and read more of the Jack H...Karla: I gotta go back and read more of the Jack Handey ouevre. When he was on SNL, I was still at a tender age when my folks thought I was too young for it, so I missed not only Handey but much of the show in its prime. <br /><br />EF: So true. I feel like overly verbose people (like me -- I never use a word when I can use ten) can learn much from the Hemingway style, but we've all been so steeped in it now!M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-76904390665117199742012-02-16T23:38:25.565-05:002012-02-16T23:38:25.565-05:00If Hemingway sounds like "writing," thos...If Hemingway sounds like "writing," those of us who like to use more than one adjective every 10,000 words are doomed.EF Slatterynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-59426177794082359512012-02-16T18:47:58.009-05:002012-02-16T18:47:58.009-05:00Maybe if all you're left with is "well th...Maybe if all you're left with is "well that was some writing" the way people will call a baby "interesting." Or like the rejection letter I read in a book of them, admonishing, "We regret to inform you we were unable to use the paper you sent us; it had writing all over it."<br /><br />The capybara poem is so fun! Reminiscent of (improved!) Jack Handy's Deep Thought: <br /><br />Grandpa used to describe the size of everything in terms of a calf. For instance, if he was describing a large dog, he would say it was "about as big a calf." Or about a car, he would say it "could seat four calves comfortably." (Oh, that was another thing: how many calves could ride in something.) One time he was talking about a calf he had, and I asked him how big it was. He said it was "about three-quarters as big as a calf." Sometimes Grandpa would tell time by calves. If you asked him how long something would take, he'd say, "About as long as it takes a calf to drive over here." <br /><br />Also: I love Jack Handy. Maybe more than a calf, depending on the calf.Karlanoreply@blogger.com