Great Expectations AIBO

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I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw the shadow of no parting from her.

See, I found Great Expectations to be far too tedious to enjoy, but little passages like this are quite pretty.

Don't want to get hell of flamed for this, but I actually enjoyed South Park's adaptation. They played it mostly straight, very well done, and edited into a manageable 22-minute format. Not that that's the preferred way to consume a classic work of literature, but it was a fun departure.

Why would someone lame this comment.

Hardcore Literature Enthusiast.

Not to be confused with the Hardcore-Literature Enthusiast. Those people are freaks.

I love the passage but I wish it was his original ending. He changed it to make it happier. Originally Estella says fuck off again and it ends like that.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.

arf!

Yes, but did you do that by heart?

It's true. When I have to read Dickens I always think, "I know I should enjoy this more than I do..but I can't."

The people who say Dickens isn't boring always seem to have read, say, A Tale of Two Cities and not Great Expectations. C'mon, Great Expectations is dull.

That said, I didn't ever assume that this strip was any kind of commentary to that effect.

If soap operas were written half as well as anything Dickens wrote, I would watch Days of Our Lives rather than the tripe offered by the History Channel in the afternoons.

Working nights, my options are limited.

Strangely enough, being a soap opera writer has long been one of my life ambitions. Perhaps I will write them nearly that well?

I share your agony. Luckily they sell handguns in stores.

He did get paid by the word. I think his style would have been a lot different if not for that fact.

Well, my comment was about Great Expectations in particular, not Dickens in general. If you're trying to convince someone that Dickens isn't boring, have them read A Tale of Two Cities, not Great Expectations.

OH MY DICKENS IT'S A DICKENS FIGHT

Isn't that just the dickens

Somebody's gonna get their David Copperfield poked out...

Who call him spurious and shoddy
Shall do it o'er my lifeless body.
I heartily invite such birds
To come outside and say those words!

Dorothy Parker

anyone using this strip as a way of saying that dickens is interesting is missing the point that the depressed cat is using the droning pap to lull himself into restful slumber and not to boldly stride through 19th century England, turning each page with wide-eyed alacrity and engagement

As I scrolled through the Dickens rumpus I was beginning to wonder if this simple observation would be aired. Thank you, shmuckles.

Ah crap. I saw it as RB trying to "get some culture".

It is a point of startlingly effectiveness that Beef is cold asleep right at the intro. Dickens trumps Lunesta.

Man think about what you are saying. No one with a great love for the English language such as Onstad clearly has could hate on Dickens.

And Beef being From Circumstances is totally Dickensian. Samuel H. Invisible would fit right in.

Assume the position
Stop look and listen
I spit on your grave then I grab my Charles Dickens
Bitch

Method Man

Dickens being read aloud is a comfort and a hope for the depressed. It is about overcoming Hard Circumstances.

Actually I did not much enjoy A Tale of Two Cities, but Our Mutual Friend made me a great lover of the Dickens. That is one cah-ray-zee book.

As is...Achewood.

You say this like it isn't a web forum for a COMIC STRIP.

Still, Dickens can suck one, for the most part. Even Oliver Twist is perishin' dull.

A lot of novels back then were released in installments, usually in gentlemen's magazines (which had quite a different meaning at the time). The Picture of Dorian Gray comes to mind, and there's no way you can knock that shit.

Chubby for knowing your literary history.

Chubby for hell fuck yes Dorian Gray combined with Prof. Bros

Mah boooy

Unfair! Hard Times was also released in installments, and unlike Great Expectations, did not make the Baby Jesus cry.

Well, Dickens did invent the term "Boredom" after he got in a train wreck and had to wait for days to get other transportation from the area. Without him, there would nt be this word.

People who think Dickens is boring should read E.M. Forster. Start with Howards End. If you can get a hundred pages in without clawing your eyes out over the sheer, frustrating, pointlessness of that book, I'll give you a dollar.

Then, go read Dickens. He'll seem a lot better.

Or, you could read books that are actually good.

I have read on the internet about people reprogramming their aibos in ways similarly to this.

it's like the 21st century version of putting a mix tape in a Teddy Ruxpin.

Ah, the sweet sounds of "Ice Ice Baby" coming from Teddy Ruxpins mouth.. the uncomfortable growth of a confused child.

i feel like i missed out on something in pre-childhood now.

I'm not sure I would get a monogrammed satchel for a real dog, let alone an AIBO.

Just shows you Ray Smuckles plays a different game than the rest of us.

A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.

You are much better than a Dickens fan. Chubby.

I keep getting sucked into ranking a point higher just because of great alt text.

Nothing wrong with that.

Go go riot rowboat.

I don't understand you. I just don't understand you. I cannot understand you.

I heard a sound. I turned around. I turned around and saw rowboat had made the sound.

God dammit I don't even like that band all that much how the hell ass do I know all their lyrics

"Fingertips" is important. They're going to put it in the time capsule. The next race will know that we were all scatter-brained nerds.

Veni, vidi, giggli

How in the world did that get started? Oh well. It's nobody's business but the Turks.

I was just whistling in the dark when I got ambushed by giants. At least, they might have been, I couldn't tell.

Probably just windmills

[/fanwank]

Somethin' grabbed ahold of my hand. I didn't know what held my hand. But that's when all my troubles began.

Ray owns 34 AIBOs but he still knows what Weldon's personal favorite toys are. That's responsible pet ownership.

33. Doctor Kisses gave his life to become Roast Beef's new cyborg organs.

And he carried them around in a bag with a monogrammed W on it. And I doubt he just had the bag made for the trip over to Beef's place; the other 32 AIBOs probably have them too. The one with "Dr. K" on it is probably black.

http://www.aibohack.com/

Weekend Blogs

Ray: What Did Ray Do!
Roast Beef: orange keys
Onstad: Tense week recap
Little Nephew: School food is crass

Damn, Onstad is fascinated by the concept of the blumpkin. What next, coprophiliac turkeys?

Judge the audience, not the author.

Also, the blame probably lies more with Little Nephew than Onstad. He has to be true to his artistic vision.

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Philippe: I am not president.

This breakfast sounds almost unfeasibly delicious.

I was standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.

i actually enjoyed great expectations - i seem to be one of very few

Man Beef, don't listen to Great Expectations! It's a silly book! It's silly to like Great Expectations!

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