................

[Knifeboy]

I also think of a scary paint can with eyes, a bunch of kids under a widow's umbrella, . . .

I don't think it's a widow, sweetie.

It's kind of a dead man leading children to their doom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gashlycrumb_Tinies

Awesome...

I wonder if the authors name had anything to do with his choice of genre

[cribble]

profit?

They're completely sold out in the UK - People pay silly prices for "rare" items. Hopefully.

None the less... one for myself

[Trathena]

Trathena, you honestly scare me.

Aww.  I don't know why!  It's just a bunch of kids dying in horrible tragedies! And look at them all, huddled under the monster's umbrella. What's not to love? :-(

Seriously, I've read a ton of Victorian literature, so this little poem by Gorey makes me laugh.  I can't help it.

[And we'll just put a happy little bush over here.]

god, i hate victorian literature. nothing ever happens!

Added after 14 seconds:

case in point: bronte

[Trathena]

god, i hate victorian literature. nothing ever happens!

Except that children die.

case in point: bronte

which one?  Because Wuthering Heights is magnificent.

[cribble]

How true.

[And we'll just put a happy little bush over here.]

god, i hate victorian literature. nothing ever happens!

Except that children die.

case in point: bronte

which one?  Because Wuthering Heights is magnificent.

yeah, great books. last page: "and the children die." now, why did you go into such great details about genteel life and countryside england only to tell me that the children die in the end? almost as a non sequitur. and seriously, what the hell is ethan frome all about. i would rather read plato than read victorian literature. at least they escape from the hegemony of the metanarrative in plato, while the characters in victorian novels mostly remain complicit in their station. in short, it would appear that the victorians are saying "well, there is nothing you can do." victorian authors and foucault should be friends.

[noclevername]

this thread needs more poop jokes.

[IKnockStuffDown]

Weiner poopie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUJ4es4cYIU

So... What the fuck happened to dsv?

[Ars Sycro]

I've been meaning to start reading The Republic for a while.

[TheRuleofThree]

My kid and I just finished One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

No children died.

[Trathena]

and seriously, what the hell is ethan frome all about.

Ethan Frome is about the consequences of impetuous acts and what we are actually capable of doing from sheer desperation.  It's about the human condition.

i would rather read plato than read victorian literature.

Who wouldn't?

the characters in victorian novels mostly remain complicit in their station.

Yes!  That's the didactic element in Victorian literature. It's social criticism.  It holds a mirror to society and says, "this is who and what you are, flaws and all. Deal."

in short, it would appear that the victorians are saying "well, there is nothing you can do." victorian authors and foucault should be friends.

Well, I'd say it's more like, "there is nothing you can do unless you change your moral compass."

And for noclevername: poopy.  I wish it could be better, NCN.  I asked my hubby to contribute a poopy joke, but he just said, "Art cannot be commanded."

[BuddyGoodness]

Dark humor is my favorite kind. :-)

I like dead baby jokes myself.

[Trathena]

Oh god, it's not about dead babies!

Dark humor is very funny!

[erikpemberton]

yeah, great books. last page: "and the children die." now, why did you go into such great details about genteel life and countryside england only to tell me that the children die in the end? almost as a non sequitur. and seriously, what the hell is ethan frome all about. i would rather read plato than read victorian literature. at least they escape from the hegemony of the metanarrative in plato, while the characters in victorian novels mostly remain complicit in their station. in short, it would appear that the victorians are saying "well, there is nothing you can do." victorian authors and foucault should be friends.