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Hatchetman

Post subject: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 10:14 am

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Dude wrote some books. I read "A Man in Full." Good book. Loved the Charlie Croker character.

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Keyser Soze

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 10:18 am

Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:15 pm
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The Bonfore of the Vanities was really good. Too bad the movie sucked eggs.

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SpiralStairs

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 10:21 am

Joined: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:33 pm
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Hated hated hated the names of the characters in that book. Raymond Peepgass? Get the fuck outta here.

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The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

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Jaw Breaker

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 10:46 am

Joined: Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:40 pm
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Keyser Soze wrote:

The Bonfire of the Vanities was really good. Too bad the movie sucked eggs.

Agreed.

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To IkeSouth, bigfan wrote:

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

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GoldenJet

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 11:05 am

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Great Stuff

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Don Tiny wrote:

Don't be such a fucking chump.

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Rod

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 11:18 am

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Keyser Soze wrote:

The Bonfore of the Vanities was really good. Too bad the movie sucked eggs.

It's worth it just for Melanie Griffith saying, "Oh Sherman, I'm a sucker for a soft dick."

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Scooter

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 12:08 pm

Joined: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:28 pm
Posts: 6211
Location: Knoxville,Ill
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Hell of an author. R.I.P.

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 12:12 pm

Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 11:10 am
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Hatchetman wrote:

I read "A Man in Full."

You would.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

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newper

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 5:45 pm

Joined: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:52 pm
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The boy who died? Wolfe.

Though he was 88, so more of a man, really.

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Scooter

Post subject: Re: Tom Wolfe

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:30 pm

Joined: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:28 pm
Posts: 6211
Location: Knoxville,Ill
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He was so satirical most did not understand some of his work.

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