Althouse: "21. This Otter. This otter is disappointed that you never finished Infinite Jest."

April 12, 2012

"21. This Otter. This otter is disappointed that you never finished Infinite Jest."

From a list of 33 Animals Who Are Extremely Disappointed In You.

22 comments:

m stone said...: Otter never really tried to read Wallace, in fact.

I find him easier to listen to via audio books. The beauty of his prose and sentences comes through.; 4/12/12, 8:31 PM
edutcher said...: Otters have a lot of fun in the water, so it probably doesn't read.; 4/12/12, 8:32 PM
madAsHell said...: How do you find this stuff?

No...wait, I should ask, how do you find TIME to find this stuff?; 4/12/12, 8:38 PM
Saint Croix said...: Actually, this corgi thinks you're doing just fine. Because screw those other guys. "Keep up the great work," says this corgi, "I'm proud of you!"

Dogs are awesome. Get a dog, Althouse!; 4/12/12, 8:43 PM
Penny said...: Queen Elizabeth knew just what she was doing... breeding all those Corgis.; 4/12/12, 9:02 PM
Ann Althouse said...: How did I find that? Just going to one thing and noting those other links in the margin.; 4/12/12, 9:19 PM
Astro said...: That's why I have a Corgi.
No pigeons, there, huh? No doubt plotting in secrecy, while trying to avoid those reactionary zebras.; 4/12/12, 9:25 PM
traditionalguy said...: That was so good that I am still laughing and crying.

Maybe some people do get reincarnated into animals. I remembere several of those animals from when they were in human bodies.

I need some more corgis @32 and less cats @ 33 these days.; 4/12/12, 9:44 PM
Penny said...: Big lick and a tail wag for tradguy!; 4/12/12, 9:55 PM
Penny said...: Not a corgi, but sure was fun pretending.

Feeling better, tg?; 4/12/12, 9:57 PM
Penny said...: Deborah said, "Fox paws and lady parts. This is a very poetic thread."

She didn't say it here, but she did say it!

Either one political post up or one political post down, not sure which anymore.; 4/12/12, 10:22 PM
Penny said...: Sure hope deborah doesn't mind that I quoted her here instead of there?

Yeah, it's out of context now, but?

She WAS talking about animals, and so were we!; 4/12/12, 10:30 PM
David said...: It's a shaggy dog story!

The Corgi made it all better.; 4/12/12, 10:34 PM
Penny said...: You betcha!; 4/12/12, 11:01 PM
Penny said...: Know who else said that?

"You betcha!"

Ha ha Groucho Marx, for cripes sake.

"You betcha life".; 4/12/12, 11:09 PM
Craig said...: My otter wants me to finish Anathem and Reamde.; 4/13/12, 7:23 AM
Patrick said...: This Honey Badger doesn't give a shit.; 4/13/12, 7:32 AM
lemondog said...: Think they might have been disappointed in us ?; 4/13/12, 7:34 AM
Rusty said...: This human thinks the human that thought that shit was cute should be beaten with a 2x4.; 4/13/12, 7:48 AM
Petunia said...: Indignant starfish wonders why you got home so late last night.; 4/13/12, 8:59 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: I didn't finish Infinite Jest.

I impulsively bought it after reading about his death here.

and imperceptibly stopped reading it around page 100? cant remember exactly.; 4/13/12, 9:03 AM
Sigivald said...: The Otter would be more disappointed to know I've never given a damn about Wallace or any of his books.; 4/13/12, 12:26 PM