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Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

Two naughty men drive to Las Vegas and do bad things.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

The Bonfire of the Vanities

If you make a lot of money, all you'll care about is money, and that's going to get you in a lot of trouble.

― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Thursday, 18 March 2004 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Delta of Venus

You put that back on Mommy's nightstand or else you're getting a spanking!

― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stranger

We all die alone. Now go to bed!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 18 March 2004 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

The Metamorphosis

One day Greg woke up as a bug. Ewwwwwwww!

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 18 March 2004 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Finnegans Wake:
Daddy didn't understand this silly, silly book.

― SRH (Skrik), Thursday, 18 March 2004 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Ibsen's A Doll's House:
Mummy leaves daddy. Now go to bed.

― SRH (Skrik), Thursday, 18 March 2004 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Plato's Republic:
If you're good at school, they'll take you away from mummy and daddy.

― SRH (Skrik), Thursday, 18 March 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Remembrance of Things Past

Daddy's very tired, sweetie.

― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Thursday, 18 March 2004 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Hesse's Beneath the wheel

Don't tell your mom that I said this, but yeah, you're right, school fucking sucks.

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Thursday, 18 March 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The Grinch steals Christmas.

Cannery Row: Bums and tramps in Monterey.

Little House on the Prarie: Indians are evil, Jack the bulldog is spoiled, girls had to wear dresses every day, and life was hard.

How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: Do not do anything mentioned in this book.

The Virgin Suicides: Men spend their lives reminiscing about women they didn't bang.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 19 March 2004 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Kafka'a The Trial
Ordinary Joe gets arrested, put on trial for ... No, I'm not going to tell you.

― Elizabeth Burgess, Friday, 19 March 2004 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Palahniuk's Fight Club

Guess what you just washed your face with!

― robster (robster), Friday, 19 March 2004 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Bunyan Pilgrim's progress

Man got wondering, went wandering, found God

― Dan Goldstein, Friday, 19 March 2004 11:48 (twenty-two years ago)

A Passage to India

Boum.

― O.Leee.B. (Leee), Friday, 19 March 2004 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

" Black Beauty " by Anna Sewell

" A horse tells everything a field of horses do in their lives, except urinate, defecate and procreate....."

― Laurie Ridyard, Saturday, 20 March 2004 01:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
"You'll quickly become anorexic."

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Saturday, 20 March 2004 07:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Lord of the Rings

"A group of little guys try to get rid of some stolen jewellery."

― Mark Bell, Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Lord of the Rings (update)

"If you don't finish your supper, little guy, you'll grow BIIIG HAAAAIRY FEET, and then the whole future of Middle Earth will lie in your hands.

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Thursday, 25 March 2004 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Paradise Lost - Milton (now there's a challenge)

An angel was running too fast and fell down - a long, long way - and grazed his knee and got angry with God, coz he thought he'd pushed him, and then they had a fight.....so don't run too fast.

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Thursday, 25 March 2004 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

A day in the Life of Ivan Ivanovitsch - Solzhenitsyn

One day a really nasty country sent me to a terrible prison in a very, very cold place where the guards were horrible to me, but then.....don't cry, darling, it's only one day!

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Thursday, 25 March 2004 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Macbeth (a bedtime story)

Once upon a time Macbeth killed a king because his wife told him to, but then the three witches put a curse on him and there was a big war with lots of killing, until Macbeth's nasty wife killed herself and Macbeth was killed by the man whose wife and children he'd killed and then they all lived happily ever after. Night night!

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Friday, 26 March 2004 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Ulysses (Jimmy Joyce)

Spend a day wandering around Dublin and you will start to talk funny.

― Dave Slater (Dorien Thomas), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

The Gospel According To St. Mark -
I remember Jesus and he was a really, really good man.

The Gospel According to St. Matthew -
They say back then there were choirs of angels singing in the sky and Jesus was a really, really good man.

The Gospel According to St. Luke -
They say back then there were choirs of angels singing in the sky, and rivers running red with blood and LOTS of earthquakes and the dead rising from their graves and Jesus was a really, really good man.

The Gospel According to St. John -
Jesus was a really, really good philosopher and the Jews killed him.

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Sunday, 28 March 2004 10:56 (twenty-two years ago)

The Elementary Particles by Hollebcq:

Just kill youself now; get it over with.

― Moti Bahat, Sunday, 28 March 2004 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Clockwork Orange:

Bully gets bullied. Yay!

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Monday, 29 March 2004 08:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Lanark by Alasdair Gray:

Live you only twice.

― Robbie, Tuesday, 30 March 2004 10:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Adventures in the Skin Trade -

Dylan Thomas got so drunk in London once he never even got to finish writing the book........so never get drunk in London.

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Foucaults Pendulum
Three men make up a lot of stories about Jesus to make money. The first dies of cancer. The second is hung, and the third has to run away for ever. So dont lie about God's son, unless you wrote the bible or become the pope, then its OK.

― Mark Lennox, Tuesday, 30 March 2004 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Romeo and Juliet
A boy and a girl are naughty and date against their parents wishes. This makes them sooo sad they kill themselves. So when you get older, remember that Daddy knows best when he tells you who not to date! Night night!

― heavyboots, Wednesday, 31 March 2004 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

King Lear
Always listen to what daddy says or he'll get REEEEAL mad!

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Monday, 5 April 2004 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Hamlet
This is your neeeeew daddy, honey. Call him Uncle Claudius.

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
What if Batman was French?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton

Two children climb a tree and find a lost civilisation of TEENIE WEENIE little munchkins who introduce them to the perils of drugs; now give me the spliff back, honey, mommy's going to bed. Night night!

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Edith Wharton:

The Age of Innocence: Rich people are mean.
The House of Mirth: Rich people are mean.
Ethan Frome: Poor people are mean too.

― Andrew Molitor, Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

The Comedy - Dante:

A man from Hell to Paradise to become wise.

― Fabrizio Cappi, Friday, 9 April 2004 06:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Boccaccio

10 fuggiaschi si raccontano esperienze non vissute per non annoiarsi.

Delitto e Castigo

Ops.. Ho ucciso. Non volevo..., o forse si? Mi pento? Mah???

― marcello tagliabue, Friday, 9 April 2004 07:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"Ham on rye" Charles Bukowski

A man who get drunk all the time, go with prostitutes, write some stuff then one day someone decide to publish his stuff but he keeps on to get drunk anyway...

― tasinato roberto (mangler1), Friday, 9 April 2004 08:24 (twenty-two years ago)

(Almost) All the novels and books made by H.P. Lovecraft

Running away from that Unspeakable Monstrosity just to discover that it's me.

― Gab, Friday, 9 April 2004 10:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"Siddharta" - Herman Hesse
"I am not sure what i wanna do with my life, but for sure i'm a selfish man"

― Andrea D (andreino), Friday, 9 April 2004 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

The Scarlet Letter
A woman wears the letter 'A' (adulter, instead of B (bitch)

― marcello tagliabue, Friday, 9 April 2004 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

the miserables

A french Lupin

― marcello tagliabue, Friday, 9 April 2004 11:25 (twenty-two years ago)

anna frank
nel solaio prima, nel camino poi

― marcello tagliabue, Friday, 9 April 2004 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Don Giovanni

― marcello tagliabue, Friday, 9 April 2004 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Don Giovanni

Uomo normodotato si spaccia per pornostar.

― marcello tagliabue, Friday, 9 April 2004 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"The DreamCathcher" S. King
An alien with omosexual inclination who comes out from the asshole killing the guest....at the end Bush declare a war due to owning of chemical omosexual weapon. The war has been named "Infinite asshole"

― michele geremia, Thursday, 15 April 2004 07:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
A man drinks a potion, he splits in two, and does naughty thing

― michele vargiu, Saturday, 17 April 2004 05:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
A scientist creates a man, who is ugly, and for that reason the monster is rejected and he becomes bad.

― Paola and Cristiana, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Portrait of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde

What would you do if you had no conscience?

― usadifranci, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
A scientist create a monster, but this monster is ugly and people don't appreciate him. The daemon wants its revenge and he manages to distruct the life of his creator...

― SandroX, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:18 (twenty-two years ago)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
A beautiful boy has a portrait of himself, that gets old for him, while Dorian remains young and beautiful despite of his sins and his bad behaviours.

― Paola and Cristiana, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

A man with two souls, two lifes, too many repressed desires...

― usadifranci, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:27 (twenty-two years ago)

"Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"
Dr Jekyll decides to separate the Evil from his coscience. In this way he lives two lifes: one as Dr Jekyll and one as Mr Hyde (the Evil).

― SandroX, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"Frankestein"
It's about the creation of a monster that wasn't accepted from society due to his ugliness . By cucumber sandwhiches

― Maura Perniciano, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)

A fantastic and misterious story about a sciencetist who creates an ugly creature for humanity's knowledge.

― Frank&Further, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:35 (twenty-two years ago)

"Frankestein"

A fantastic and misterious story about a sciencetist who creates an ugly creature for humanity's knowledge.

― Frank&Further, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

"The picture of Dorian Gray"
A young boy was reproduced in a painting and he expresses the wish to remain young. The picture changes his figure in a terrible way. The young boy hydes the portrait but when he tries to destruct it, he dies...

― SandroX, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

A monster refused by anyone he's searching for some love and affection, but the only things that he gets are hate and fear...

― usadifranci, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

"The picture of Dorian Gray"
It's about the importance of being beautiful and of having no moral rules . Being a dandy as Dorian is a hard work . By cucumber sandwhiches

― Maura :-), Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:43 (twenty-two years ago)

The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A men. A picture. The beauty, forever...!?

― - H. H. -, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:50 (twenty-two years ago)

"Frankestein"

A fantastic and misterious story about a scientist who creates a ugly creature for humanity's knowledge.

― Frank&Further, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde"
It's about the discovery of what we hyde inside of us . by cucumber sandwhiches

― Maura :-), Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:55 (twenty-two years ago)

"Frankestein"

A fantastic and misterious story about a scientist who creates a ugly creature for humanity's knowledge.

― Franky, Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:57 (twenty-two years ago)

There is a monster.But, who is the real one?

― - H.H.-, Saturday, 17 April 2004 07:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Frankestein by Mary Shelley
There is a monster.But, who is the real one?

― - H.H. -, Saturday, 17 April 2004 07:18 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread is very funny.

― Ally C (Ally C), Saturday, 17 April 2004 10:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"beautiful & the damned" - f.s. fitzgerald:

Rich people suck, so let's laugh at them while using big words.

― f. destouches (f. destouches), Sunday, 18 April 2004 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

"Lunar Park" by Bret Easton Ellis
A lot of mess between Dad and son and then at half of the story and then everything turn in a kind of Stephen King stuff with monsters and crazy dogs and off course, we are always in an Ellis book, a lot of drug!

― Roberto Tasinato, Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:36 (twenty years ago)

Great Thread.

― The Boy Who Cried YSI? (Freud Junior), Saturday, 6 May 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

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