ATD p. 5

[David Casseres]

With a drawing of a light bulb, I should have mentioned.  Hey, it
looks like Bernie....

On 12/7/06, David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:
> You're onto something there.  When my repeated readings finally reduce
> the AtD dust cover to shreds, I'll replace it with one that reads
> "Electronics for Dogs."
>
> On 12/6/06, Anville Azote <anville.azote at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I probably won't have time to do a full re-read of ATD until the Group
> > Read, but I have been checking back to this passage or that.  You
> > know, the (cough) sex scenes (cough) and other portions which merit
> > repeated study.  During this stochastic resampling, I happened across
> > our first introduction to Pugnax, which had a feature I'm not sure I
> > noticed the first time around.
> >
> > "He had learned with the readiness peculiar to dogs," sez Thomas, "how
> > with the utmost delicacy to turn pages using nose or paws, and anyone
> > observing him thus engaged could not help noticing the changing
> > expressions of his face, in particular the uncommonly articulate
> > eyebrows, which contributed to an overall effect of interest,
> > sympathy, and --- the conclusion could scarce be avoided ---
> > comprehension."
> >
> > This calls to my mind rather forcefully the image of Gromit, from the
> > Wallace and Gromit claymation films.  Almost everyone I know who has
> > seen "A Grand Day Out", "The Wrong Trousers", "A Close Shave" or "The
> > Curse of the Were-Rabbit" has remarked about Gromit's expressive
> > eyebrows.
> >
> > -A. A.
> >
>