The fine art of missing the point

[Sean Mannion]

For fuck's sake - of course there was no brilliant point for you to get. 
It's not like I thought I was quoting Frege here, it was just a throwaway 
piece of humour that no one but you takes exception to, so plaese, get over 
yourself. There are no nits let to pick out of this one.

It's like watching Comic Book Guy come alive to audition for a Beckett 
monologue.


>From: Keith McMullen <schwitterz11 at netscape.net>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: The fine art of missing the point
>Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:20:17 -0800
>
>"I going to have a show that rids the world of all these fevered egos that 
>are tainting our collective unconscious."
>
>It raised quite a fuss that I pointed out that this is a really stupid 
>assertion. I was supposed to get the brilliant point and ignore the 
>stupidity. But I can't help myself. I'm a stuffy motherfucker.
>
>joeallonby at gmail.com wrote:
>
>>That's why it's called "The Fine Art of Missing the Point".
>>
>>Pick up "Relentless" on CD.
>>
>>"Yul used to pass me on his way home from work in the morning. Long black 
>>limousine..."
>>
>>On 3/6/06, Michael Bailey < michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com 
>><mailto:michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I totally don't get this thread
>>
>>