The fine art of missing the point

[Michael Bailey]

while laughing out loud, it all came back to me: I realized that there was a
mention of a reference to a lesser Barry Manilow song which included the
phrase "slip the talcum to me, Malcolm"

while I was wondering if Barry Manilow was a Pynchon fan, or just a Malcolm
X fan, somebody used a quote from that comedian Bill Hicks to demonstrate
something, and then somebody objected to somebody's objection, and somebody
else linked to a roll-your-own website that looks pretty good (but no
Latakia on it) and then we got turned on to youtube, and then we got
cross-mojination and their heads exploded...you know, that thing...

On 3/7/06, Tim Honey <tim.honey at asic.gov.au> wrote:
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> Me, I thought all this erupted over Barry Manilow.
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> Put me down as having missed the point as well.
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> For fk's sake - of course there was no brilliant point for you to get.
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> 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.
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> It's like watching Comic Book Guy come alive to audition for a Beckett
> monologue.
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> >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
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> >"I going to have a show that rids the world of all these fevered egos
> that
> >are tainting our collective unconscious."
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> >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 motherfker.
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> >joeallonby at gmail.com wrote:
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> >>That's why it's called "The Fine Art of Missing the Point".
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> >>Pick up "Relentless" on CD.
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> >>"Yul used to pass me on his way home from work in the morning. Long
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> >>limousine..."
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> >>On 3/6/06, Michael Bailey < michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
> >><mailto:michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> >>     I totally don't get this thread
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