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Title: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Gregory on February 28, 2020, 08:12:28 PM
"...behold, my desire is...that mine adversary had written a book."
Job 31:35 (KJV)
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Unbeliever on February 28, 2020, 08:22:47 PM
Quote from: Vladimir Nabakov
A creative writer must study carefully the work of his rivals, including the Almighty.
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Gregory on February 28, 2020, 08:52:54 PM
I dismiss the religious out of hand.
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Baruch on February 29, 2020, 02:13:52 AM
Quote from: Gregory on February 28, 2020, 08:52:54 PM
I dismiss the religious out of hand.

Are you an amputee?
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Unbeliever on February 29, 2020, 01:51:13 PM
Quote from: Habakuk 2:16Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.


:-P
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Gregory on March 10, 2020, 10:11:26 PM
If you count the pages as you read a book, you could call reading a sport.
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Gregory on March 10, 2020, 10:12:12 PM
Writing exercises the mind.
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Baruch on March 11, 2020, 09:13:25 AM
Quote from: Gregory on March 10, 2020, 10:11:26 PM
If you count the pages as you read a book, it could call reading a sport.

I always read the Notes, the Bibliography, the Glossary ... and read the Index in reverse order!
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Baruch on March 11, 2020, 09:14:03 AM
Quote from: Gregory on March 10, 2020, 10:12:12 PM
Writing exercises the mind.

I get writer's cramp, about every 28 days.  Midol helps me.
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Sal1981 on March 11, 2020, 09:34:03 AM
(http://puu.sh/Fjqu4.png)
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Mike Cl on March 11, 2020, 12:16:07 PM
A pure slugger, Oscar was. 
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Sal1981 on March 11, 2020, 01:23:20 PM
He was talking about racism inherent in the sports, apparently.
Title: Re: Is literature a sport?
Post by: Baruch on March 11, 2020, 04:39:22 PM
Quote from: Sal1981 on March 11, 2020, 01:23:20 PM
He was talking about racism inherent in the sports, apparently.

We who are about to die, salute you - gladiators saluting the Emperor in the Colosseum.  The Romans weren't racist ... they conquered and enslaved people and didn't care about your skin color.