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gwen Strauss's avatar

Also laughed out loud with the spatula discovery.

Does Flaubert in some way acknowledge the goodness of B & P's friendship?

You're coming to the Vaucluse?

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Christopher Mooney's avatar

He's fond of the them. Reminds me of Musil: Two Men Without Qualities.

A village called Bedoin, an hour out of Avignon. Know it?

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Bruce's avatar

Funny. A line from Musil reappeared to me as I read your piece, something along the lines of “ideas that take great strides as if on stilts, touching the earth on tiny soles of experience.” (Looks down to find himself sporting a peg-leg and a Werther costume)

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Christopher Mooney's avatar

Nice. Peg leg.

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Laura Calder's avatar

Now I'm going to have to write a cookbook and call it: Macaroni Causes Dreams...

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Christopher Mooney's avatar

Mes rêves de rigatoni...

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John Carnegie's avatar

That puts me in mind of Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.

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Christopher Mooney's avatar

Les Cauchemars de Comte et de Camembert

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