Does a topic really exist if nobody's read it?

[kerrensimmonds]

Come on you lot. Weren't you Heducated?
Who has heard of Descartes?
I think, therefore I am?
Doesn't this apply to the Forum?

[huntertitus]

Thr first word of the novel called
"Inside Mr Enderby" by Anthony Burgess is


PFFFRRRUMMMP.


It is supposed to describe the sound of a fart


Later on in the book he uses these to describe farts with different tones


Perrrrp.


Querpkprrmp.


Bopperlop.


Porripipoop.


Prrrrrrrrp.


He also wrote "A Clockwork Orange"

[Mrs C.]

yours,
Totally Baffed of CH!!!!

[huntertitus]

Well this post was getting, shall we say, at least a little existential so I thought I'd throw something totally odd in

The quotes are real as is the book I was alluding to

Read it if you want

If you like that you may also like Flann O'Brien's novel "The 3rd Policeman"

[kerrensimmonds]

Absolutely. What has Descartes got to say about passing wind? Apart from the fact that to do so is a human condition (normally glossed over unless one suffers from schoolchild humour).
I am mesmerised by this thread.

[huntertitus]

Talking of wind, or STEAM, I recently photographed an author for Faber & Faber publishers called Jenny Uglow for her new book. I looked her up on the net and found she'd written a book on several men who in the late 18th Century pretty much invented the modern world as we know it

They invented or were responsible for discovering steam engines, chemistry, modern pottery and glazes, canals and masses more. I reccomend the book. It is called "The Lunar Men and is published bt Faber

I might start a thread on what books you MUST read before you shuffle off this mortal coil

[englishangel]

Did she go to CH, or did her sister go? There was someone in 6's I think called Valerie Uglow.

I think she is on Friends Reunited and even has a picture.

[Great Plum]

yours,
Totally Baffed of CH!!!!

Baffed - is that still used at CH?

[Mrs C.]

indeed!

[huntertitus]

Did she go to CH, or did her sister go? There was someone in 6's I think called Valerie Uglow.

I think she is on Friends Reunited and even has a picture.

I have no idea where she went to school

What I imagine is that her maiden name was not Uglow as she was married

There is a famous artist called Euan Uglow who died in 2000 who was probably related in some way

[englishangel]

Did she go to CH, or did her sister go? There was someone in 6's I think called Valerie Uglow.

I think she is on Friends Reunited and even has a picture.

I have no idea where she went to school

What I imagine is that her maiden name was not Uglow as she was married
There is a famous artist called Euan Uglow who died in 2000 who was probably related in some way

I didn't think of that

[J.R.]

But a thought is not a topic.

Therefore, even if nobody else reads it, the very fact that it has been created by someone must surely mean that it exists, even if the rest of the human race is blissfully unaware of the fact.

Doesn't Schrodinger's Cat (sp?) have something to miaou (sp) about on this subject: if the subject is read then the perception of it changes so it is no longer the original subject..

Wasn't he the CH school cat ?? Where's Shoz when you need him ?

[englishangel]

He's around somewhere, he has been paining (sic) his garage doors.

[J.R.]

He's around somewhere, he has been paining (sic) his garage doors.

Why's he being sic on his garage doors ? Hasn't he got a toilet ?