The success or otherwise of new threads

[MANICHAEAN]

Friday is our day off here in the Middle East. So I'm sitting in the camp bar drinking 'John Lee" Bourbon from Kentucky, which I've never tried before and reading "The Fruits of the Earth" by Andre Gide.

I came across a bit in the first chapter to which I would like to draw your interest i.e " Suppress in yourself the idea of merit - one of the mind's greatest stumbling blocks" / " Each one makes his own discoveries and - note this - for himself alone"

So my mind starts assuming its tangential offshoots & I was thinking what on Lit Net makes a good thread.

I had in the course of this last week submitted what I discerned was a cogent point on "Shakespeare & Women" in that there was an argument to suggest that the Bard had a certain queasiness with the sexuality of women. I anticipated a backlash from the Shakespeare fundamentalists, but the reactions were ZERO!

But with other threads submitted entitled "Words Not To Be Attempted When Drunk" & "Names for Exotic Dancers" the responses were 14 & 18 respectively.

What can this possibly mean? Scheherazade, give it to me straight!

P.S. John Lee Bourbon is highly recommended. I've tried of course Jack Daniels, Jim Beam & its poor relation Wild Turkey, but Mr Lee is certainly there for me in the foreseeable future.

[Sancho]

What can this possibly mean?

Well, duh.

[soundofmusic]

Well, duh.

Manch, do you want me to defend the honor of this thread and slap Sancho...come on Sancho, let's start a brawl here...It'll, at least, get a few more posters:lol:

I think your point about Shakespeare was a good one. Did you post it in the right area? Sometimes threads have already been done.

Of course, there are a few of us...I'll hang my head when I say this; that enjoy the more superficial benefits of this forum. When I joined, I thought I would be spending my days improving my readig and philosophy; but actually, I really like the softer stuff.....

[LitNetIsGreat]

I love the whole Hemingwayesque I'm sitting in a bar in the Middle East drinking bourbon type thing, it adds a great amount of flavour to the whole proceedings, we should have more of that.

I personally just pick the threads which interest me at that moment, though naturally you don't see them all - I'm not that addicted! Though there are a few ones which I keep coming back to.

I might have responded to the Shakespeare stuff had I seen it and been in the mood, but this fish is not biting with that one for now thanks.

Enjoy your bourbon.

[OrphanPip]

I completely missed the Shakespeare thread too. I think it's that awful authors subform, it's just so God damn large.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I completely missed the Shakespeare thread too. I think it's that awful authors subform, it's just so God damn large.

What I would consider is radical reform of the child boards/author sub-forums. You could get rid of the individual works discussion boards on each author and condense them into one, similar to the general literature or the chat part. This way you could just click onto an author sub-forum and see all the threads displayed as one long list. Much better I think that way. ;)

[Sancho]

Manch, do you want me to defend the honor of this thread and slap Sancho...come on Sancho, let's start a brawl here...It'll, at least, get a few more posters:lol:

Oiy!

I guess that “well duh” thing did come off a little arse-hole-ish. Consider me slapped.

Also Egg McMuffin is tough to say while hammered. But then, if you’re still looped when they're selling those things, you’ve got more problems than an alcohol-induced speech impediment.

[Scheherazade]

But with other threads submitted entitled "Words Not To Be Attempted When Drunk" & "Names for Exotic Dancers" the responses were 14 & 18 respectively.

What can this possibly mean? Scheherazade, give it to me straight!I think Sancho sums it up very succinctly so not sure if there is anything more to be said on this issue.

However, it has just occured to me that names of erotic dancers should not come from the "words not to be attempted when drunk" list.

I get a feeling that it might be detrimental to one's professional progress.

*edit*

I don't see why Sancho's getting into a fight with Sound because of his insightful post... Unless, of course, Sound has ulterior motives in trying to engage Sancho in this manner...

:skep:

[soundofmusic]

I don't see why Sancho's getting into a fight with Sound because of his insightful post... Unless, of course, Sound has ulterior motives in trying to engage Sancho in this manner...

:skep:

Your brilliant intellect and superior intuition have caught me again, Scher :blush2::thumbsup:

Alas, perhaps I shall go deal with my resultant ennui on the lovelorn column :nopity: Care to come along, Sancho:leaving:
Darn, I forgot to ask if Sancho is a guy:lol:

[Scheherazade]

I think the reason Shakespeare and Women thread was overlooked was that it was actually posted in the Serious Discussion threads rather than Literature related section (now it has been moved to the Shakespeare subforum, where, I hope, will receive more replies).

[Sancho]

Alas, perhaps I shall go deal with my resultant ennui on the lovelorn column :nopity: Care to come along, Sancho:leaving:
Darn, I forgot to ask if Sancho is a guy:lol:

Woo-hoo, now you’re talking!

Yep, I’m a dude. In the little avatar to the left I’m the short, chubby, dim-witted fellow on the donkey behind the tall, handsome, badly-deluded knight-errant on the horse.

[soundofmusic]

Woo-hoo, now you’re talking!

Yep, I’m a dude. In the little avatar to the left I’m the short, chubby, dim-witted fellow on the donkey behind the tall, handsome, badly-deluded knight-errant on the horse.

Bless my soul, I am the inkeepers short, chubby, accommodating wife who will put you up in our best stable, bring you supper and perhaps.........
give your horses some water and feed;)

[Sancho]

Inn? ‘Tis a fine a fine and glorious castle Señora.

You know, I love that book. I’ve read it, for one reason or another, probably a dozen times. It’s really become somewhat of an obsession with me. And for all the richness of thought in those pages, my favorite parts are still all those little interactions (or collisions) Don and Sancho have with ordinary people - inn keepers, barbers, shop keepers, peasant girls, highway robbers, prostitutes, etc. It gives me a unique view of what life must have been like in 15th century Spain and makes me wish I could’ve lived there.

Bueno, bueno, bueno. Ain’t it cool how these threads just sort of take off sideways sometimes?

[soundofmusic]

Inn? ‘Tis a fine a fine and glorious castle Señora.

You know, I love that book. I’ve read it, for one reason or another, probably a dozen times. It’s really become somewhat of an obsession with me. And for all the richness of thought in those pages, my favorite parts are still all those little interactions (or collisions) Don and Sancho have with ordinary people - inn keepers, barbers, shop keepers, peasant girls, highway robbers, prostitutes, etc. It gives me a unique view of what life must have been like in 15th century Spain and makes me wish I could’ve lived there.

Bueno, bueno, bueno. Ain’t it cool how these threads just sort of take off sideways sometimes?

I am afraid you have me at a disadvantage, Senor, for it was your glorious person and your expertise with language that captured my poor ordinary heart. I have only an inn; but if you prefer, I shall meet you at the castle gates....

Definitely cool.....:iagree: