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[poptop]

Wow David - bingo. How'd you find that out? I asked the question because there's a picture in the photo section of Bukowski sitting in front of his monitor with Claris Works on screen, and I had no idea if someone else had noticed it. I should have guessed that others were way ahead of me. Good going. Ur up.

 

[David]

Name That Tune

.....Vanna wrote fair poetry but she didn't know how to talk. I was always trying to get her to talk, to bring her out of that silence, so I always tried to shock her.
"God," I said, "I have real hot nuts tonight. They feel like burning coals filled with cocoanut juice."
Vanna just looked at me with those wide blue eyes and lifted her beer-bottle and stuck the end of it into her mouth.
"Suction," I said, "suck. Suck. I feel like I'm gonna come in my shorts right now."
I watched the beer run into her mouth.
"I'd eat your shit out of a milk bottle just to get my drill into you."
"Bukowski, you just talk that way because you think you're a great poet."
"You just get that milk bottle."
Vanna just looked at me.

What Bukowski story is this from?

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Damn, a one-minute turn around on that one!

 

[cirerita]

Hint: It's in Portions ... ;)

 

[Joe Batters]

oh, my! she's hasn't even turned 3 months and she's getting a passport for being the closest "thing" to a resident[ial] scholar. she sure will hate Bukowski and us all freaks :D

Congratulations to you, Cirerita!

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Cirerita only gave a hint. As soon as I get my copy -anyday now according to the UPS tracking report- I'll find out what you need to know........................

 

[David]

OK guys, I'll give you a hint: the word "Reading" is in the title.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

well since you had to tell me....thank you sir.
READING AND BREEDING FOR KENNETH about a charactor Kenneth Patchen.

 

[David]

Correct! You're up!

 

[Gerard K H Love]

According to Bukowski, who invented the Easter Bunny and which poem is this from?

Bonus question Where and when did he write this poem?

We all know it was at night.;)

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Hello! Doesn't anyone want to play? Let me know if you need a hint.

;) I guess hank solo isn't allowed to play 'cause he's so good.

 

[Father Luke]

The poem was: The Doorman

And according to Bukowski
the easter bunny was invented by: The Doorman

For extra credit: He wrote this poem in the Lobby.



Here is the next question:

Who's shoes are these?

 

[bospress.net]

Manny Hyman?

If I got that right, I only got that little part of it right, though. I have no idea about the other parts of the question...

 

[Billville]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say they belong to this guy.

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[Father Luke]

Bill has it.
And Billville, but Billville didn't have the name.

In the spirit of fairness:

My answer, in order to get to this question. . .
the extra credit response? May have been off a wee bit.

- -
Okay,
Father Luke

 

[Father Luke]

Damn.
One I knew. . .

Oh well.

My Turn?

 

[Father Luke]

Sure, Manny. Go ahead.

 

[Father Luke]

According to Bukowski, who invented the Easter Bunny and which poem is this from?

Bonus question Where and when did he write this poem?

We all know it was at night. ;)


(thanks to Gerard K H Love for the question)

 

[Gerard K H Love]

The poem was: The Doorman

I am not aware of the poem "The Doorman" . The poem I got my answer from was not published, according to this web site. Yes he wrote it at night. There is a correct answer to the questions.
So, the question still stands, on it's own two-or four- feet. Thank you try again.

 

[Father Luke]

Hmmm.

 

[David]

Wow, that was an impressive unhijacking of a very valiant attempt to hijack the question! That Easter Bunny is gonna keep plaguing us! Hey, Father Luke, try again! That Corgi guy is InCorrgigible! :)

 

[Father Luke]

I still say it was from The Doorman
from Write Magazine a long time ago. . .

 

[Gerard K H Love]

What are the words of that poem? Maybe the one I found here at giant Bukowski dot Net is a rewrite. Or maybe he has two answers to the question.

Maybe a hint is needed.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Father Hyman is yanking yer chain, GKHL.

Somebody had a cupa coffee here several months back asking about a mysterious, alleged Buk story named The Doorman that apparently never existed.

 

[Father Luke]

A hint seems called for.
Hit us up, dog.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

It was written when he lived on Carlton in the spring before he moved to San Pedro. There was going to be a fight in Vegas. It is in this web site which is my only source when I ask a question from work because my books are at home.
Now this just a scavenger hunt.

 

[hank solo]

was the fight (but the date entered on Youtube is wrong - cryptic huh :D)

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Hank solo has known the answer to this for a month. No more clues. Wake up.

 

[Father Luke]

I still say it was from The Doorman

What are the words of that poem?

Charles' mom opens the door and sees him there without any groceries. She says, "Charles, you're too sick to go out today" and then I think the narrator echoes - "today."

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Where is the line about who invented the Easter Bunny? Come on it's a huge clue. He mentions the Pennsylvania Dutch as well. The date on the YouTube that was provided by the amazing hank solo is off by one year from the date I have.

Shall we take you by the hand?

 

[Gerard K H Love]

According to Bukowski, who invented the Easter Bunny and which poem is this from?

Bonus question Where and when did he write this poem?

Should I answer this and ask another-much easier- question? The answer is in Manuscripts.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

In the poem first published in Love is a Dog From Hell about the girls.

What color car was the girl with the nicest legs driving?

 

[HarryC13]

White.

"the girl in the red dress
who got out of the white car
had the best legs ..."

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Oct 29th 1972. Good job HarryC13. Now can you tell me who invented the Easter Bunny? Lol!

 

[Father Luke]

Now can you tell me who invented the Easter Bunny? Lol!

I'm pretty sure it was The Doorman

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I'm sure you are wrong, unless the Doorman happens to be German.
&inmag=&onpage=0"]Good Friday

hank solo knew the answer the whole time.

 

[HarryC13]

Oct 29th 1972. Good job HarryC13. Now can you tell me who invented the Easter Bunny? Lol!

All right, Gerard, you knuckleheaded pest, it was THE GERMANS who invented the Easter bunny. It sez so in "Good Friday." The friggin' Germans.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Harry, your up.

You know we love you.

 

[HarryC13]

In a decently, manly kind of way, I hope. Give me a little while to come up with a question. Be gentle, it's my first time.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

You mean first time to be decently manly?

Here's a question you could ask, "what brand of ink was used to publish Pig in a Pamplet"