Happy Birthday Hank ! (1 Viewer)

[Bukfan]

Happy Birthday, Hank! I hope you'll get as drunk celebrating your birthday as we will.

 

[pig ear press]

I was curious as to who Hank shared his birthday with (Ted Hughes is one btw), and came across this...

'Juliette Kayyem Government 16-Aug-1969 Counterterrorism wonk'

What the hell is a 'wonk'?
It sounds like something Peter Sellers would have said in the Pink Panther films.

Sorry, I digress...

Belated Happy Birthday old (dead) man!

 

[Mark73]

The dictionary spits out dweeb, nerd, grind, swot. That's a wonk. The best in the classroom who has no friends.
What the hell am I doing here? I'm not even a native speaker.

 

[hank solo]

Happy Birthday Hank,
yrs.

 

[zobraks]

94 years since that memorable Monday...

 

[ESO9]

Happy birthday, Buk!
I'm going camping today. Hope I don't get lost in the woods like that story in Women.
I'll drink a few for the old man.
Cheers.

 

[Ponder]

 

[zobraks]

I'm going camping today. Hope I don't get lost in the woods like that story in Women.

Just stay out of Utah and you'll be fine.

HENRY CHINASKI, MINOR POET, FOUND DEAD IN UTAH WOODS

HENRY CHINASKI, MINOR POET, FLOODS UTAH COUNTRYSIDE IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS SOFT LOS ANGELES ASS

:D
I love those headlines.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Those are good, this one is great:
HENRY CHINASKI IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE GREATEST ONE-LEGGED POET IN THE WORLD.

 

[zobraks]

Yeah, but no mention of Utah there.

 

[skiroomalum]

Happy Birthday Hank, and thanks again!

 

[Black Swan]

Here's a Vodka Seven for your birthday.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Here's Vodka, minus the seven...

 

[Pogue Mahone]

But wait, it's Madonna's birthday too!

 

[Bukfan]

It's amazing it's already been 20 years ago Buk died. How time flies.

Happy Birthday, Buk! Have a bottle of red wine on me.

 

[BUKFAN78]

Happy B-day Buk! Four minutes to midnight. Finished writing and very drunk now. On a magnum of red, of course.

 

[number6horse]

He would have been 94 and no doubt "still leaning toward this machine."

 

[BUKFAN78]

I always feel sad for Linda this time of year.

 

[PhillyDave]

Here's Joe Henry's Happy Birthday to Buk. https://www.facebook.com/JoeHenryLo...2759602087353/895027860527186/?type=1&theater

 

[Black Swan]

Very nice post.

 

[PhillyDave]

Yeah, the Joe Henry connection to Buk is that Joe is married to Madonna's sister and Madonna was married to Penn at the time.

 

[hank solo]

Happy Birthday Charles Bukowski.
Cheers all.

 

[Bukfan]

Happy 95th Birthday, unca Hank! We love your writing.

 

[DaPrince34]

11:28 here in the midwest

Happy Birthday

Thanks Buk for giving me something to do... haha

 

[Black Swan]

Happy 96th!
thanks for so much!
I'll definitely have a drink today in your honour.

 

[roni]

Hell yes!
*lifting glass*
Here's to my favorite Dirty Old Man of all times!

 

[PhillyDave]

I will have a drink or two for him tonight and read some of my favs of his.

 

[Andreas]

Here's to you, Bukowski!
And here's to my son David, who turned nine yesterday and got a glorious swimming badge today!

 

[Bash Chelik]

I'm planning on picking up some Henieken later and making my way through War All The Time. I'll probably also read "This is What Killed Dylan Thomas", a personal favorite.....

Heineken??? Better be Hamms ;)

 

[Bukfan]

Happy 96th, Buk! We´ll drink to you in German white wine (Riesling?).

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Hank's drunk again, but he told me to thank you all for the birthday wishes. FYI: Mediums don't get paid enough for this shit...

 

[mjp]

Oh dear.

 

[PhillyDave]

I saw that yesterday but just took the test. Oh, thank god I got a 10 outta 10!

 

[skiroomalum]

Well, I was 9/10. I fucked up the cat question. Still not buying that book...

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Took it yesterday and missed the cat one too.

 

[mjp]

At least they properly categorized "Find what you love."

 

[PhillyDave]

I guessed on the cat one. Already forget the cat's name.
mjp Have you considered creating an entry test/quiz to help keep us on our toes or to help kick out the lazy who fall behind on their Buk history? Just a thought. I'll bring the #2 pencils.:p

 

[hoochmonkey9]

10/10.

So the last 47+ years of my life haven't been all for naught.

Updating resume/Tinder account now...

 

[mjp]

mjp Have you considered creating an entry test/quiz...

For a while I think we had a question that had to be answered correctly to create a forum account, but that dropped by the wayside when better ways to kill murder disembowel block spammers came about.

 

[skiroomalum]

I remember that. Mine was what year was Factotum published. I'm glad it didn't involve that fucking cat.