"People run from rain..." (1 Viewer)

[Janethefox]

“People run from rain but 
sit 
in bathtubs full of
 water."

I've seen people posting this quote, and a quick google search says it's from Roominghouse Madrigals, but I don't think that's correct as I can't find it anywhere in there.

Ideas, anyone?

 

[mjp]

86'd

Poems Written Before Jumping Out Of An 8 Story Window - pg. 16
The Roominghouse Madrigals - pg. 139

people run from rain but ​

sit​

in bathtubs full of ​

water.​

​

it is fairly dismal to know that​

millions of people are worried about​

the hydrogen bomb​

yet​

they are already​

dead.​

 

[BUKFAN78]

“People run from rain but 
sit 
in bathtubs full of
 water."

Haha, forgot about that one. One of my favourite Buk lines for sure. Hard to sum up the absurd nature of humanity any better I should think!

 

[Pogue Mahone]

He liked the bathtub only second to the shiter...

 

[BUKFAN78]

@Pogue Mahone I know right, I love when he tells about how Linda (King) used to barge in while he was in the bathtub and always accuse him of masturbating. More of a shower type myself.

 

[FanteFreak]

And what do you all think of this reply that is also floating around the internet?

"Wow bukowski so profound do you also bathe fully clothed you dickhead. “Oohh isn’t it funny that a person will eat when they’re hungry but will duck if you throw an apple at their face”

http://anthologist.tumblr.com/post/82900513250/people-run-from-rain-but-sit-in-bathtubs-full-of

 

[mjp]

What do you think?

I mean, other than how cleverly you are trolling the Bukowski forum...

 

[Pogue Mahone]

He'd probably say there's a big difference between running away from the rain like a tiger is after you than ducking when an apple is thrown at you. With an apple, you can pick it up and shove it in the ass of the guy who threw it at you.

In any case, losers like this are what Bukowski called subnormal. Nothing worth getting your blood pressure up about because they still live at home with their moms and have to be careful about jacking off too loudly.

We at Bukowski.net can jack off as loudly as we fucking want.

Loud and proud, Brother Fante.

 

[FanteFreak]

As someone who owns two Black Sparrow Press books signed by Buk himself, I don't personally like it. I am no troll of the forum. It was purely a question.

I also think it's taken out of context, as the stanza that follows it definitely adds another layer in meaning.

Oh well, I'm used to idiots not liking him for one reason or another.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Appreciate you are not a troll. I think it just appeared like you were trying get our goat. And our goat is a very angry goat who chain smokes, eats gravel, and shits bullets. We love gizabelle very much.

Owning a signed Black Sparrow book doesn't carry much weight around here. MJP currently has John Martin's balls sitting in a medicine jar filled with grain alcohol.... Thanks to gizabelle...

 

[skiroomalum]

No , Martin allows his balls to be placed in "nothing stronger than iced tea."

 

[PhillyDave]

Martin had lotsa balls. To do what he did requires lotsa balls.

 

[roni]

To do what he did requires lotsa balls

or unawareness of the consequences.

 

[Pogue Mahone Athbheoim]

Earth 2: God I Got The Sad Blue Blues and I Am Read To remain uncollected.

It measures a ridiculous 14" x 8.5" for it's time...

 

[Erik]

-PhillyDave said:
-To do what he did requires lotsa balls

Balls for brains I'd say.

 

[Pogue Mahone Athbheoim]

The boards he used on those early books were incredibly thick too. Earth 2 almost feels like a folio of broadsides, but they are all bound. Different colors, sizes, paper, etc.