Discussion Questions

[raygunn_revival]

Discussion Questions for The Trans-Occipital Demonstration of Negligible Force, a novella as-yet-unwritten by me (and you).

1. The book opens and closes with a primordial lump, saying "obiter dicta" repeatedly. Have you ever seen a primordial lump on the bus? What route and time of day? Did it ever say "obiter dicta"? If not, what if anything did

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[adam_is_klingon]

we mustn't forget the carnal desire manifestation of buddah, in the body of an elvis lookalike, who works at a quickstop somewhere in southern italy.
and what he knows.

[raygunn_revival]

Nor should we forget the tunnel of love, or the canal desire.

[spasmsproject]

1) My brother-in-law is a primordial lump. Mostly he says "What time is it?" and "Can we eat yet?" He is a lot of fun at parties. I do not think he rides the bus.

2) This is a funny trick question. I masturbate thinking of ice.

3) My next door neighbor says he is going to sue me and also you for me punching him in the mouth. I told him it was purely literary but he has asliughtly different perspective. He also says I can shove my scalloped potatoes up my nose. I do not think my next door neighbor is having a very good day.

4) Being dead is a lot like being alive but maybe I did not understand the question. Fica.

5) Discuss!

[raygunn_revival]

1) I would invite him to all of my parties if he could be relied on to ask "What time is yet?" or "Can we eat time?"

2) As long as it's not Vanilla Ice, I will not be one to judge.

3) I think shoving scalloped potatoes up your nose would make a great new weapon. One I hadn't thought of before. In allergy season, you could really do some damage. A whole new meaning to "spud gun."

4) "The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had." It really is a mad world.

5) Disk us!

[spasmsproject]

1) I do not know if he could remember something that complicated.

2) I do not like vanilla ice, only chocolate or strawberry.

3) Please do not shove scalloped potatoes up my nose, Ms. Revival. I sneezed twice this morning already.

4) I never had a dream where you are dying so I can only say that dreams where I am rollerskating off a skyscraper are pretty good.

5) Triscuits?

[rxgreene]

1. I have encountered primordial lumps. However, they are usually on the subways, singing back up for the Pratorean Guard's acapella do-wop troupe.
   
2. Asperin has the feet of her seven slain rabbits on her belt as a reminder of why cats cannot be trusted. Specifically, trusted to drive their fair shift while transporting a group of rabbits cross country on a hoverphant. Her rifle is green because were it blue, the pies would all be ruined. She genuflect therin as it is the manifestation of her respect for the ham's stoicism in light of it's inevitable fate to be ate.
   
3. Scalloped potatoes are to cuisine as the celocamph (sp) is to fish - a throwback which was thought to be lost. You are safe if you have shellfish allergies, unless of course, it's potatoed scallops.
   
4. In the 31st century, dead men do wear plaid. Re: Also: Fenni Fendi Ficci.
   

[raygunn_revival]

1. The Eight-Two, Barber Shoppe Quartet? I love those guys.

3. Do not concern yourself overmuch: Even the spelling of "celocamph" has gone extinct.

4. And here I'd always thought it was Fenni, Fermi, Fibonacci.

#4

[rxgreene]

That my dear,is a different sequence all together.

[moosemonster]

I would suggest transforming all of the characters into verbs, as they speak. If they do not speak, have them locked up as paragraphs.

I would not suggest a connection between the act and the thought, in all cases. It is possible that thoughts of lice are intrusive, an unwanted reminder that one needs to pay more attention to issues of hygiene.

Two needs to pay the cheque, or face a different class of unwanted reminders. Dressed in black, with black guns. Black appendages and appendices and bandages.

It is not permitted to eat scalloped potatoes:10. And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the
11. rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of
12. their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be
an abomination unto you.

Curly fries are permitted.

[raygunn_revival]

Brilliant. And insightful.

It is my primary goal (and my primary gaol) as a writer not to suggest a connection between the act and the thought.

Praise be to curly fries.

[citizenkafka]

1. On an Greyhound bus, traveling between Seattle and Spokane, A large, dark-skinned lump in a black trench coat got on in Ellensburg and chose to sit next to me (despite their being entirely empty seats elsewhere. I pretended to sleep, but he/it was able to project "obiter dicta" into my mind telepathically, staring at me

[raygunn_revival]

Beautiful.

My favorite: "I masturbate lice to help me think."

2. Me, I prefer hams without the strings. That is, unless I'm playing Carnegie Hall.

5. I am surprised that no one answered: "Ion? Ion."