Re: Sunday Times article
Florie Sommers (writeflorie@hotmail.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:55:21 -0800 (PST)
"thinking about beautiful [intelligent] women distracts the male mind"
I was hoping that this is what he meant because the idea that a
beautiful woman isn't worth anything if she's educated made me puke
right here in my seat.
>From: BOWNELINE@aol.com
>Reply-To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Subject: Re: Sunday Times article
>Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:40:44 -0500 (EST)
>
>I suppose that he means that beautiful woman do no put out anymore if
your
>educate them. But it is a clumsy analogy. Can you suggest how to
>restructure it, using the same terms, to better convey the apparent
meaning.
>Certainly not "A beautiful woman is like a fine swiss watch, if you
pour honey
>on her she will stop working." That makes more sense that "A fine
swiss
>watch is like a beautiful woman, if you educate it it will stop
working." I
>think the analogy cannot be rehabilitated. My theory is that
Vonnegut's brain
>wasn't functioning properly when he stated it: "Vonnegut's brain works
like a
>fine swiss watch into which honey has been poured when he is thinking
about
>the implications of educating beautiful women." Or "thinking about
beautiful
>women distracts the male mind" Who could disaggree with that??
>JTB
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