Hint: lots of cooking involved . . .BoSoxGal wrote:Woman wins lottery, throws big party.
Even better than Reader's Digest canned books
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Bicycle Bill
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Until you said "lots of cooking involved", I was leaning towards Shirley Jackson's classic short-story, "The Lottery".BoSoxGal wrote:Hint: lots of cooking involved . . .BoSoxGal wrote:Woman wins lottery, throws big party.
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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The Joy Luck Club?
(mahjong not strictly a lottery, but a game of chance, sort of)
(mahjong not strictly a lottery, but a game of chance, sort of)
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
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oldr_n_wsr
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Fried Green Tomatoes
or Mystic Pizza
never saw either but I think some cooking goes on in them. At least the titles suggest cooking.
or Mystic Pizza
never saw either but I think some cooking goes on in them. At least the titles suggest cooking.
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Nope, nope, nope & nope.
This novella is a classic of world literature and was made into film within my lifetime or shortly before - I'm 45.
This novella is a classic of world literature and was made into film within my lifetime or shortly before - I'm 45.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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the movie sounds like Babette's Feast; I never read the book, so I'm not sure.
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He's good, that Big RR
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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No, that would have been, "Woman wins lottery, gets stoned"....Bicycle Bill wrote:Until you said "lots of cooking involved", I was leaning towards Shirley Jackson's classic short-story, "The Lottery".BoSoxGal wrote:Hint: lots of cooking involved . . .BoSoxGal wrote:Woman wins lottery, throws big party.
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A boy and a black man raft down the Mississippi, then the boy meets his old buddy for an incomprehensible ending.
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"Huckleberry Finn"; thanks for an easy one, Big RR.
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
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— God @The Tweet of God
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another easy one (I think):
Straight-laced man gets drunk on his own concoction and goes out for nights of fun and debauchery.
Straight-laced man gets drunk on his own concoction and goes out for nights of fun and debauchery.
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I guess too easy. 
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Man raises the daughter of a prostitute, saves the life of her fiancé, dies.
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
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Les Miserables
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Spy pretends to defect, then commits suicide.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Econoline
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The Spy Who Came In From the Cold??
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
— God @The Tweet of God
— God @The Tweet of God
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Econo nails it
(my John le Carre obsession is a bit of a giveaway)
(my John le Carre obsession is a bit of a giveaway)
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Here's one —
"Girl plays hide-and-seek, loses."
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"Girl plays hide-and-seek, loses."
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?