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HildaMarin t1_jdil41x wrote

Reply to comment by GraniteGeekNH in I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit

Never give up. This sounds like a good bucket list goal.

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GraniteGeekNH t1_jdinkpj wrote

Sitting in the common room of Happy Vale Nursing Home, the cheery nurse asks me "Do you want to play Bingo or do a jigsaw puzzle?"

"I want to read 'Finnegan's Wake' aloud - in a group."

"If you're going to be like that, Mr. Smith, we'll have to send you back to your room."

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InChgo-n-Burbs t1_jdj51d9 wrote

Happy Vale or is it Happy Dale with Dr. Witherspoon?

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GraniteGeekNH t1_jdjl5l0 wrote

Dang - that's why "Happy Vale" popped into my head! I saw Arsenic & Old Lace just a few months ago.

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