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Old 07-25-2009, 02:47 PM   #48
Sundae
polaroid of perfection
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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Do I win a prize for the most entries in this thread?
Or get a punch because I just can't let go...?

Where the Wild Things Are.

Why?

No, I haven't seen it - it's not out here yet.
No, I won't see it.
It was a b.e.a.utiful book.
Perfect for it's adherence to the art of short story writing - omit unnecessary words.

The night Max wore his wolf suit
And made trouble
Of one sort or another

(quoting from memory, but there's not a lot to get wrong thanks to Sendak's spare prose)

THE WORLD IS FULL OF WRITERS! GET AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY!
STOP PISSING ON MY CHILDHOOD!

Yeah, I know I said I was calmer these days.
But not when it comes to this.

Great big fat gusty sigh. And with pickled onion breath. Ner.
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