Cat's Cradle

[amcdonald]

I just re-read cat's cradle by Vonnegut.
One of my favorite authors.
Check him out.

Any other fans here?

 

[notfred]

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.


I never understood that, maybe cause I never could make out the rest of the lyrics.

 

[Yossarian]

Breakfast of Champions pwns you. Any book with a hand drawing of a sphincter is ok by me.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
Breakfast of Champions pwns you. Any book with a hand drawing of a sphincter is ok by me.

Don't search google images for "sphincter".

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
I just re-read cat's cradle by Vonnegut.
One of my favorite authors.
Check him out.

Any other fans here?

Ice-9?

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Yossarian
Breakfast of Champions pwns you. Any book with a hand drawing of a sphincter is ok by me.

Don't search google images for "sphincter".

Bwahahaha

 

[BatmanNate]

The Sirens of Titan was a good book.

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: notfred
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.


I never understood that, maybe cause I never could make out the rest of the lyrics.

Here ya go:

My child arrived just the other day,
He came to the world in the usual way,
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay,
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talking 'fore I knew it and as he grew
He'd say I'm gonna be like you, Dad
You know I'm gonna be like you

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you coming home dad, I don't know when,
But we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day,
He said thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw, I said not today
I got a lot to do, he said that's OK
And he, He walked away, but his smile never did, and said
I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you coming home dad, I don't know when,
But we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then

Well, he came from college just the other day,
So much like a man, I just had to say
Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while
He shook his head, and he said with a smile
What I'm feeling like, dad, is to borrow the car keys
See ya later, can I have them, please

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you coming home son, I don't know when,
But we'll get together then, dad
You know we'll have a good time then

I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said I'd like to see you if you don't mind
He said I'd love to dad, if I could find the time
You see my new job's a hassle, and the kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you dad
It's been sure nice talking to you

And as I hung up the phone, it occured to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you coming home son, I don't know when,
But we'll get together then, dad
We're gonna have a good time then

Or at least that's the version sung by Jim Croce...which I'm listening to now actually.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
The Sirens of Titan was a good book.

i have a first edition of that!
its pulp!

i love me some vonnegut.

 

[GasX]

One of my favorite authors for sure...

 

[Jzero]

I have a sizeable collection of Vonnegut. A number of them are the Delta trade-paperbacks which are pretty neat. One of my favorite authors. My history teacher in HS told me I would grow out of him.

Maybe I just never grew up

 

[amcdonald]

I'm trying to recall all of his books I've read so far..
Cat's Cradle
God bless you, Mr. Rosewater
Slapstick
Bagombo Snuffbox
Timequake
Mother Night
Slaughterhouse-Five
Breakfast of Champions
Galapagos
Hocus Pocus
Welcome to the Monkey House
Player Piano
Palm Sunday

I need to check out:
Sirens of Titans
Bluebeard
Deadeye Dick

I just started re-reading Vonnegut's books.
I'm blessed/cursed with a horrible long-term memory, so I have the pleasure of re-reading books after a few years with a renewed mystery. woohoo.