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« The long cybertrail | Main | Double-edged metaphor of the day » Friday, February 9, 2007Waiting for a go-cartA new short film apparently sanctioned (or even produced?) by the Irish Film Board is making the rounds online. It depicts a day at the pitch 'n' putt (a golf course of only short holes) with local heroes Joyce and Beckett. Joyce unleashes a stream of sometimes nonsensical naughty talk, and gives lip to the shop girl who gives out tees, scorecards, and chocolate bars: "No, not a Milky Way, you arse, a Topic. All fecund in its nuttiness." Beckett looks impassively at the golf ball in his hands waits for an unnamed third player, as only he can do, further enraging the nattily dressed Beckett. "Well I don't f______ care where he is, I'm teeing off. Into the f_____ sapphire of the day...." It's good stuff. [Update: REVISED Feb. 12. As two readers have pointed out, Joyce actually seems to say "fecund in its nuttiness," not "thickened in its nuttiness," as my post originally said.] Posted by Evan Hughes at 10:52 AM
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