Comments on: Equus http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/ Frequently pretentious since 1971. Clearly ambiguous since 2000. Completely and utterly incomprehensible since 2006. Warning: may contain synonyms. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NAGA http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2218 NAGA Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:06:08 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2218 How about...The Unreliable Flogging Of A Dead Horse Return Thereof? How about…The Unreliable Flogging Of A Dead Horse Return Thereof?

]]> By: Bobby http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2201 Bobby Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:04:19 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2201 Wow, cycle of life, cycle of love Wow, cycle of life, cycle of love

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2198 An Unreliable Witness Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:10:44 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2198 Kermit - Horses talk to me all the time, sadly. NAGA - Um. The Return of the Horse? Well, it might be a touch impractical ... Mizyake - Welcome back. And to answer your question - er, no. Kermit — Horses talk to me all the time, sadly.

NAGA — Um. The Return of the Horse? Well, it might be a touch impractical …

Mizyake — Welcome back. And to answer your question — er, no.

]]> By: mizyake http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2196 mizyake Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:53:17 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2196 circumstances have conspired to prevent me reading your site for a while. i return and find this. once agtain, i am astonished by the mind and imagination at work here. are you still not published? circumstances have conspired to prevent me reading your site for a while. i return and find this. once agtain, i am astonished by the mind and imagination at work here. are you still not published?

]]> By: NAGA http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 NAGA Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:03:25 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2189 So beautifully sad. When's the sequel? So beautifully sad.

When’s the sequel?

]]> By: kermit http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2188 kermit Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:04:43 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2188 wonderful insanity test, isn't it? if he answers, you know right away you're a bit loopy. wonderful insanity test, isn’t it? if he answers, you know right away you’re a bit loopy.

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 An Unreliable Witness Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:39:52 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2187 Kermit - You're too observant. Yes, no one had so far noted that I didn't in fact <i>ask</i> the horse whether it wanted to perish before I so calmly shot it in the head. Damn. Ani - Cough. And indeed, splutter. OE - If this story had taken place in reality rather than in the depths of my fevered imaginings, I could have done, yes. Although it has to be said that since the nearest takeaway is five floors below my flat - a kebab place that trades proudly under the name of Doner Inn - I might have had second thoughts about it. [Doner Inn. Done 'er in. Geddit? The meat on the rotary kebab does look a little suspect, frankly] Daren - Welcome, and thank for your wordy observation. I detect a Scrabble player. Kermit — You’re too observant. Yes, no one had so far noted that I didn’t in fact ask the horse whether it wanted to perish before I so calmly shot it in the head. Damn.

Ani — Cough. And indeed, splutter.

OE — If this story had taken place in reality rather than in the depths of my fevered imaginings, I could have done, yes. Although it has to be said that since the nearest takeaway is five floors below my flat — a kebab place that trades proudly under the name of Doner Inn — I might have had second thoughts about it.

[Doner Inn. Done ‘er in. Geddit? The meat on the rotary kebab does look a little suspect, frankly]

Daren — Welcome, and thank for your wordy observation. I detect a Scrabble player.

]]> By: Daren http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 Daren Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:30:33 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2186 I love words with two 'u's next to each other... my favourite is Vacuum. Dx I love words with two ‘u’s next to each other… my favourite is Vacuum.

Dx

]]> By: overnighteditor http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 overnighteditor Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:14:06 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2185 We all get hungry. Couldn't you have ordered a takeaway instead? OE We all get hungry.

Couldn’t you have ordered a takeaway instead?

OE

]]> By: Ani http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2184 Ani Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:34:28 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2184 Obsessively listening to the same song over and over? Oh no. I've never done that either. Obsessively listening to the same song over and over? Oh no. I’ve never done that either.

]]> By: kermit http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2183 kermit Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:55:03 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2183 whether he perished in vain depends on whether he wanted to go along in the first place. though personally i never quite bought the idea that don quixote truly believed he was a knight. whether he perished in vain depends on whether he wanted to go along in the first place.

though personally i never quite bought the idea that don quixote truly believed he was a knight.

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2182 An Unreliable Witness Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:47:19 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2182 I wasn't going to respond to comments yet. But I am supposed to be doing an application form, so naturally the answering of comments suddenly assumed a position of the utmost importance. So here I am. Answering comments. Damn. Ani - Yes, I will confess that I am listening to the song somewhat differently now. Though not obsessively. No. Me? Obsessive? Nope. Not at all. Only 20 times yesterday, in fact. Bohémienne - The thought of becoming obsessed with an obsession about killing all my obsessions is making my brain hurt. Kermit - It did rather fail. Poor Rocinante. Did he perish in vain? [I was considering a terrible Donkey Oaty pun, but I changed my mind] Ariel - Yes, but at least Charlie Boy got his oats. Hoarse Whisperer - The horse is a metaphor. It is a metaphorical horse. Like Eeyore is a metaphorical donkey. Cheerful One - Step away from the Facebook. Step away. But only after your next move. Anna - No, Harry got his cock out in the post before this one. But I've deleted it. Sorry. Besides which, it was less of a cock and more of a frozen chicken. I wasn’t going to respond to comments yet. But I am supposed to be doing an application form, so naturally the answering of comments suddenly assumed a position of the utmost importance. So here I am. Answering comments. Damn.

Ani — Yes, I will confess that I am listening to the song somewhat differently now. Though not obsessively. No. Me? Obsessive? Nope. Not at all. Only 20 times yesterday, in fact.

Bohémienne — The thought of becoming obsessed with an obsession about killing all my obsessions is making my brain hurt.

Kermit — It did rather fail. Poor Rocinante. Did he perish in vain? [I was considering a terrible Donkey Oaty pun, but I changed my mind]

Ariel — Yes, but at least Charlie Boy got his oats.

Hoarse Whisperer — The horse is a metaphor. It is a metaphorical horse. Like Eeyore is a metaphorical donkey.

Cheerful One — Step away from the Facebook. Step away. But only after your next move.

Anna — No, Harry got his cock out in the post before this one. But I’ve deleted it. Sorry. Besides which, it was less of a cock and more of a frozen chicken.

]]> By: Anna http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2181 Anna Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:41:02 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2181 Oooh, is this the one where Harry Potter gets his cock out? Oooh, is this the one where Harry Potter gets his cock out?

]]> By: Cheerful One http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2180 Cheerful One Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:44:30 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2180 I tried to use 'equus' in a scrabble game yesterday, but I din't have enough 'u's. Dammit. Obsessions? Sorry. I tried to use ‘equus’ in a scrabble game yesterday, but I din’t have enough ‘u’s. Dammit.

Obsessions? Sorry.

]]> By: Hoarse Whisperer http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Hoarse Whisperer Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:01:58 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2179 Did he just kill a horse? I think he just killed a horse. Did he just kill a horse?
I think he just killed a horse.

]]> By: Ariel http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2176 Ariel Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:07:10 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2176 Thus spoke Charles to Camilla who neighed with pleasure. Thus spoke Charles to Camilla who neighed with pleasure.

]]> By: kermit http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2175 kermit Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:24:50 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2175 i doubt any of this will make rocinante feel any better, especially since the sacrifice failed of its aim i doubt any of this will make rocinante feel any better, especially since the sacrifice failed of its aim

]]> By: bohémienne http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 bohémienne Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:57:32 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2174 "Obsessions must kill or be killed." Perhaps the need to kill the obsession becomes yet another obsession. It's very difficult sometimes to know the difference between the two. “Obsessions must kill or be killed.”

Perhaps the need to kill the obsession becomes yet another obsession. It’s very difficult sometimes to know the difference between the two.

]]> By: Ani http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/20/equus/comment-page-1/#comment-2173 Ani Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:17:11 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/03/02/equus/#comment-2173 Chest, stomach and throat all wound in tight knots. Sweaty palms covering a mouth agape. Goose flesh. Just some of the tangible ways in which your writing affects me. Those being the only feelings I can find near suitable words for, after such a deeply moving piece. That song will never be the same. And neither will its listeners. Chest, stomach and throat all wound in tight knots. Sweaty palms covering a mouth agape. Goose flesh. Just some of the tangible ways in which your writing affects me. Those being the only feelings I can find near suitable words for, after such a deeply moving piece.

That song will never be the same. And neither will its listeners.

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