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I saw this on Chris' list and it triggered an old, funny memory. Now, I did read this book -- back in high school I went through a Michael Crichton phase and his books being as they are, I managed to read through his -- dare I say oevure? -- in a summer (don't recall which summer, tho')
The odd memory that Chris triggered however, has to to do with the movie Congo. I had a good friend in high school, wonderful fella, still a great friend. About the time we were seniors, he started dating -- or as the kids say, "going steady" with a...I think she was a sophomore at the time. The point is, Saturday nights I'd ask him:
"What are you doing tonight?"
"We rented Congo."
"You rented that last week."
"..."
And -- not lying -- we had the exchange roughly twice a month for the life of their relationship (about the length of the school year). Thus, when anyone in our circle of friends got lucky (for most of us a rare occurrence), we referred to it as "watching Congo." To use it in a sentence...
"You watch Congo on Saturday?"
"You know how I roll."
Etc., et.al.
(granted, at the time, no one I knew said "how I roll," but it sounds better)
In regards to the actual book, the only thing I remember is that I did not care much for it.
~cpd
The odd memory that Chris triggered however, has to to do with the movie Congo. I had a good friend in high school, wonderful fella, still a great friend. About the time we were seniors, he started dating -- or as the kids say, "going steady" with a...I think she was a sophomore at the time. The point is, Saturday nights I'd ask him:
"What are you doing tonight?"
"We rented Congo."
"You rented that last week."
"..."
And -- not lying -- we had the exchange roughly twice a month for the life of their relationship (about the length of the school year). Thus, when anyone in our circle of friends got lucky (for most of us a rare occurrence), we referred to it as "watching Congo." To use it in a sentence...
"You watch Congo on Saturday?"
"You know how I roll."
Etc., et.al.
(granted, at the time, no one I knew said "how I roll," but it sounds better)
In regards to the actual book, the only thing I remember is that I did not care much for it.
~cpd
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May 1, 1995
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July 8, 2007
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Dec 01, 2007 10:08AM
I love that your anecdote was as interesting, if not more so, as the book itself. Great story. :)
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the best:"you rented that last week"
"..."
hahahaha... perfect.
I would hardly call this a review of the book... but this story is so great that I have to give it a *like*!!
I wonder why this review has so many likes. It's not even a review. Anyway it's a nice whatever-it-is.
Not a review, but still hilarious.
"You rented that last week" "..."
Sounds like my wife & I when Aliens comes up, hah.
Funny anecdote! (Though I'm surprised you didn't like the book, I've never come across anyone that didn't like it. Though admittedly, I guess I wouldn't have cared for it had I read it in HS)
This is the finest book review I have ever read and I applaud you.
