Gates of Vienna: The Stack of Books Just Fell Over...Again

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

The Stack of Books Just Fell Over...Again

Well, this one was no suprise...a counselor once asked me, "so when did you discover that reading was a neurotic escape?"

Answer: "When I found out that I could get out of doing the dishes if I looked studious."

What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm You're probably in the final stages of a Ph.D. or otherwise finding a way to make your living out of reading. You are one of the literati. Other people's grammatical mistakes make you insane.
Dedicated Reader
Literate Good Citizen
Book Snob
Non-Reader
Fad Reader
What Kind of Reader Are You? Create Your Own Quiz

Hat tip: Flares Into Darkness

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Another one here! *wave* (Obsessive-compulsive bookworm, that is).

Thanks for the fun test!

Hibernia Girl :-); 10/17/2007 10:49 PM
atheling2 said...: Hmmm, I'm a "literate citizen"...; 10/18/2007 4:16 PM
heroyalwhyness said...: "literate good citizen"; 10/18/2007 7:32 PM
Dymphna said...: Hibernia girl--

I think you and I have been exposed: probably some Joycean gene in our DNA, while atheling2 and heroyalwhyness are virtuously studious.

So tell me, H. Girl, where did *you* hide when you wanted to read?; 10/18/2007 9:41 PM
atheling2 said...: Hey, I read Joyce. Actually, I took a class in college, "Joycean Studies". Read Dubliners and Ulysses... blew me away.

Have to thank the Jesuits fathers and the Benedictine nuns for my literacy...; 10/18/2007 11:40 PM
Dymphna said...: My mother never recovered from the fact that the Catholic Church took Joyce off the Index of Forbidden Books and started teaching him in Catholic colleges.

"Is nothing sacred anymore?"

"No, Mother...and you can take the brown paper cover off your copy of Ulysses now."

"Ah, I only did that to protect the cover."

"Nooo...you were sneaking it onto the boat at Liverpool, remember?"; 10/19/2007 8:19 AM

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