Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Joy of Snarking



Anyone interested in the official explanation of the above stanzel is urged to consult an earlier posting of mine, Tiffin at Breakfasties

Those readers who are too slothful to do so will have to make do with the following, hastily concocted tissue of lies, half-truths and evasions : I couldn’t help myself.

How much of modern art springs from artists’ lethargy? When Salvador « Avida Dollars » Dalí left his watch outside in the torrid Catalonian sun to melt into a gelatinous bolus, was he really trying to express the existential despair of pre-war Surrealism or was he just being lazy?

Only Missus Dalí knows for sure and like the creator of the Snark, Lewis Carroll, she’s no longer talking to reporters. I have several other really clever thoughts upon the entire subject of Snarks and Sloth but I think I’ll just go back inside for tiffin and a long nap.

2 comments:

  1. It was the best butter, you know.

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  2. Thanks for the reminder, Dave. Modern Snark hunters cram their timepieces with margarine to avoid the scourge of cellulite but the basic principle is the same … frankly, I prefer to douse mine with single-malt scotch AND butter.

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