I love it when he is says everyone is trying to kill HIM, and the outrage to that line of thinking.
And the whole horse chestnut/crab apple/squirrel cheek nonsense.
And the whole horse chestnut/crab apple/squirrel cheek nonsense.
Funniest Parts from Catch 22 by Joseph Heller?
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I've used lines from this novel as my signature many times. Here are a few golden oldies:
Clevinger was dead. That was the basic flaw in his philosophy.
Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
T.S. Eliot!
Major Major had lied, and it was good.
Why would we be questioning you if you weren’t guilty?
“Why don’t we knock his goddam brains out?” he suggested with robust enthusiasm to the others.
Instead of being liked, he was dead.
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
And I have a particular fondness for the attempt to get people to buy and eat chocolate dipped Egyptian cotton. That whole chapter is hilarious. Every business student should be required to read it.
Maryn, overdue for a reread of the whole thing
Clevinger was dead. That was the basic flaw in his philosophy.
Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?
T.S. Eliot!
Major Major had lied, and it was good.
Why would we be questioning you if you weren’t guilty?
“Why don’t we knock his goddam brains out?” he suggested with robust enthusiasm to the others.
Instead of being liked, he was dead.
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
And I have a particular fondness for the attempt to get people to buy and eat chocolate dipped Egyptian cotton. That whole chapter is hilarious. Every business student should be required to read it.
Maryn, overdue for a reread of the whole thing
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All the characters are hilarious almost all the time IMO! My grandpa was a WW2army radio operator in Italy so I also picture him getting in on all their shenanigans.
And Major Major Major Major in particular. A few years ago while having dinner at a restaurant with all my in-laws, my BIL announced that they were planning to name their new baby "Major" (only spelled in a stupid way). And you KNOW it took every ounce of willpower for me to not bring up Catch-22 for the rest of the meal. I barely made it back to the car without exploding.
And Major Major Major Major in particular. A few years ago while having dinner at a restaurant with all my in-laws, my BIL announced that they were planning to name their new baby "Major" (only spelled in a stupid way). And you KNOW it took every ounce of willpower for me to not bring up Catch-22 for the rest of the meal. I barely made it back to the car without exploding.