Sunday, July 08, 2007

On Homer

The Sunday Times profiles are unsigned, but I can exclusively reveal to readers of Thought Experiments that this one - of Homer Simpson - is by me.
Posted by Bryan Appleyard at 6:28 am

5 comments:

  1. VinceJuly 08, 2007 6:55 am

    That is an excellent essay. And might go some way to explain why people just like and will listen to Charles Kennedy. A good hearted man, who is not a prig.

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  2. Bryan AppleyardJuly 08, 2007 7:30 am

    Thanks, Vince, and I agree about Kennedy. He also has a sense of humour - well, you' d need one to be leader of the Libdems.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 08, 2007 2:22 pm

    i really liked that. i think it's true that shows like this can be a kind of 'propaganda', or rather an education, the subtler the better.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 08, 2007 8:04 pm

    I think Homer amended the Whitman quote to, "I am large, I contain multitudes *of donuts*."

    Very good piece, too. We've another in our paper today that I will try to find the link to -- it's clear that Homer is from Greater Philadelphia!

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  5. AnonymousJuly 08, 2007 8:05 pm

    Here it is:

    http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20070708_Homers_home__Its_here.html

    I think the case is incontrovertible: Duff's beer at Moe's; Villanova University; nuclear power plant (Three-Mile Island); and so on.

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