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Immanuel Can wrote: He used to walk home every day, about a mile and a half, while simultaneously reading a scholarly book, a novel or a collection of essays; he became famous for that, and nobody could figure out how he could walk so briskly and read at the same time.

Doesn't sound all that difficult, once I was rollerskating, (it wasn't very busy), and reading a book at the same time, it was a book of poetry by Dr Zhivago. That was a long time ago, and I would be half afraid to go skating now, it's been a long time since I was on skates of any kind.

thedoc wrote:

Immanuel Can wrote: He used to walk home every day, about a mile and a half, while simultaneously reading a scholarly book, a novel or a collection of essays; he became famous for that, and nobody could figure out how he could walk so briskly and read at the same time.

Doesn't sound all that difficult, once I was rollerskating, (it wasn't very busy), and reading a book at the same time, it was a book of poetry by Dr Zhivago. That was a long time ago, and I would be half afraid to go skating now, it's been a long time since I was on skates of any kind.

Well, it seemed like an achievement to many of us. Certainly it was more than I could do. Maybe if I was not walking, but on really smooth skates and moving very, very slowly...

Immanuel Can wrote:

thedoc wrote:

Immanuel Can wrote: He used to walk home every day, about a mile and a half, while simultaneously reading a scholarly book, a novel or a collection of essays; he became famous for that, and nobody could figure out how he could walk so briskly and read at the same time.

Doesn't sound all that difficult, once I was rollerskating, (it wasn't very busy), and reading a book at the same time, it was a book of poetry by Dr Zhivago. That was a long time ago, and I would be half afraid to go skating now, it's been a long time since I was on skates of any kind.

Well, it seemed like an achievement to many of us. Certainly it was more than I could do. Maybe if I was not walking, but on really smooth skates and moving very, very slowly...

Wasn't moving all that slowly, but anyway. I grew up in Somerset county in Pa. so walking on uneven ground was second nature to me, no sidewalks where I lived.

thedoc wrote:

Immanuel Can wrote: He used to walk home every day, about a mile and a half, while simultaneously reading a scholarly book, a novel or a collection of essays; he became famous for that, and nobody could figure out how he could walk so briskly and read at the same time.

Doesn't sound all that difficult, once I was rollerskating, (it wasn't very busy), and reading a book at the same time, it was a book of poetry by Dr Zhivago. That was a long time ago, and I would be half afraid to go skating now, it's been a long time since I was on skates of any kind.

Doctor Zhivago is a fictional character. Fictional characters don't write poetry.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

thedoc wrote:

Immanuel Can wrote: He used to walk home every day, about a mile and a half, while simultaneously reading a scholarly book, a novel or a collection of essays; he became famous for that, and nobody could figure out how he could walk so briskly and read at the same time.

Doesn't sound all that difficult, once I was rollerskating, (it wasn't very busy), and reading a book at the same time, it was a book of poetry by Dr Zhivago. That was a long time ago, and I would be half afraid to go skating now, it's been a long time since I was on skates of any kind.

Doctor Zhivago is a fictional character. Fictional characters don't write poetry.

That is probably true, but the book I was reading was "The Poems of Dr. Zhivago".

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4205326?se ... b_contents

thedoc wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:Doctor Zhivago is a fictional character. Fictional characters don't write poetry.

That is probably true, but the book I was reading was "The Poems of Dr. Zhivago".

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4205326?se ... b_contents

Yeah, I wasn't worrying about it. I figured you meant something like that.

Immanuel Can wrote:

thedoc wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:Doctor Zhivago is a fictional character. Fictional characters don't write poetry.

That is probably true, but the book I was reading was "The Poems of Dr. Zhivago".

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4205326?se ... b_contents

Yeah, I wasn't worrying about it. I figured you meant something like that.

That is one of the reasons I bought and was reading the book, I had seen the movie and knew that Dr. Zhivago was a fictional character.

thedoc wrote:

Immanuel Can wrote:

thedoc wrote:
That is probably true, but the book I was reading was "The Poems of Dr. Zhivago".

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4205326?se ... b_contents

Yeah, I wasn't worrying about it. I figured you meant something like that.

That is one of the reasons I bought and was reading the book, I had seen the movie and knew that Dr. Zhivago was a fictional character.

Obviously at the time you were too occupied with rollerskating to know what the f*** you were supposed to be reading.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

thedoc wrote:

Immanuel Can wrote:
Yeah, I wasn't worrying about it. I figured you meant something like that.

That is one of the reasons I bought and was reading the book, I had seen the movie and knew that Dr. Zhivago was a fictional character.

Obviously at the time you were too occupied with rollerskating to know what the f*** you were supposed to be reading.

You can't admit that you were wrong, so you make up something else to be critical of.

thedoc wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

thedoc wrote:
That is one of the reasons I bought and was reading the book, I had seen the movie and knew that Dr. Zhivago was a fictional character.

Obviously at the time you were too occupied with rollerskating to know what the f*** you were supposed to be reading.

You can't admit that you were wrong, so you make up something else to be critical of.

You were wrong.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

thedoc wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:
Obviously at the time you were too occupied with rollerskating to know what the f*** you were supposed to be reading.

You can't admit that you were wrong, so you make up something else to be critical of.

You were wrong.

I said I was reading a book while rollerskating and I provided a link proving that the book existed. Where am I wrong?

thedoc wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:
You were wrong.

I said I was reading a book while rollerskating and I provided a link proving that the book existed. Where am I wrong?

Hey, thedoc. Don't worry about it. I believe you.

Don't worry about Hobbes: he's just looking for a fight.

Me, I just ignore him nowadays.

You can too.

thedoc wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

thedoc wrote:
You can't admit that you were wrong, so you make up something else to be critical of.

You were wrong.

I said I was reading a book while rollerskating and I provided a link proving that the book existed. Where am I wrong?

You are talking bollocks.
You said you were reading a book "BY: Dr Zhivago.
This is because you don't know what the f*** you were talking about until you googled it.

Hobbes' Choice wrote: This is because you don't know what the f*** you were talking about until you googled it.

Similar to the way you googled Beethoven in another thread, you mean?

Harbal wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote: This is because you don't know what the f*** you were talking about until you googled it.

Similar to the way you googled Beethoven in another thread, you mean?

I've loved Beethoven for 40 years wank-face.