NWT #1: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

[chiscotheque]

In the spirit of transitoriness and one-hit-wonders, I will attempt to answer some pressing Plato's Cave questions with brief readings from The New Wave Tarot.

Question: Where is THIS question coming from?

Card: The Hermit 9 Morrissey

Answer: From vainglory and the desire to appear clever.



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[dodalisque]

From vainglory and the desire to appear clever.

Not from the "smithy of the soul"?

“Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.” (James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)

[chiscotheque]

From vainglory and the desire to appear clever.

Not from the "smithy of the soul"?

“Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.” (James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)

you is the wordsmith, Dodalisque. I leave the pithy to you. "Smithy of the soul" sounds vaguely smutty.

Another Answer might've been: From the ghost of Oscar Wilde.
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[dodalisque]

you is the wordsmith, Dodalisque. I leave the pithy to you. "Smithy of the soul" sounds vaguely smutty.

Some of Smitty's bon mots fall as flat as a Pancake House.