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Old 08-20-2007, 12:37 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by To Starla
I haven't heard of every single book ever published. I bet I could list a dozen you had never heard of, and vice versa.
yeah i'm sure none of the ones you list are as famous, popular, and lauded as Catch-22. I mean fuck, the title even coined a phrase.

Main Entry: catch-22
Pronunciation: -"twen-tE-'tü
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural catch-22's or catch-22s
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: from Catch-22, paradoxical rule in the novel Catch-22 (1961) by Joseph Heller
1 : a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule ; also : the circumstance or rule that denies a solution
2 a : an illogical, unreasonable, or senseless situation b : a measure or policy whose effect is the opposite of what was intended c : a situation presenting two equally undesirable alternatives
3 : a hidden difficulty or means of entrapment : CATCH

I mean it's like if you said that you've never heard of The Great Gatsby, really.

And by the way, have you ever read any Sherman Alexie?

 
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