"We have raccoons sometimes in our chimney," explains Simone..."And once we tried to smoke them out. We lit a fire, knowing they were there, but we hoped that the smoke would cause them to scurry out the top and never come back. Instead, they caught on fire and came crashing down into our living room, all charred and in flames and running madly around until they dropped dead." Simone swallows some wine. "Love affairs are like that," she says. "They all are like that."
whoops, that's a Lorrie Moore quotation. I mean, someone had to respond, why not Lorrie Moore. (Youpeople, now insert snide LM-bashing comments below. I will happily ignore them since you went on such a bad date. I am sorry. You are braver, much braver, than I.)
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"We have raccoons sometimes in our chimney," explains Simone..."And once we tried to smoke them out. We lit a fire, knowing they were there, but we hoped that the smoke would cause them to scurry out the top and never come back. Instead, they caught on fire and came crashing down into our living room, all charred and in flames and running madly around until they dropped dead." Simone swallows some wine. "Love affairs are like that," she says. "They all are like that."
whoops, that's a Lorrie Moore quotation. I mean, someone had to respond, why not Lorrie Moore. (Youpeople, now insert snide LM-bashing comments below. I will happily ignore them since you went on such a bad date. I am sorry. You are braver, much braver, than I.)
Oh no--I have nothing against Lorrie Moore. In fact I like Lorrie Moore very much. and always have.
And thank you, Starrykick, for that quote, which was beautiful.
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