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Posted by Diosmel Duda (Member # 2180) on :
 
Last night, Jon Boy asked me about the meaning of my "occupation" as poet-sirrah! To be honest, I had mostly forgotten that was still in my profile. Just before I registered, I read A Canticle for Leibowitz, and there was a character in it I loved, known as the Poet-sirrah! (with the exclamation point). I thought it would be most excellent if everyone called me Poet-sirrah!, so I put it in my profile on a whim.

But now I can't remember why I liked the character so much. Has anyone read this book recently enough to give me a low-down on who the Poet-sirrah! is? And a poll: should I change my occupation to plain old 'editor,' since that's what I do?

*goes off to register the name 'Poet-sirrah!' before anyone else does*
 

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Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
 
darling, you aren't plain or old.
 

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Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
 
First off, let's get one thing straight, sweetie: there's nothing plain or old about being an editor. We are defenders of the written word.

But you can change your occupation to whatever you want. Who ever said that it had to reflect reality?
 

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Posted by Diosmel Duda (Member # 2180) on :
 
Sheesh. I didn't think the "plain old" thing would cause such a discussion. I love being an editor. I really do--it's the most enjoyable work inside or outside school I've ever done, I think. At the same time, would you rather be introduced as an editor or the Poet-sirrah!? Okay, maybe I take that question back. Maybe I'm the only one who has weird fantasies . . .
 

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Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
 
Yes, dear. You're the only one who has weird fantasies.

And most people seem to think that "editor" means "glorified spell-checker." Stick with something cool. (Not that "editor" isn't cool, of course.)
 

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Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
 

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Maybe I'm the only one who has weird fantasies . . .

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Yes, dear. You're the only one who has weird fantasies.

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sweetie: there's nothing plain or old about being an editor.

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Why do men misinterpret everything? In my opinion, I thought she meant that she was a boring old editor like you. She is a young, hot, chic, modern, cool editor. Hence the name poet-sirrah! It's kind of the difference between a "mother" and a domestic engineer.
 

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Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
 
I've become convinced that Kayla will never understand my sense of humor.
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Whoa! You have a sense of humor? Where have you been hiding it?
 

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Posted by Youth ap Orem (Member # 5582) on :
 
What sense of humor?
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Celia, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
 

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Posted by bmeaker (Member # 4443) on :
 
From http://www.listeningjournal.org/article_1.htm

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The character of the Poet-sirrah appears, a unique and disturbing personality who both is beneficiary of the abbey’s hospitality and its caustic critic. This unusual personality, part prophet, part good Samaritan, part disbeliever, ultimately lays down his life for another.

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