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At random: There are more airplanes at the bottom of the ocean than there are submarines in the sky; therefore I chose submarines over aviation.
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Corabelle
Posted 2008-12-05 4:51 PM (#22215)


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Subject: I know that someone here on the board will...

...know the answer to my non-sub-related question.

I know that there is a piece of classic literature that begins: "To begin at the beginning..."

What is the name of it? Is it Moby Dick? Or Alice in Wonderland? HELP!

Cora
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Posted 2008-12-05 5:03 PM (#22218 - in reply to #22215)
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Alice in Wonderland, it is.
whalen
Posted 2008-12-05 6:27 PM (#22221 - in reply to #22215)


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 "To begin at the beginning..." is the start of UNDER MILKWOOD by Dylan Thomas.  

(fellow Welshman by the way)

Donald L. Johnson
Posted 2008-12-05 9:58 PM (#22225 - in reply to #22221)


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whalen - 2008-12-05 4:27 PM

 "To begin at the beginning..." is the start of UNDER MILKWOOD by Dylan Thomas.  

(fellow Welshman by the way)



That's the 3rd time in as many days that I've seen reference to that work.

I'm not as familiar with Dylan Thomas as I should be. What's Under Milkwood about?
Runner485
Posted 2008-12-06 5:18 AM (#22229 - in reply to #22215)


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That's the opening line in the book, Sex Life of a .....Oh you said classic literature!
whalen
Posted 2008-12-06 6:17 AM (#22231 - in reply to #22225)


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Donald L. Johnson - 2008-12-05 10:58 PM That's the 3rd time in as many days that I've seen reference to that work. I'm not as familiar with Dylan Thomas as I should be. What's Under Milkwood about?

Under Milkwood is a Welsh Our Town with a dream sequence....

miss lumpy bumps
Posted 2008-12-06 9:14 AM (#22236 - in reply to #22215)


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 "Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop." is what the King of Hearts says to Alice.
Ralph Luther
Posted 2008-12-06 10:40 AM (#22246 - in reply to #22236)
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Sounds like something Yoga Berra would say.
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