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I was reading a good book yesterday and found this


This is big.

Always took it to refer to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening ... h_ceremony

This isn't exactly what I was expecting based off the title. It's interesting nevertheless. Why don't you tell us the name of the book and take a photo of the full width of the page?

Omikron wrote:This isn't exactly what I was expecting based off the title. It's interesting nevertheless. Why don't you tell us the name of the book and take a photo of the full width of the page?

It's from "Finnegans Wake" Book 1 Chapter 5. If you search on this site for "Opening the Mouth" and click "Opening" which is underlined, you actually get an explanation that it's a reference to the Book of the Dead: http://www.finwake.com/1024chapter5/1024finn5.htm

I'm not sure. finnegans wake holds pretty much everything.

Cupz wrote:I'm not sure. finnegans wake holds pretty much everything.

Not true, but anything that isn't in Finnegans Wake is in Ulysses. Like this

If you're ever stuck for an artist name, Joyce has you covered! "Dudge", "Pupublick", but "Funnycoon" might not go down too well.

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twodogsdead wrote:If you're ever stuck for an artist name, Joyce has you covered! "Dudge", "Pupublick", but "Funnycoon" might not go down too well.

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