DesEsseintes

[ElizabethWest]

Now I have to google DesEsseintes to figure out what this word means.

It's an excellent read if you like that type of literature. A bit ponderous at times if you get bogged down in the minutiae.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Jean Des Esseintes, fictional character, a reclusive aesthete in the novel Against the Grain (1884) by Joris-Karl Huysmans. The last in a depleted line of nobles, Des Esseintes is wealthy and effete, and he grows impotent from dissolution. At age 30 he abandons society to lead a life of experimental sensualism.

He's impotent?

 

[Libsam]

pfft, I don't need those fold outs with scribblins!

 

[Kitty]

That was bang-on! Too right, you.

(I'm practicing my Britishisms for when I force him to marry me)

"Oi."
I learned that on Bridget Jones.

 

[Jackoffking]

Shaddap and log back in as duranman.

Another Limey fag man

 

[kbate]

I like him. I imagine he has an awesome accent and maybe he wears an ascot.

He popped on the scene and made his place here at lit and fits in like one of your old friends from childhood. He has a kind and genuine side yet when you least expect it he can strike subtly like a rattle snake. He's a welcome addition to the GB.

I haven't kept any of my old friends from childhood, but that probably isn't the touchy-feelie you were hoping to induce, is it?

The English don't strike like rattle snakes, they strike like a people conquered by everyone including the French.

I think he wears a sweater with patches on the elbows, green with brown patches. Probably corduroy slacks (brown) and loafers. He's a belt rather than suspenders man and hasn't ever owned a hat.

 

[kbate]

Damn it, I killed the thread. . . probably twice.