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A most peculiar fellow…
Last Saturday I wandered the aisles of the Book Expo America conference with a friend of mine from Chicago. My friend knows just about every author and publisher so it is always fun to tag along beside him.
We encountered the novelist James Ellroy autographing advance copies of Blood’s A Rover (American Underworld Trilogy), his massive novel scheduled to be released in September. I don’t know Ellroy. We had never met met before. My friend from Chicago approached Ellroy and was greeted with an obscene rhyme that employed my friend’s last name. His name is Young and Ellroy’s little poetic tribute employed words that rhyme with Young. I’ll leave it to your imagination to guess which words Ellroy chose. They were clever and quite obscene.
We kept running into Ellroy all afternoon. He was in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt meeting room noshing on their fine deli lunch. It should be noted that they are not his publisher. A high ranking Random House publicist was also present among the pastrami.
We saw Ellroy again taping a TV spot for Borders Television. Later we encountered him once more at the signing table. He was not signing books any longer. The supply had been exhausted already. He offered to autograph a postcard for me.
Ellroy looked at my name badge. He said, so, your name is Vick? He was clearly delighted to know that. He went on to narrate an obscene story about the adventures of Vick the (fill in the blank). Now what obscene words rhyme with Vick? Think about it.
I’ll let you imagine. It was very funny and utterly obscene. I felt so special.
Vick the (fill in the blank)
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By vick
June 4, 2009 10:26 AM | Link to this
While I’m not one for the wee limerick…..(please get a bit dimmer, Vick)…As I embrace the body politic, sometimes I get so sick of it…..(That few can find the faintest glimmer of Vick)…By edo
June 4, 2009 10:15 AM | Link to this
There was a young lad name of Mickunas, Who entertained us with his picayune-ness, While we love his doggerel on this here bloggerel, For me this daily fix is a Sick-a-ness. His friends call him Vick, some call him Mick, But Vick-Mick is a nick that didn’t stick. His shtick is to flick his bic (ballpoint, that is) And prick the body politic.By Mark from St Paul
June 3, 2009 5:39 PM | Link to this
Pretty sick trick, Vick. While the potential rhymes are lyme tick thick with obscene picks, I know you’re just looking to get a quick kick nicking all the comments on this fixed post.