Books “Staff at Woolworths baffled by fuss over the little girl’s bed called Lolita”
posted by on February 1 at 13:08 PM
“What seems to have happened is the staff who run the website had never heard of Lolita, and to be honest no one else here had either. We had to look it up on Wikipedia. But we certainly know who she is now.”
Full story here.
One of the greatest novels in the English language, and they had to look it up on Wikipedia. That's just.....sad.
I suppose you had to look up Nabokov as well. Dumbasses.
and i give you another reason, among so many, that charles mudede will never--but NEVER--work at woolworth's beddeing department.
The last line s totally the best part of the whole article:
"In 2006 Tesco was removed its pole-dancing kit from the toys and games section of its website after it was accused of destroying children’s innocence."
WTF?!
I'm just waiting for the part where she gets chained to the bed.
This is why banning books doesn't do much good. Protecting the minds of poor innocent readers results in...stupidity, oddly enough.
"LO-LEE-TA"
the best opening line, ever...I don't know why Bailey/Coy never uses it for their signboard out front and their 10% off promotion.
After hearing Don't Stand So Close To Me when I was 10 or 11, I asked my mom--a high school teacher turned counselor--who Nabokov was and what book he wrote. She figured it must be a nonsense name that they made up for the song.
(Ignorance aside, I give her points for suggesting the Matix-y wisdom that "there is no book.")
@8: Wow. I never realized that's what the song was about. (Of course, the last time I heard any part except the chorus was when I was about 9.)
Wow - That tops the "Mommy Dearest Coathangers" line last year.
Woolworths still exists?
Did Mencken say a book never made anyone pregnant. But probably a bed named "Lolita" might make you a slut. Keep the fear quotient going, folks. What about "Rosebud" - what does that connote? I hope when my son grows up he can have a bed named "Boogie Nights". Just sane...
@4 - agreed, that last sentence is worthy of Jon Stewart
Ah, and the fact that Lolita is a satire is missed again...lovely.
and today is the 48th anniversary of the famous lunch counter incident...they should have served that cup of coffee.
Grrrr. Sting pronounces Nabokov's name wrong in the song. Still pisses me off to this day.
@1, what do you mean, ONE of? Its only competition is Huckleberry Finn.
@1, @16: Pride and Prejudice, bitches!
Oh, you mean English English. I was thinking American. They're different languages.
Reminiscent of the German mp3 player the "i.Beat Blaxx."
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