Comments on: Dirtify http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/ :life is literature Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:36:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Luke http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-73711 Luke Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:08:57 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-73711 This is brilliant. Really strong voice. Hilarious. You bastard. This is brilliant.

Really strong voice.

Hilarious.

You bastard.

]]> By: Travis http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-59008 Travis Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:13:20 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-59008 hahaha, why thank you, Penelope. hahaha, why thank you, Penelope.

]]> By: Penelope http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-54078 Penelope Thu, 15 May 2008 12:42:02 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-54078 I think I am in love with you, travis. I think I am in love with you, travis.

]]> By: George http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-737 George Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:44:09 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-737 It's difficult to believe that someone is really doing this for a living. Excellently written -- and I like the ending, too. It’s difficult to believe that someone is really doing this for a living.

Excellently written — and I like the ending, too.

]]> By: L. Monique http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-722 L. Monique Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:42:07 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-722 This is genius. And how I wish I had your job, tiny closet and all, to force myself into a reverse role with words. To examine them in a way that isn't usually done. It's got to be liberating on some level... at least one would hope. This is genius. And how I wish I had your job, tiny closet and all, to force myself into a reverse role with words. To examine them in a way that isn’t usually done. It’s got to be liberating on some level… at least one would hope.

]]> By: Katherine Sharpe http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-716 Katherine Sharpe Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:33:48 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-716 Ha ha, OK, so I think this story is getting to me. I was just cooking some pasta, and I looked at the instructions on the box. "Stir occasionally for 10 minutes." <em>Yeah</em>, I thought, <em>I'll stir you occasionally for ten minutes, baby</em>. Start looking for filth, suddenly everything's filthy... Ha ha, OK, so I think this story is getting to me. I was just cooking some pasta, and I looked at the instructions on the box. “Stir occasionally for 10 minutes.” Yeah, I thought, I’ll stir you occasionally for ten minutes, baby. Start looking for filth, suddenly everything’s filthy…

]]> By: Katherine Sharpe http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-715 Katherine Sharpe Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:20:53 +0000 http://www.400words.com/2007/01/03/dirtify/#comment-715 This is too fucking amazing. It reminds me of George Orwell's 1984...Winston Smith at the Ministry of Truth, removing words from the dictionary. Trying to anticipate and preempt all erotic, suggestive, or 'dirty' combinations of innocent words in English? That may be the biggest job that I have ever heard of. This is too fucking amazing. It reminds me of George Orwell’s 1984…Winston Smith at the Ministry of Truth, removing words from the dictionary. Trying to anticipate and preempt all erotic, suggestive, or ‘dirty’ combinations of innocent words in English? That may be the biggest job that I have ever heard of.

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