count0laf
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Post by count0laf on Oct 26, 2005 18:01:15 GMT -5
We all know that Aunt Josephine had a fear of realtors -but did she have good reason though? There was an enormous cavern, but a treacherous team of realtors claimed it for themselves. - Page 28, Book 12 Discuss what you think of this here! |
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Post by jman on Oct 26, 2005 18:05:04 GMT -5
I was the first one to mention this on 667 Dark Avenue(in my fanfic The Snicket Snickersnee), and I think it's an interesting add on by Handler. It'll have to satisfy those Josephine fans who half-expected her to return in TPP.  |
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Post by Question Mark on Oct 26, 2005 18:10:27 GMT -5
I was one of them, but sadly she never came back.
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Post by jman on Oct 26, 2005 18:15:42 GMT -5
Well, you have my deapest sympathies. (just like Hanna does for the Eslaf break-up)
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Post by Snicket89 on Oct 26, 2005 18:44:10 GMT -5
LOL i was so glad that Eslaf is no more buuuuuuut on another note. You never know, Josephine could still be alive. We still haev a whole nother book to go!
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Post by redlightgrnlight on Oct 26, 2005 19:45:50 GMT -5
What's Josephine's maiden name? Might she be another J.S.? What's Gregor's story?
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Post by Antenora on Oct 26, 2005 19:56:26 GMT -5
It's worth noting that there's a Sebald film called "Realtors In the Cave". The "enormous cavern" could have been Curdled Cave, and maybe the realtors who took over were responsible for trying to sell it.
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Post by Dante on Oct 27, 2005 3:29:49 GMT -5
Also, Captain Widdershins mentioned in TGG that the Queequeg had been attacked by, amongst other things, realtors.
The enormous cavern being Curdled Cave would make sense. Maybe Ike Anwhistle used to be the guardian of that cave, but when he died, the realtors were able to take it. Maybe that's part of why Josephine fears them.
Anyway, I was glad to see a realtor reference.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Oct 27, 2005 20:36:43 GMT -5
I don't like realtors at all.
but I think it was just another one of Josephine's ridiculously irrational fears and they're making us laugh by showing them to be to some degree treacherous. I mean, come on... realtors attacking a submarine? And the realtors taking the cave might not have been direct treachery but simply "look! property! Let's sell it and make money!"
The Ike and Curdled Cave theory seems pretty sound... That might be why josephine chose it as a hiding spot, it might've been a former safe place for the both of them.
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Post by Grace on Oct 30, 2005 8:18:36 GMT -5
I think this is one of those things that you have to decide whether it's an actual clue or tongue-in-cheek.
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Post by LargeManFeOrMale on Oct 30, 2005 11:31:25 GMT -5
I was hoping Josephine would return, but alas. . . At least realtors were mentioned
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Post by SnicketFires on Oct 30, 2005 21:29:02 GMT -5
Also, Captain Widdershins mentioned in TGG that the Queequeg had been attacked by, amongst other things, realtors. Page 36, TGG: "We've been attacked by villains and leeches, by sharks and realtors, by pirates and girlfriends, by torpedoes and angry salmon!" |
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Post by jman on Nov 1, 2005 7:15:20 GMT -5
I really like Dante idea. It's probably just an other back-story(like The Snicket Snickersnee) that we'll never learn about... Someone should write a fanfic!  (like me) |
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Post by jcgsebald on Nov 1, 2005 16:18:43 GMT -5
Aunt Josephine might return. I hope she does.
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Post by jman on Nov 1, 2005 17:07:26 GMT -5
That would be cool.
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