A cure for the Blues

**Shawn_7** · 06-12-12 at 09:40 AM

Mark Twain's A cure for the Blues - for people who feel sad or depressed it's truly 'a cure'.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Cure_for_the_Blues

bigcakelover · 06-12-12 at 12:16 PM

Just wondering... Why did you put "a cure" in quotes?

**Shawn_7** · 06-12-12 at 01:21 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bigcakelover

Just wondering... Why did you put "a cure" in quotes?

Just because it is not a proper cure - pharmacological or psychotherapy or even psychoanalysis, albeit the last cannot be defined a proper cure either.

It is just a very witty short story, or better, a review

Notorious_dog · 06-12-12 at 02:25 PM

Dude.... to cure someone means to relieve them of a condition or illness. That means that, if you read a book and that book made your blues go away, then to say it cured your blues would be perfectly alright, or at least I think that's right. Pretty sure I'm right, man.

**Shawn_7** · 06-12-12 at 03:03 PM

In a larger semantic sense yes, I agree :)

However medical-biological dictionaries adopt a much more restrictive semantics :)

Notorious_dog · 06-12-12 at 03:15 PM

lol... Soon a cure will mean "anything you can get consumers to believe will make them better whilst paying lots of money for it, irrelevant if it will actually make them better".

**Shawn_7** · 06-12-12 at 03:27 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Notorious_dog

lol... Soon a cure will mean "anything you can get consumers to believe will make them better whilst paying lots of money for it, irrelevant if it will actually make them better".

That is exactly what Coca-Cola has been doing since 1896 ...

**Visual_Paradox** · 06-12-12 at 04:23 PM

"No one can take up this book and lay it down again unread."
ill challenge that statement.
no book can ever keep me reading more than a page before i fall asleep or pass out from excessive boredom

**Shawn_7** · 06-13-12 at 03:16 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Visual_Paradox

"No one can take up this book and lay it down again unread."

It's referred to McClintock's 'novel', not to Mark Twain's review of that 'novel'. Did you read it, then (the review)?

**Gandolph13** · 06-13-12 at 05:54 PM

Cure for the blues, I used to take the little green pills for that, the red ones didn't work. Now I take the purple ones but for a different reason.

My mind is trapped in a rainbow.....

**bookdragon** · 06-13-12 at 06:05 PM

Love me some Twain!!!!!!! Thx for this.

**Shawn_7** · 06-13-12 at 06:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bookdragon

Love me some Twain!!!!!!! Thx for this.

You are welcome

I also like Mark Twain so I link another short-story: The £1,000,000 Bank-Note

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http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/MilPou.shtml

**bookdragon** · 06-13-12 at 09:36 PM

Have you read Cannibalism in Cars. He satirises the political system in the US. It is great!

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http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/1288/

**Shawn_7** · 06-14-12 at 05:38 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by bookdragon

Have you read Cannibalism in Cars. He satirises the political system in the US. It is great!

I read it years ago but I will read it again with pleasure

Thanks

At Gutenberg Project you can find most of Mark Twain's works

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http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/t

06-12-12 at 01:21 PM	#3
Shawn_7 Elder Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eventyrland Posts: 3,515	Quote: Originally Posted by bigcakelover Just wondering... Why did you put "a cure" in quotes? Just because it is not a proper cure - pharmacological or psychotherapy or even psychoanalysis, albeit the last cannot be defined a proper cure either. It is just a very witty short story, or better, a review Last edited by Shawn_7; 06-12-12 at 02:59 PM.

06-13-12 at 06:44 PM	#12
Shawn_7 Elder Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eventyrland Posts: 3,515	Quote: Originally Posted by bookdragon Love me some Twain!!!!!!! Thx for this. You are welcome I also like Mark Twain so I link another short-story: The £1,000,000 Bank-Note Code: Select All http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/MilPou.shtml

06-13-12 at 09:36 PM	#13
bookdragon She Dragon Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In the bowels of the Earth Posts: 2,679	Have you read Cannibalism in Cars. He satirises the political system in the US. It is great! Code: Select All http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/1288/

06-14-12 at 05:38 AM	#14
Shawn_7 Elder Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eventyrland Posts: 3,515	Quote: Originally Posted by bookdragon Have you read Cannibalism in Cars. He satirises the political system in the US. It is great! I read it years ago but I will read it again with pleasure Thanks At Gutenberg Project you can find most of Mark Twain's works Code: Select All http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/t

06-12-12 at 12:16 PM	#2
bigcakelover Newcomer Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5	Just wondering... Why did you put "a cure" in quotes?

06-12-12 at 02:25 PM	#4
Notorious_dog Elder Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,974	Dude.... to cure someone means to relieve them of a condition or illness. That means that, if you read a book and that book made your blues go away, then to say it cured your blues would be perfectly alright, or at least I think that's right. Pretty sure I'm right, man.

06-12-12 at 03:03 PM	#5
Shawn_7 Elder Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eventyrland Posts: 3,515	In a larger semantic sense yes, I agree :) However medical-biological dictionaries adopt a much more restrictive semantics :)

06-12-12 at 03:15 PM	#6
Notorious_dog Elder Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,974	lol... Soon a cure will mean "anything you can get consumers to believe will make them better whilst paying lots of money for it, irrelevant if it will actually make them better".

06-12-12 at 03:27 PM	#7
Shawn_7 Elder Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eventyrland Posts: 3,515	Quote: Originally Posted by Notorious_dog lol... Soon a cure will mean "anything you can get consumers to believe will make them better whilst paying lots of money for it, irrelevant if it will actually make them better". That is exactly what Coca-Cola has been doing since 1896 ...

06-12-12 at 04:23 PM	#8
Visual_Paradox Professional Russian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Пулковское Posts: 2,055	"No one can take up this book and lay it down again unread." ill challenge that statement. no book can ever keep me reading more than a page before i fall asleep or pass out from excessive boredom

06-13-12 at 03:16 PM	#9
Shawn_7 Elder Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eventyrland Posts: 3,515	Quote: Originally Posted by Visual_Paradox "No one can take up this book and lay it down again unread." It's referred to McClintock's 'novel', not to Mark Twain's review of that 'novel'. Did you read it, then (the review)?

06-13-12 at 05:54 PM	#10
Gandolph13 Legendary Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia (GMT+10) Posts: 12,343	Cure for the blues, I used to take the little green pills for that, the red ones didn't work. Now I take the purple ones but for a different reason. My mind is trapped in a rainbow.....

06-13-12 at 06:05 PM	#11
bookdragon She Dragon Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In the bowels of the Earth Posts: 2,679	Love me some Twain!!!!!!! Thx for this.