Goodby Kurt Vonnegut

topic posted Thu, April 12, 2007 - 8:12 AM by 
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The author of Breakfast of Champions died today.
ttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/b...vonnegut.html
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  • Re: Goodby Kurt Vonnegut

    Thu, April 12, 2007 - 9:27 AM
    respect...
    • Re: Goodby Kurt Vonnegut

      Fri, April 13, 2007 - 1:34 PM

      Seriously.

      Hey, interesting connection, Lisa. I kinda forgot that he was the one who coined our beloved phrase.

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        Re: Goodby Kurt Vonnegut

        Sat, April 14, 2007 - 7:42 PM
        Erm, I don't think General Mills would base an advertising campaign after a Vonnegut book.

        From Wikipedia:
        The title, originally from the well-known slogan for Wheaties breakfast cereal, crops up in a key scene late in the novel when a waitress, apparently ironically, says "Breakfast of Champions" each time she serves a customer a martini. Vonnegut, in his typical sarcastic manner, mocks the legal and copyright systems as he notes meticulously that Breakfast of Champions is a registered trademark of General Mills, Inc. for its breakfast cereal products, and that his use of the term is not "intended to disparage their fine products."

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