Be irish. Be inish. Be offalia. Be hamlet. Be the property plot. Be Yorick and Lankystare. Be cool. Be mackinamucks of yourselves.Happy St. Patrick's Day.
James Joyce, Finnegans Wake (1939)
(The name Leddy is Irish.)
“You just open it up and you go”
Be irish. Be inish. Be offalia. Be hamlet. Be the property plot. Be Yorick and Lankystare. Be cool. Be mackinamucks of yourselves.Happy St. Patrick's Day.
James Joyce, Finnegans Wake (1939)
By Michael Leddy at 7:11 AM
comments: 2
"Be cool"?! Who knew Joyce had been to Harlem?
mackniamuck, mackinamuck . . . reminds me of Mel Blanc
"Be cool" is great, even if there's Finn McCool lurking.
Thanks for the Mel Blanc. We shall not look upon his like again.
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