Vonnegut's Asshole

April 18, 2007 7:04 PM

Vonnegut's Asshole.To be honest, this wasn't originally intended as a tribute to the late, great Kurt Vonnegut. It started as a goofy experiment, just to find out how many authors I could persuade to send me drawings of their own assholes. But then Kurt went and died on us last week. So now it's become something else.
posted by roll truck roll (19 comments total)

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posted by bukharin at 7:11 PM on April 18, 2007

If this thread stays up does that mean the site is anal retentive?
posted by jonmc at 7:15 PM on April 18, 2007 [2 favorites has favorites]

(Via Daphne Gottlieb, whose asshole will apparently be featured on Friday.)
posted by roll truck roll at 7:15 PM on April 18, 2007

But how would someone draw their own....never mind, I don't even want to know.
posted by DU at 7:16 PM on April 18, 2007

Christ, what an.....crap I forget the rest.
posted by iconomy at 7:17 PM on April 18, 2007 [2 favorites has favorites]

It should be shocking. But somehow, Vonnegut's asshole has a certain innocent charm.

Just wanted to take those two lines out of context.
posted by itchylick at 7:17 PM on April 18, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

Hmm, it's a good think he died before the VTech massacre. I don't think he would have liked it.
posted by delmoi at 7:18 PM on April 18, 2007

Finally, a thread that shits on itself.
posted by phaedon at 7:20 PM on April 18, 2007

Another line to take out of context:

It was as if he thought that owning a sphincter was just an ordinary part of being human.
posted by Kattullus at 7:20 PM on April 18, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

asphinctersayswhat?
posted by brain_drain at 7:26 PM on April 18, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

bukharin's eloquent comment reflects Vonnegut's own contribution. A week on, one must take into account rigor mortis:

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posted by rob511 at 7:43 PM on April 18, 2007

Vonnegut's asshole had a profound effect on me as a kid.
posted by kyleg at 8:00 PM on April 18, 2007

Arsewhole has so much of a better ring to it.

Connotatively she has a sweet ass, or a smelly arse.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 8:23 PM on April 18, 2007

Speaking of assholes...
posted by homunculus at 8:53 PM on April 18, 2007

In lack of something witty, all I have to say: Jesus Christ Fox News. New low, new low. It reminds me of when PETA says something shocking and we all go "oh my god does anyone actually believe that?"
posted by geoff. at 9:56 PM on April 18, 2007

OMG - I have never seen this Fox news before. WTF?

Editorial neutrality isn't HIGH on their AGENDA huh.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 11:52 PM on April 18, 2007

For this week, at least, let it fly at half-ass.
posted by Haruspex at 2:26 AM on April 19, 2007

MetaFilter: ordinary humans who own sphincters
posted by bwg at 3:45 AM on April 19, 2007

I’m no author, but I could never send anyone a drawing of my own asshole. I put preparation H on it once in the mirror, it’s pretty horrible looking. I know most people’s assholes are likely not very pretty, but mine is really ugly. It’s like the Aegis, a medusa head. Bent over to get the paper in my robe once and the dog wouldn’t come out from under the bed for weeks. No way you want that on paper.
posted by Smedleyman at 11:23 AM on April 19, 2007