24 February 2010

D.H. Lawrence And The Emo Daffodil Alert


A week and change ago I named a line from D.H. Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE regarding daffodils the passage that made me roll my eyes the most. Wouldn't you know, it happened again!? So I made this graphic with roflbot to commemorate what looks like an ongoing feature for as long as it takes me to finish this book.

In this scene Ursula has been watching Rupert Birkin throw rocks in the water to disturb its reflection, and I could really quote all that stuff because who knows, maybe it could show up in a Hoobastank song, but let's cut to the chase:
'When did you come back?' she said.
'Today.'

'Why did you never write?'

'I could find nothing to say.'

'Why was there nothing to say?'

'I don't know. Why are there no daffodils now?'

'No.'
There aren't even any daffodils in that scene! Which takes place at night! Sheesh.

Photo credit goes to rocan42, who captioned this on Flickr "This poor daffodil looked lonely. So I took a picture cos I was EMO due to drinking 5ish pints of broadside." Broadside is a British beer.

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