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DNSB · 06-12-2026, 04:23 PM

Is "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" a famous—though probably apocryphal—quote attributed to Sigmund Freud?

Dylrob · 06-12-2026, 09:40 PM

Are rhetorical questions really questions?

poohbear_nc · 06-12-2026, 10:02 PM

Are you being rhetorical?

Dylrob · 06-12-2026, 10:11 PM

Do you think I’m being rhetorical?

poohbear_nc · 06-12-2026, 10:32 PM

Is that a real question?

Solitaire1 · 06-12-2026, 11:28 PM

Isn't true that "Do you think I’m being rhetorical?" is a question although it might serve a non-question function?

DNSB · 06-13-2026, 12:16 AM

Is there anyone here who can honestly say they have never 'enjoyed' a DOH! moment?

nana77 · 06-13-2026, 12:38 AM

Sigmund Freud, maybe?

DNSB · 06-13-2026, 01:39 PM

What are the most famous lines from The Hollow Man?

nana77 · 06-14-2026, 02:36 AM

The 1935 novel? The 1992's one? The 2011's?

Quote:

Without his wife's presence Bremen cannot shield himself from the unwanted ability to read minds and hear thoughts.

Can he read Sleepy Hollow's Ichabod Crane's mind, too?

DNSB · 06-14-2026, 11:26 AM

Did you check the 1925 version?

nana77 · 06-14-2026, 01:12 PM

Which is: "The Hollow Men"?

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Man / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Men)
*Thanks, btw, wasn't to know about that poem.

Solitaire1 · 06-14-2026, 03:18 PM

Doesn't the premise of The Hollow Man bare a similarity to X-The Man With the X-Ray Eyes*?

*At first the movie treats x-ray vision humorously (he goes to a party and he sees everybody as naked) then it turns to horror (he can't turn it off and he sees more and more of the visible spectrum and he can't shut out the world).

nana77 · 06-16-2026, 02:20 AM

Did someone ever tried to buy those xray glasses (maybe having them shipped to a parent, just not to having to feel that the postman will look weird at him/her, since there)?

Spoiler:

Ps: does those xrays glasses work, or is it a placebo effect?

DNSB · 06-16-2026, 04:28 PM

Is one friend of mine who once ordered a set from the back of a comic book and found they did not work for him a valid data point?

Do I even want to think about how many decades ago that was?

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06-12-2026, 04:23 PM	#17431
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 52,582 Karma: 180945220 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Is "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" a famous—though probably apocryphal—quote attributed to Sigmund Freud?

06-12-2026, 09:40 PM	#17432
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,268 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad Mini, Boox 7	Are rhetorical questions really questions?

06-12-2026, 10:02 PM	#17433
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 66,700 Karma: 136477515 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Are you being rhetorical?

06-12-2026, 10:11 PM	#17434
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,268 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad Mini, Boox 7	Do you think I’m being rhetorical?

06-12-2026, 10:32 PM	#17435
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 66,700 Karma: 136477515 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Is that a real question?

06-12-2026, 11:28 PM	#17436
Solitaire1 Observant Owl Posts: 15,277 Karma: 70503014 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Isn't true that "Do you think I’m being rhetorical?" is a question although it might serve a non-question function?

06-13-2026, 12:16 AM	#17437
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 52,582 Karma: 180945220 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Is there anyone here who can honestly say they have never 'enjoyed' a DOH! moment?

06-13-2026, 12:38 AM	#17438
nana77 Wizard Posts: 2,346 Karma: 2742770 Join Date: May 2025 Device: Kobo Forma, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Sigmund Freud, maybe?

06-13-2026, 01:39 PM	#17439
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 52,582 Karma: 180945220 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	What are the most famous lines from The Hollow Man?

06-14-2026, 11:26 AM	#17441
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 52,582 Karma: 180945220 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Did you check the 1925 version?

06-14-2026, 01:12 PM	#17442
nana77 Wizard Posts: 2,346 Karma: 2742770 Join Date: May 2025 Device: Kobo Forma, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Which is: "The Hollow Men"? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Man / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Men) *Thanks, btw, wasn't to know about that poem.

06-14-2026, 03:18 PM	#17443
Solitaire1 Observant Owl Posts: 15,277 Karma: 70503014 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Doesn't the premise of The Hollow Man bare a similarity to X-The Man With the X-Ray Eyes? At first the movie treats x-ray vision humorously (he goes to a party and he sees everybody as naked) then it turns to horror (he can't turn it off and he sees more and more of the visible spectrum and he can't shut out the world).

06-16-2026, 02:20 AM	#17444
nana77 Wizard Posts: 2,346 Karma: 2742770 Join Date: May 2025 Device: Kobo Forma, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Did someone ever tried to buy those xray glasses (maybe having them shipped to a parent, just not to having to feel that the postman will look weird at him/her, since there)? Spoiler: Ps: does those xrays glasses work, or is it a placebo effect?

06-16-2026, 04:28 PM	#17445
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 52,582 Karma: 180945220 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Is one friend of mine who once ordered a set from the back of a comic book and found they did not work for him a valid data point? Do I even want to think about how many decades ago that was?