I was in writing school again.
The teacher, Mr. Wiles, was tall and totemic.
He was disparaging a writer that was currently in the ascendant.
‘His prose is loose and lumpen’, he said. ‘It clumps along the hallway of sentences like Lurch in The Adams Family’
*pic courtesy of Wikipedia
John Malone 
Only a disservice to those of the human race resembling Lurch. Otherwise, some comedy I needed today.
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thank you; I was feeling morose but the image of Lurch clumping down those corridors lightened me up 🙂
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Some you up too, I’ll bet.
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probably, Tinker, probably 🙂
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ah – hahaha
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if my prose sounds like Lurch clumping down the corridors, please let me know, Beth 🙂
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What a great line. I hope you did not let it fester, uncle!
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hahaha; love that reference; I could have used that 🙂
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🙂
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Love the humor. What a great, funny last line.
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yes, that last line came first then I worked backwards 🙂
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Love the image!!
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yes, I wanted something with a strong visual 🙂
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Reminds me of a friend who as a child was sent to a therapist (like 70 years ago so a big deal) who wrote something for school that included ‘sliding down the razor blade of life’. Quite shocking back then!
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I hope that friend became a writer with a startling image like that —
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Perfect visual, John!
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thanks, Eden; I wanted something strong and clumpy — and old Lurch came along 🙂
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Haha! Now that’s a vivid description. I loved The Addams Family. You rang? 🙂
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yes, they were good weren’t they? I love macabre humor 🙂
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Lurch, would be a great example for us writers. Had the distance look John.
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great comment; never thought of that angle 🙂
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The old Adam family were cooler than the new version. They had personality.
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I agree totally. I haven’t seen the new film about’ I Love Lucy’ but I doubt it’ll be a patch on the original; Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ is said to be not a patch on the original; some things it’s best not to mess with–
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I agree John. Hard to re-create the old shows.
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