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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:49:34 +0000 gembo on "Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20183#post-328017 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:12:33 +0000 gembo 328017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Iwrats, indeed he handled it with aplomb. One tablet of Cascara Sagrada only. I were right about that saddle on "Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20183#post-328016 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:05:53 +0000 I were right about that saddle 328016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Defecation scenes are tricky. I take my hat off to the great man. gembo on "Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20183#post-328009 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:55:40 +0000 gembo 328009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @IWRATS I once started the defecation section of Ulysses out at the MARTELLO Tower in Dublin, way too early. I had the audience in the palm of my hand, by the time I got to the punchline they had all left the turret. I therefore recited the following to the four winds It did not move or touch him, it was something quick and neat. Life might be so. gembo on "Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20183#post-328008 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:55:39 +0000 gembo 328008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @IWRATS I once started the defecation section of Ulysses out at the MARTELLO Tower in Dublin, way too early. I had the audience in the palm of my hand, by the time I got to the punchline they had all left the turret. I therefore recited the following to the four winds It did not move or touch him, it was something quick and neat. Life might be so. I were right about that saddle on "Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20183#post-328006 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:21:20 +0000 I were right about that saddle 328006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ If you need an audience in order to perform THEN YOU SIR ARE NO ARTIST. gembo on "Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20183#post-328004 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:16:00 +0000 gembo 328004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ If only the edinburgh festival was on - I sense a performance I were right about that saddle on "Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20183#post-327998 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:49:06 +0000 I were right about that saddle 327998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ There is a fleeting nod to this line of La Passion considérée comme course de côte in Overlander; La seconde pelle eut lieu au septième virage, sur du pavé gras. I don't think anyone has ever noticed it. gembo on "Alfred Jarry. Playwright, Pataphysician and cyclist" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20183#post-327992 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:09:09 +0000 gembo 327992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Jarry wrote Supermale in 1902 just before the Tour de France was invented. In this book Jarry describes Perpetual Motion Food to help performance in an endurance cycle race of 10000Km. So even before the tour started drugs were seen as helpful. He has another one - The crucifixion considered as an uphill bicycle race At one point in his existence in poverty he cycled the 80 mile return trip from Le Coudray to Paris each day. Used to also race the train.