You had an arse full of farts that night, darling, and I fucked them out of you, big fat fellows, long windy ones, quick little merry cracks and a lot of tiny little naughty farties ending in a long gush from your hole. It is wonderful to fuck a farting woman when every fuck drives one out of her. I think I would know Nora's fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women. It is a rather girlish noise not like the wet windy fart which I imagine fat wives have. It is sudden and dry and dirty like what a bold girl would let off in fun in a school dormitory at night. I hope Nora will let off no end of her farts in my face so that I may know their smell also.

-- James Joyce, in a private letter addressed to

"my sweet little whorish Nora"



I think it's the word "farties" that makes it both smarmy and hilarious. discuss.

Now if they let us read this stuff in high school, I wouldn't have concluded that Irish literature is dull.

Every time I hear something about James Joyce, it seems undeniable that crack existed when he was writing his stories.

i laughed my ass off when i read the title of this topic

that....was...awsome!....I loved it and if it were only shorter would be my new favortie motto, post it in vogon poetry and see what they think tho..

Only Jesus could have written something so beautiful.

that reminds me of jiscuit