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Are You a Bromide?
Gelett Burgess
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The Sulphitic Theory Expounded And Exemplified According To The Most Recent Researches Into The Psychology Of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now In Use.
The Sulphitic Theory Expounded And Exemplified According To The Most Recent Researches Into The Psychology Of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now In Use.
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Let us, therefore, first proceed with a general statement of the theory and then develop some of its corollaries. It is comparatively easy to define the Bromide; let us consider his traits and then classify the Sulphite by a mere process of exclusion.
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In this our world the Bromides constitute, alas! by far the larger group. In this, the type resembles the primary bodies or other systems of classification, such as the Philistines, the Conservatives, the Bores and so on, ad nauseam. The Bromide does his th. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
It is a good read, providing the way to think that whether one is Bromide or the Sulphite.The basic difference between them is the being rational and irrational. Must read it is beautifully written.
Light satire on the innovative vs the imitative mind, the original vs the banal personality. A good half-hour´s entertainment that will help you to understand why you find most conversations with most people so boring.
This is one I started reading long ago and put aside. I'm glad I returned to it. Especially since some of the references led to me finding some brisk, refreshing reads similar to Burgess' own PURPLE COW! and GOOPS books.
Published in 1908, and still certainly relevant nowadays, this is the sort of essay that would in our contemporary age be part of a blog series or would be distilled in an article of the Onion or some other parody news source. This particular short essay was originally published in "The Smart Set" i
I read "Have You an Educated Heart?" before this one and think it is a stronger book. Even so, this title is worth the hour of reading. Beautiful border art and illustrations add a great touch to the prose.
Yes, I am a Bromide. I'm guilty on several occasions of uttering bromidioms such as "It's not so much the heat as the humidity".
Burgess in his 1906 essay (some references are a bit outdated but as long as the sarcasm stays fresh, who cares?) casts a gimlet eye on my predecessors in the art of bored
A short read. I find myself thinking about the central concept of this book from time to time. The Iowa State University library has a beautifully illustrated, and very old, copy of it.