These Things Matter
"A while back, when dick and Barry and I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like, Barry proposed the idea of a questionnaire for prospective partners, a two- or three-page multiple-choice document that covered all the music/film/TV/book bases.
It was intended a) to dispense with awkward conversation, and b) to prevent a chap from leaping into bed with someone who might, at a later date, turn out to have every Julio Iglesias record ever made.
It amused us at the time, although Barry, being Barry, went one stage further: he compiled the questionnaire and presented it to some poor woman he was interested in and she hit him with it.
But there was an important and essential truth in the idea, and the truth was that these things matter, and it's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently, or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party."
in "High Fidelity", Nick Hornby
and I couldn't agree more...
It was intended a) to dispense with awkward conversation, and b) to prevent a chap from leaping into bed with someone who might, at a later date, turn out to have every Julio Iglesias record ever made.
It amused us at the time, although Barry, being Barry, went one stage further: he compiled the questionnaire and presented it to some poor woman he was interested in and she hit him with it.
But there was an important and essential truth in the idea, and the truth was that these things matter, and it's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently, or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party."
in "High Fidelity", Nick Hornby
and I couldn't agree more...
posted by Miss Japa at 11:51 PM
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Adoro esse trecho desse q é um dos meus filmes favoritos (e temos lá o livro em casa, para qdo quiseres ler, embora numa tradução de bradar aos céus)...como diriam os Madredeus "são coisas pequenas são", mas nem sempre deixam de ser importantes.Pelo contrário...O Rui Veloso é que sabe!!!!
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