'We call false teeth realistic, but not the Foreign Office'
Words are certainly as real as pineapples, but this is precisely the reason they cannot be pineapples.'
'Cucumber sandwiches are no less ontologically solid than pie and beans'
Who doesn't want to be a Literature student eh?
(apart from all of the people who are GENUINELY saving lives and won't end up working in McDonalds.....)
Source: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v25/n20/terry-eagleton/pork-chops-and-pineapples
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