I told you so, baby..... I told you so.

He never bothered to find out what happened? Classy guy.

he knows what happened, some man plummeted to his death and splattered all over the ground. and then the details are between family members. to pry for the details of this tragedy is rude and voyeuristic. you get some class.

>> ^alizarin:
He never bothered to find out what happened? Classy guy.

So, he made her feel better by making her feel worse? Brilliant!

Don't get your panties in a knot. Who the fuck would pry into the family? I just thought it odd he didn't bother to look in the paper and find out if he just watched someone die, afterall he said: "The building was not very tall, he probably crippled himself for life, I don't know". You can be a fan of the guy's work and still realize he's a bit of an ass.

>> >> ^peggedbea:
he knows what happened, some man plummeted to his death and splattered all over the ground. and then the details are between family members. to pry for the details of this tragedy is rude and voyeuristic. you get some class.


>> ^alizarin:
He never bothered to find out what happened? Classy guy.

Classic Bukowski.

Regarding the "classy guy" comment, I think it's jumping to conclusions because he didn't tell us every single detail of the story in a 3:33 minute time frame.

It bugs me when people bash on him. It's as if they heard some hipster say "Bukowski was an asshole" and then they all have to say "Yeah, yeah, Bukowski was an asshole" so they can be hip.

Honestly he was an asshole...sometimes.

But aren't we all?

Sure he was an asshole, but he is entertaining. A good storyteller...
..though, I thought Jane was going to puke on the body when she looked out the window.
..woulda been a better story.

>> ^peggedbea:
he knows what happened, some man plummeted to his death and splattered all over the ground. and then the details are between family members. to pry for the details of this tragedy is rude and voyeuristic. you get some class.
>> ^alizarin:
He never bothered to find out what happened? Classy guy.


You defended Bukowski...that makes me hot.

"Who's that?" I ask Wikipedia. Wikipedia replies:

Henry Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles, and is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print. In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife."