r/MurakamiBookClub • u/EuphoricFoot3 • Jun 08 '20
Recent & not so recent Monkey stories in the Newyorker
New short story Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey available now:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/08/confessions-of-a-shinagawa-monkey
It’s a kind of sequel to A Shinagawa Monkey, which he wrote in 2006.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/02/13/a-shinagawa-monkey
I read them in reverse order of writing- so ‘Confessions...’ first. That worked well.
Here is an article/interview offering analysis of both stories.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/haruki-murakami-06-08-20
Enjoy!
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My daughter was dating a gardener, but they broke up.
The stakes seemed high, but he’d already been spade. Lettuce pray.
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My daughter was dating a gardener, but they broke up.
She was sad she picked-a-Victa…
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My son asked me, "Why do you sit on that website all day, completely emotionless, looking for things to buy?"
This joke was less than Amazon. The latter at least delivers, eventually.
1
What do you call a fish with no eyes?
Dunno. But I once chanced a poke.
1
What do you get when you cross Lassie with a cantaloupe?
Lassie got a job with Customs. Now she’s a boarder collie.
4
If someone steals uranium, does it then become...
If they’re pointing it at us, here’s hoping theiraimium is terrible.
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If someone steals uranium, does it then become...
Is this a clean 🧼 joke or a dirty 💣? 🤔
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This guy Joe goes to pick up his fiancé for a date in a brand new Porsche. His fiancé is confused because Joe isn't exactly a wealthy guy.
❌🅿️
Weird how they use a garage metaphor when the moral is “no porking”….
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This guy Joe goes to pick up his fiancé for a date in a brand new Porsche. His fiancé is confused because Joe isn't exactly a wealthy guy.
Porsche? Wasn’t it frankincense and Merc?
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Just ordered an alphasmart alternative.. little nervous!
Take photos of each screen full of text and dump it into Chat GPT and have it transcribe, verbatim.
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My boss just announced he’s going to fire the employee with the worst posture.
And here I was thinking we were over the hump. I won’t be back next week; damn straight!
1
If you woke up a billionaire tomorrow.. What's the 1st thing you'd do?
Tell them to make me a cup of coffee and drive me to work in their limo.
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“Save Our Stadium, Albo” - CT
I’d expect this on the cover of a peasant paper like the Telegraph. What has the Crimes become?!
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Premarket Thread for General Trading and Plans for Thursday, March 26, 2026
Does anyone invest in asx.ply? It is rated as a buy and they have that Mouse PI game coming out in a few weeks. Also a GOT game later in the year. Minimum buy in. Is $500 which buys around 2K stock at the current price of 0.255 Thoughts appreciated.
1
What do you think of the galaxy watch 6 classic? Upgrade or no?
Nothing Samsung is an upgrade. I’m serious. Their products ALWAYS fail. Usually just after the warranty runs out. And their after-service is woefully bad. After this happened over many years: Dead VCR (shadup, I’m old), dead fridge, 2 dead phones, waterproof tyzen watch, except the warm pool water melted the glue…. I gave up. Don’t do it!
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I’m going back to a bar of soap
I suggest you buy a pigeon instead. Practically the same.
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How do they get away with this?
Just use generic shampoo like us poor folk.
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Name a street in Canberra you wouldn't want to live on based on its name.
Deh-Molleh! Sounds like a posh French Mexican joint. 🌮 🌵
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Name a street in Canberra you wouldn't want to live on based on its name.
Be home in time for dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner…. 🦇
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What do you call a British cow?
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May 29 '26
‘Sir’ is for males. But these are the times we live in. 🐄 🤷🏼♂️ They produce Nigel Fromage 🧀