# Dopers appearing in literature/art?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 23, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504 "2005-06-23T06:21:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/161 "2005-07-11T15:36:42Z")

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> [@lorene](#):
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> And of course, _To Kill A **Mockingbird** _ .

I had that wrong, I thought it was “To \*\*Scylla \*\* **Mockingbird** ”

😃

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**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/162 "2005-07-11T15:48:35Z")

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> [@The Tooth](#):
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> You too, huh?

One of my favorite movie lines is from A Few \*\*Good Egg \*\* Men…

[jack nicholson] “You want **The Tooth**? You can’t handle **The Tooth**!” [/jack nicholson]

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/163 "2005-07-12T02:56:05Z")

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> [@Paul The Younger](#):
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> I had that wrong, I thought it was “To \*\*Scylla \*\* **Mockingbird** ”

Ooh, _very_ good one. 🙂

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge had that famous poem… “Rime of the Ancient Ma **rinni** ”

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/164 "2005-07-14T02:55:43Z")

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Another one from Edgar Allen Poe:

“The Cask of A **Monty** ado”

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