# May I have a moment of silence, please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753 "2001-11-11T13:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/1 "2001-11-11T13:06:43Z")
For [Ken Kesey](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/10/ken.kesey.obit.ap/index.html). ☹ This guy affected my life in many ways… I repeat: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/2 "2001-11-11T13:16:09Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/3 "2001-11-11T20:33:12Z")
Damn. _One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_ had a big effect on me when I read it as a teenager. Sad news. ---
**Author:** ![TheOtherOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TheOtherOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOtherOne)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/4 "2001-11-11T22:37:39Z")
Another ☹ here… The Prankster spirit lives on though. ---
**Author:** ![completely-knackered](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@completely-knackered](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/completely-knackered)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/5 "2001-11-11T22:41:51Z")
The name doesn’t ring a bell. I’ve heard the title Coo-coo, but not what it’s about. ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/6 "2001-11-11T23:30:30Z")
I never read the book just saw the film…I’m there with you **Astroboy** ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/7 "2001-11-11T23:41:55Z")
Damn. _Sometimes A Great Notion_ is one of my favorite books. Bye, Ken. The Merry Pranksters will miss you. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/8 "2001-11-12T03:24:46Z")
☹ > [@](#): > > as stated by completely-knackered… > The name doesn’t ring a bell. I’ve heard the title Coo-coo, but not what it’s about. Man, some days I just feel old… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/9 "2001-11-12T08:40:01Z")
RIP. I wonder if he ever got around to seeing the movie? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/10 "2001-11-12T09:16:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by completely-knackered \* > \*\*The name doesn’t ring a bell. I’ve heard the title Coo-coo, but not what it’s about. \*\* **knack** , I recommend reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, or at least seeing the movie (you won’t be sorry!)… and then read The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. You know, as a young lit. student in the mid '80s, I got to meet [Allen Ginsberg](http://www.levity.com/corduroy/ginsberg.htm)… my favorite poet. He visited my university for several days, and participated in several of my classes (he signed Plutonian Ode for me… everyone else had Howl, required for that class, and I had Plutonian Ode…). I had a brief chance to talk to him one-on-one. The only thing I could think to ask him was “What was it like hanging out with Kesey and the Pranksters?” _D’oh! Stupid!! I can’t ask him that… it has nothing to do with his work at all!_ So I just sucked the drool back off my chin, and didn’t ask him anything at all…:rolleyes: [sup]Astroboy14: providing a negative role-model for 35 years and counting…[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-silence-please/92753/11 "2001-11-12T12:49:51Z")
I’ve been planning to read _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ for quite a while, now. I guess this is the push I needed. ☹