# Now you can \*be\* Jay Gatsby!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 20, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412 "2012-04-20T14:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412/1 "2012-04-20T14:54:49Z")

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You know those kids books where they take a template and plug in the child’s name, the names of his or her friends and siblings and dog? Now they do it with classic novels: [Creative Jobs :: Careers for Graphic Designers, Copywriters, Social Media Managers, Proof Readers and More.](http://bit.ly/I9GcOv)

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412/2 "2012-04-20T15:33:14Z")

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I checked out one of their samples.  
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A Christmas Carol\* is a lot funnier if you change Bob Cratchit’s name to **Bumwrangler Cumsnatch**.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412/3 "2012-04-20T16:03:48Z")

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I don’t know if a book that old and classic can be spoiled, but

I don’t think I’d \*want \*to be Jay Gatsby!

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412/4 "2012-04-20T18:54:53Z")

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> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#):
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> I don’t know if a book that old and classic can be spoiled, but
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> I don’t think I’d \*want \*to be Jay Gatsby!

I can’t believe you just spoiler-boxed The Great Gatsby. 🙂

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412/5 "2012-04-21T01:37:08Z")

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I wouldn’t want my name on anyone in that book. Not even the narrator is sympathetic, in that he just sits by and lets all this crap happen.

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**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412/6 "2012-04-21T01:39:06Z")

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and what would you have Nick do?

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-you-can-be-jay-gatsby/619412/7 "2012-04-21T01:44:47Z")

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I’m getting my kid one where he is Patrick Bateman and all his friends work at Pierce & Pierce, although one of the girls will have to be Evelyn Williams.