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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Dec 2016

    This is going to sound like complete heresy but a lot of Raymond Chandler's metaphors are half-baked.

    12:26 PM - 3 Dec 2016
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      2. Bruce Reznick‏ @BruceReznick 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        They're as subtle as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BruceReznick

        That's the exact one I was thinking of!

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      1. Jacob Garchik‏ @JacobGarchik 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        half-boiled?

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      1. Kit‏ @katrinki05 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        did you ever find hardboiled Brit fiction from that era? Was curious if you had any success

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      1. Mr. Pleasantries‏ @jeffreyd 3 Dec 2016
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        (he's not that great a writer but I always assumed that was part of the charm)

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      1. Brett W‏ @Honoreye69 3 Dec 2016
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        fair enough. But he also once called Alan Ladd a little kid's idea of a tough guy so points for that.

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      1.  🐛 🔥 🐝 muad'dob bee  🐝 🔥 🐛‏ @dubdobdee 3 Dec 2016
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        as half-baked as a three-legged tarantula on a spoonful of angel-cake mixture

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      1. Rex Parker  🐈 🐾 ☕️ 🐾 🐈‏ @rexparker 3 Dec 2016
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        similes, and no. Or rather, yes, because like any artist his ambition sometimes meant failure. But the hits were HITS.

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      1. Josh‏ @sinboy 3 Dec 2016
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        and yet they still work.

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      2. Mr. Pleasantries‏ @jeffreyd 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @KyleEChadwick @HeerJeet

        good call, I was looking for a project to use my MacArthur on

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      3. Barry Mitzman‏ @mitzman 3 Dec 2016
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        Someone left the cake out in the rain.

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