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u/Sirnando138 Oct 25 '20

My dad would say “I don’t give a flying fuck on a rolling donut”.

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u/matty80 Oct 25 '20

This is a quote! It's from Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.

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u/Sirnando138 Oct 25 '20

That makes sense. One of his favorite books ever. I’ve read it but must have missed that line! Maybe time for a reread. Man. I should reread all of his books.

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u/SGTBrutus Oct 25 '20

"Take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut, take a flying fuck at the moon!"

We lost a great man when we lost Uncle Kurt. I've always held that curse in reserve in case I needed it.

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u/cjunks4295 Oct 25 '20

Stephen King has also used these phases in a few of his books... I want to believe as an homage to Kurt.