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(idea) by The Custodian (2.8 min) (print)   ?   I like it! Mon Dec 18 2000 at 3:42:20

This phrase is actually from Kurt Vonnegut's book Slapstick. The protagonist uses it, and then when he's President of the U.S. he tries to get into a private club. The club is only for people with a certain middle name (as President, he'd had everyone in the U.S. assigned a government-issued middle name) and he didn't have it. The doorman asks him if he's got that name, and he says of course not. The doorman says "Then, sir, I must respectfully ask you: why don't you go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut? Why don't you take a flying fuck at the moooooooon?"

Of course, there are other possibilities:

  • I'm imagining all this (it's been 15 years or more since I read the book)
  • It's in both books (more likely)
  • I'm on crack (you'll never know!)

(idea) by yossarianc (4.5 mon) (print)   ?   I like it! Thu Oct 11 2001 at 15:25:11

The phrase is, indeed, used in both books. It's used several times in Slapstick, and at least once in Slaughterhouse 5.
"Go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut," murmured Paul Lazzaro in his azure nest. "Go take a flying fuck at the moon."
- SH 5
Philip Jose Farmer, as Kilgore Trout, uses a derivative of this invective in Venus on the Half-shell - "Go take a flying fuck at a rolling karass! Go take a flying fuck at the Dupraaaaaaass!1"

Just some more "Kilgore Trout is Kurt Vonnegut" confusion, which probably thrilled Vonnegut.
1 kurass and duprass are tenets of Bokonon from Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle.

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Mile High Club flying fuck The male libido - or - How I was castrated by the 90's Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
slapstick Slaughterhouse Five Kilgore Trout Profanity is the last refuge of the uncreative
Don't fuck llamas Don't let the bastards grind you down Venus on the Half-Shell Philip José Farmer
Letter to Dr. Laura Perfect Game of Robotron Achieved by God Drinking games karass
Bokonon Rolling Donut Cat's Cradle Japanese people like to play games
virgin by choice duprass Retina Soybean and/or Friends A fine line between stupid and clever
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