A place where dreams and ambition go to die. Kids can't wait to "get out of this town and never come back", but end up getting knocked up by their high school sweetheart, continue to live here for the rest of their lives, and then their kids have the same high school teachers they had had.
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Get the Franz Kafka mug.Comes from the author Franz Kafka, and refers to the style with which he wrote his books (which in his dying wish asked for to be burned).
Basically it describes a nightmarish situation which most people can somehow relate to, although strongly surreal. With an ethereal, "evil", omnipotent power floating just beyond the senses.
Basically it describes a nightmarish situation which most people can somehow relate to, although strongly surreal. With an ethereal, "evil", omnipotent power floating just beyond the senses.
You go to the city to see the law. Upon arrival outside the building, there is a guard who says "You may not pass without permission", you notice that the door is open, but it closed enough for you to not see anything (the law).
You point out that you can easily go into the building, and the guard agrees. Rather than be disagreeable, however, you decide to wait until you have permission.
You wait for many years, and when you're an old, shriveled wreck, you get yourself to ask:
"During all the years I've waited here, no-one else has tried to pass in to see the law, why is this?",
and the guard answers:
"It is true that no-one else has passed here, that is because this door was always meant solely for you, but now, it is closed forever".
He then procceeds to close the door and calmly walk away.
This is in fact, one of his short stories, and is very typical to his style, i.e. kafkaesque.
You point out that you can easily go into the building, and the guard agrees. Rather than be disagreeable, however, you decide to wait until you have permission.
You wait for many years, and when you're an old, shriveled wreck, you get yourself to ask:
"During all the years I've waited here, no-one else has tried to pass in to see the law, why is this?",
and the guard answers:
"It is true that no-one else has passed here, that is because this door was always meant solely for you, but now, it is closed forever".
He then procceeds to close the door and calmly walk away.
This is in fact, one of his short stories, and is very typical to his style, i.e. kafkaesque.
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Pam: I mean that as a compliment.
(In this example, from Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", Pam's use of "Kafka-esque" is VERY Kafka-esque-esque.)
Alvy: Oh. Thank you.
Pam: I mean that as a compliment.
(In this example, from Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", Pam's use of "Kafka-esque" is VERY Kafka-esque-esque.)
by Swirly Kiwi Cymbal August 23, 2011
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It's kaukau time! Time to eat everybody!
What did you kaukau for lunch today?
Hmmm... I wonder what there is to kaukau in the fridge??
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It's kaukau time! Time to eat everybody!
What did you kaukau for lunch today?
Hmmm... I wonder what there is to kaukau in the fridge??
Reggie has a food blog called Kaukau Time!
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