Yesterday I finished reading a book called Vernon God Little, by DBC Pierre. It was pretty good; it's a sort of satire about modern media culture, set among a school massacre in a small Texas town. So yeah, it's a bit unconventional, also. In any case, I liked this following quote by the book's main character, Vern, as he's being led into a courtroom:
�Court smells like your first-grade classroom; you automatically look around for finger-paintings. I don�t know if it�s on purpose, like to regress you and freak you out. Truth be told, there�s probably an air-freshener for courtrooms and first-grade classrooms, just to keep you in line. �Guilt-O-Sol� or something, so in school you feel like you�re already in court, and when you wind up in court you feel like you�re back in school. You�re primed for finger-paintings, but what you get is a lady behind one of those sawn-off typewriters.�
�Court smells like your first-grade classroom; you automatically look around for finger-paintings. I don�t know if it�s on purpose, like to regress you and freak you out. Truth be told, there�s probably an air-freshener for courtrooms and first-grade classrooms, just to keep you in line. �Guilt-O-Sol� or something, so in school you feel like you�re already in court, and when you wind up in court you feel like you�re back in school. You�re primed for finger-paintings, but what you get is a lady behind one of those sawn-off typewriters.�
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