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Milo Pressman
Davie “Lard Ass” Hogan is the protagonist of Gordie’s short story “The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan.” Teased and belittled for his large size, Lard Ass enters his town’s annual pie-eating contest to exact his revenge. Before the contest begins, he drinks an entire bottle of castor oil, which makes him ill. He then projectile vomits in the face of the reigning champion, Bill Travis, setting off a chain reaction of vomiting that engulfs the crowd.
Lard Ass Hogan Quotes in The Body
The The Body quotes below are all either spoken by Lard Ass Hogan or refer to Lard Ass Hogan . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 17
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“That’s a really fine story,” Chris said suddenly. “They’re just a little too dumb to understand.”
“No, it’s not that hot. It’s a mumbler.”
“That’s what you always say. Don’t give me that bullshit you don’t believe. Are you gonna write it down? The story?”
“Probably. But not for a while. I can’t write em down right after I tell em. It’ll keep.”
“What Vern said? About the ending being a gyp?”
“Yeah?”
Chris laughed. “Life’s a gyp, you know it? I mean, look at us.”
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Lard Ass Hogan Quotes in The Body
The The Body quotes below are all either spoken by Lard Ass Hogan or refer to Lard Ass Hogan . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 17
Quotes
“That’s a really fine story,” Chris said suddenly. “They’re just a little too dumb to understand.”
“No, it’s not that hot. It’s a mumbler.”
“That’s what you always say. Don’t give me that bullshit you don’t believe. Are you gonna write it down? The story?”
“Probably. But not for a while. I can’t write em down right after I tell em. It’ll keep.”
“What Vern said? About the ending being a gyp?”
“Yeah?”
Chris laughed. “Life’s a gyp, you know it? I mean, look at us.”
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