John Irving Quotes

Dan Would Entertain Owen And Me By Describing Mr. Tubulari's Pentathlon, His "winterthon." "The First Event," Dan Needham Said, "is Something Wholesome, Like Splitting A Cord Of Wood - Points Off, If You Break Your Ax. Then You Have To Run Ten Miles In Deep Snow, Or Snowshoe For Thirty. Then You Chop A Hole In The Ice, And - Carrying Your Ax - Swim A Mile Under A Frozen Lake, Chopping Your Way Out At The Opposite Shore. Then You Build An Igloo - To Get Warm. Then Comes The Dogsledding. You Have To Mush A Team Of Dogs - From Anchorage To Chicago. Then You Build Another Igloo - To Rest." "THAT'S SIX EVENTS," Owen Said. "A PENTATHLON IS ONLY FIVE." "So Forget The Second Igloo," Dan Needham Said. "I WONDER WHAT MISTER TUBULARI DOES FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE," Owen Said. "Carrot Juice," Dan Said, Fixing Himself Another Whiskey. "Mister Tubulari Makes His Own Carrot Juice.

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