Originally Posted by Tiay
Originally Posted by daletom
The "Catch 22" (have you actually read Heller's novel?)
no.. and worse still, I didn't know there was a novel.
"Catch-22", by Joseph Heller, is a common entry on High School syllabi and reading lists in the U.S. The work is loosely based on the author's experience as a U.S. Army Air Corps bomb/nav in the Mediterranean theatre during WWII. It projects a somewhat sarcastic and satirical view of bureaucratic institutions and those who either exploit them or are victimized. Aside from the fact that sexual exploits of horny soldiers show up at various places in the story, it really doesn't have anything to do with this topic. When somebody uses a buzz-phrase like "Catch-22" it triggers my sadistic need to find out if they really know what they're talking about.