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rosebud

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2002 6:50 pm
by ROSEMARY
new york times crossword had a clue, " the symbolism of rosebud. isn't this from citizen cane. isn't that the last thing that is said and was it his name in childhood? i think the answer is sled. aah! i'm so confused. help?

rosebud

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2002 9:42 am
by Sloth
Its his sled. Rosebud was the name of his sled and I think it refers to the fact that all men rue the day they lose their innocence.

I had a similar experience as a child when I realized I could not stay in the rainforest with the rest of the sloths, but had to evolve into an alcoholic drugtaking webmaster of diaster.

rosebud

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2002 6:13 pm
by ROSEMARY
thanks sloth. that completes the puzzle for sat.
that is a good interpretation.

rosebud

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2002 11:02 pm
by Jack Chiefton
No no no, Rosebud was the name Jerry Garcia gave his electric guitar towards the end of his overweight drug stupified life. There was an emblem of a skeleton holding a rose on the face of the guitar.