We received a flurry of letters regarding that whole Francis Bacon/Greta Garbo thing from yesterday. Here’s two-
Dear Ed,
After reading your recent plea on WOOOOOMAG.COM I felt compelled to write you in a very humble tone that cannot be conveyed by email or emotacons and tell you the Greta Garbo reference pertains to the “I Want to be Alone” quote she famously said in one of her movies. So the author is making a cultural reference to Bacon’s solitary manner. Further more, “To Come Up Trumps” colloquially means to actually get what you want or to have success or luck. In future please keep the WOOOOOMAG site up to the standard that we all have come to be accustomed.
p.s The shoes you have on today make you look Fruity.
Love and “Good Day Sir.”…..”I said, Good Day Sir” kisses
Nitpick from Melbourne.
And…
Hopefully this is the right email address to write to with the answer to your Greta Garbo question. In the 1932 film “Grand Hotel” Greta Garbo’s character says “I want to be alone.” It is a relatively famous line. If you go 27 seconds into this clip, you’ll see it.
I loved Wooooo 6, by the way.
Joe Bear
We still think it’s weird to mention Greta Garbo in a 500 word artcle about Francis Bacon just because she famously said she wanted to be alone… What do you think?