----- Original Message -----
From: Dmitri Nabokov
To: don barton johnson
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 8:50 AM
Subject: Alternative DN Occupations

Dear Don ,
 
I've seen the VN quiz somewhere before -- probably on Nabokv-L -- and again, out of fairness, shall not attempt to answer those questions which are intelligible.  But I will question Question 4.:
 
 "Nabokov’s only son, Dmitri, became

a. an opera singer and race car driver

b. an interior decorator and race car driver

c. a theatrical director and race car driver"

I can only assume that the options reflect someone's wishful thinking.  He might also have suggested hairdresser, airline steward and ballet dancer.  Even Answer (a) apparently incriminates: on one occasion, when CB radio was a redneck rage, I amused myself by singing "Stenka Razin" in my lusty bass into the microphone while driving on a Florida Interstate.  I got only one response: "Faggot!"

DN