Cock and Bull 1

http://idler.co.uk/conversations/conversations-will-self/

There is an interview with Will Self from "The Idler", in which he discusses lying around, doing very little, while writing, drawing cartoons, and "reading philanthropic novels".  At one point Self says he, "wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract thought, but because of various problems with the authorities I wasn’t able to pull that one off. A lifetime of idleness in academia would have really suited me. So I was thrown out, as it were. Other than that, there seemed no possible idle occupations, so writing … although writing isn’t exactly idleness. There’s an enormous tension between indolence and languor."  I think something can be take from the idea that was interested in abstract thought, and having the idlest occupation in the world.  I think this reflects a lot on Carol and Dan's lives.  "Cock" begins with the two of them at University, and Self mocks the feminist philosophy that Carol has been half-assedly trying to learn.  In adition, both characters live very mundane lives in which they physically do next to nothing.  I also think that this reflects Carol's bodily change.  It is something that can be theorized about philosophically.