clones, etc.

[Paul DiFilippo]

One and all,
Glad to see that the discusion about Pynchon wannabes synergized
with that about the Marx Bros/Duck Soup and provoked such a flurry
of funny and thought-provokingposts.  I endorse Bonnie's candidate
Roky E., although classic burnout Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd runs
a close second in this pArticular vein, although probably
all wrong in details of age, looks, etc.
In my aforementioned article, I cited Edward Whittemore as a better
writer than DF Wallace.  Has anyone heard of him or his books lately?
I offer the following shaggy dog story in honor of the
man who coined "For De Mille, fur henchmen can't be rowing."
Once upon a time, there was a paternalistic brewery which ran a 
special bus to pick up its workers.  Naturally enough,, this bus
came to be called "The Gusto Bus."  It was driven by an ex-nun
(formerly Sister Paranomasia) during the day.  (The night shift
had a different driver.)  The Sister's favorite passenger
was an old wiry Hispanic African American named Hector Abe Lincoln
Jones, and they would frequently chat during the ride, with Hector's
characteristic sentence-ending tag of "Yes?" to be heard.
One day a tipsy whore tried to board the special bus, thinking
it was regular urban transport, and Hector, indigant, could be
heard to say, "Day Gusto Bus Nun, dis _puta_ am dumb, yes?"
Sorry....

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