Who is HAG, and why has he paid for my lunch...

[Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt]

On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Craig Clark wrote:

> Dear foax
> 
> No sooner had I mumbled grumpily about our good friend Hartwin 
> Gebhardt standing me up for lunch the other day, than the phone 
> rings... I've just come from a most pleasant lunch with our friend 
> who's recently changed from the University of Cape Town to the 
> University of Zululand. He's having e-mail problems at the moment but 
> sends his best wishes to all of us. And yes, he's actually a really 
> nice person...

Who are you gratuitously calling a nice person, Craigie-baby? (You 
cradle-snatching, gossip-mongering, menthol-smoking sad excuse for a bad 
Pig Bodine imitation...). Oh, and did you realise that the only non-Zululander
at our table, a certain faded blonde sitting at the far end of the table, 
has for years been sleeping with (one of) the UND person(s) you layed 
into so viciously? I found out much later, but if I had only known how 
you would slander my hard-earned reputation as flame chef extraordinaire 
by calling me "a really nice person" I would not have warned you, then, 
maybe, probably (grumble, spit).
Anyway, when does your Mtunzini Cheap Housing Project take off? 
For when is your initial exploratory expedition planned? And what don't you 
drink?

hg
PS. Viva Mason-Dixon Viva!
PPS. Welcome SA Pynchonphile 003. Are yoy related to Breyten?