Rubber duckies vs. Nikes

[Henry M]

Surprised that none of you Chicagoans have mentioned the rubber ducky 
race on the river, a gov-sanctioned lottery where people bet on which 
numbered rubber ducky will complete the course first.

On 25 Nov 96 at 3:05, Tod Mahony wrote:

> From:          "Tod Mahony" <mahony at halcyon.com>
> To:            <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Subject:       Re: Rubber duckies vs. Nikes
> Date:          Mon, 25 Nov 1996 03:05:46 -0800

> Paul DiFilippo wrote: 
> 
> > Never heard of the ducky flotilla, but can almost swear to the
> > authenticity of this report (would swear, since I read it
> > somewhere "reliable", such as Scientific American, but have lost
> > the source):  A cargoload of Nike sneakers, in transit from slave-
> > labor territories to our humble shores went overboard and served
> > same scientific function as duckies:  reports of sneakers coming
> > ashore around PacRim let scientists analyze currents.
> 
> On the Oregon coast, there were actually parties where people met up
> to find "mates" for the shoes they'd found on the beach.  Anyway, it
> was a good excuse for some singles mixers.
> 
> 

Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Aw, what the heck: go bananas. -- HDM

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