Comments on Comments:GRGR

Joe Varo vjvaro at erie.net
Mon Sep 23 20:33:53 CDT 1996


On Mon, 23 Sep 1996 ckaratnytsky at nypl.org wrote:

>      A-and, ohboyohboy, wait a minute--As I am not clear At All yet about 
>      what the deal is re Prentice's message Rocket and the "incoming mail," 
>      I hesitate (but only a little) to suggest that this is another 
>      pun--or, better, a bit of burlesque--on the birth of the Christ child, 
>      starring the message Rocket as the Star of Bethlehem, Prentice as the 
>      first Wise Man on the scene and our boy Incoming Male as the Savior 
>      Slothrop.  Oy, what a Savior...Rocketman Fool.

Hmmm....hadn't thought of that....I like it.

Joe



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